Sompo News

Sompo Granted Licenses to Write Primary Insurance in Belgium and the Netherlands

Sompo, the global property and casualty re/insurer, announced it has been granted licenses by the regulatory authorities to write primary insurance in Belgium and the Netherlands. Sompo said the development extends its commercial P/C insurance capabilities and product offerings in …

Sompo Holdings Restructures Business Into 2 Global Segments

Sompo Holdings Inc., the Tokyo-based insurance holding company, announced it is restructuring its business into two global segments: Sompo Property and Casualty re/insurance (Sompo P&C), and Sompo Wellbeing, effective April 1, 2025. The simplified organization provides a resilient, innovative and …

Markets/Coverages: MGA Aqueous Secures Capacity Deal With Allied World and Sompo

Aqueous Underwriting, the London-based MGA, has secured major new capacity in a three-year deal with A+ rated insurers Allied World and Sompo. The move to a syndicated capacity arrangement provides the MGA with the opportunity to significantly develop and enhance …

Markets/Coverages: Sompo Launches Marine Insurance Proposition for UK Market

Sompo, the Bermuda-based provider of commercial and consumer property/casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced the launch of a new national marine insurance proposition for the United Kingdom. Sompo’s Marine Cargo UK policy and its Transport & Logistics propositions are both designed …

Japan’s Non-Life Insurers Must Cut Cross-Shareholdings to Zero, Industry Group Says

A trade group representing Japan’s biggest non-life insurers said on Thursday that its member firms should set a clear deadline to cut their strategic holdings of listed client shares to zero. The General Insurance Association of Japan published the guideline …

People Moves: Sompo Promotes Allen as CUO of Global Markets Commercial P&C Insurance, Succeeding Easton; BMS Taps Howden’s Leahy as Cyber Practice Co-Leader

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at re/insurer Sompo and the re/insurance broker BMS. A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Promotes Allen as CUO of Global Markets Commercial P&C Insurance, Succeeding Easton Sompo, the provider …

Japan’s Sompo to Focus on Integration After Spree of Overseas Acquisitions

Sompo Holdings Inc. will place more focus on integrating domestic and overseas operations for further growth after a spell of acquisitions abroad boosted the global presence of Japan’s No. 3 non-life insurer group, a senior executive said. “We rapidly shifted …

Former Sompo Exec Chang Moves to WTW

Michael Chang, former CEO of Sompo International’s Global Risk Solutions business, has been hired by WTW as head of Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) North America. Chang was at Sompo for six years, where he was also co-leader of Global …

Sompo International Opens German Headquarters in Cologne

Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a global Bermuda-based specialty provider of property/casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced it has moved its German operations from Dusseldorf to its new headquarters located in Cologne at Opladener Straße 8, 50679. “Our new office in Cologne …

People Moves: Sompo Names QBE’s Reid Head of Casualty Int’l; AXA XL Promotes Shing to Lead U/W Mgmt, UK & Lloyd’s; Jensten’s Siggery to Oneglobal for Risk & Compliance

This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at Sompo International, AXA XL and OneGlobal Broking. A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Int’l Appoints QBE’s Reid as Head of Casualty, International Insurance Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a …