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Lectio premium scope passes $1.3bn as Price Forbes launches Bermuda facility
Expansion adds Bermuda property line to cross class follow platform first launched in 2021
Willis adds Dubai and Madrid to global D&F placement hub network
Expansion gives clients single access point to more than 400 markets through coordinated global direct and facultative reinsurance structure, the broker said
Phua to lead QBE Re credit reinsurance build out
New York appointment signals expansion into political risk, trade credit and surety treaty lines
Louth takes aviation lead role at Liberty Specialty Markets
Ed Louth’s arrival to LSM from Willis comes as Miles Taffs prepares to retire later this year
Gallagher Re cyber index shows 32% fall at 1/1 in XoL risk-adjusted rates
Oversupply of capacity and improved structural terms drive sharp reduction in pricing for cyber aggregate protection
BirdsEyeView: Lessons learned from nat cat events in 2025
Last year’s natural catastrophe events made one truth unmistakably clear: climate risk models built primarily on historical patterns are no longer reliable guides to future loss, writes James Rendell, CEO and founder of BirdsEyeView
MS Amlin and MSI launch UAE reinsurance partnership for political risk and contract frustration cover
Dubai insurer collaboration with its Japanese parent group supports Middle East growth strategy as demand rises from lenders and credit providers across the region
Renewals saw reinsurers keen to deploy capital, buyers focused on banking savings – Gallagher Re’s Kerton
Three years of strong profitability left reinsurers comfortable with their risks despite softened rates, while cedants prioritised reduced cost over additional protection
Persistent threats, low sophistication: Pool Re maps ‘substantial’ UK terrorism risk landscape
Pool Re’s latest report finds the UK threat level remains “substantial”, with lone actors and simple methodologies dominating risk, even as higher-end capabilities persist at the margins
Lewis to lead specialty MGA HIVE’s marine expansion
Appointment of Nick Lewis marks next phase of MGA’s multi line specialty build out following aviation and space launches
Howden Re expects disciplined growth and gradual softening in credit and political risk market
Strong demand from banks and corporates continues to underpin performance as CPRI underwriting standards and talent constraints limit downside risk
Beazley board rejects Zurich’s £7.7bn approach as ‘materially undervaluing the business’
Insurer says Zurich’s proposal fails to reflect long term prospects and points to strong returns underwriting performance and capital strength
Severe convective storms emerge as costliest insured peril of the century, Aon says
New report shows frequent weather events are reshaping loss patterns and reinforcing the need for physical and financial resilience
US dominates ‘manageable’ $129bn claims burden in 2025 – Gallagher Re
Lower aggregate losses mask persistent volatility and widening protection gaps across vulnerable regions
Cellura and Gallagher take senior fac roles at Everest
Two appointments strengthen leadership of global facultative and hybrid reinsurance platform
AM Best shifts global reinsurance outlook to stable after soft 1/1 renewals
Ratings agency points to accelerating softening in property reinsurance, persistent casualty pressures and elevated catastrophe losses, while noting robust capital positions and continued underwriting discipline
Hua promoted to lead LSM war and terrorism in LatAm and US
Lillian Hua steps into a senior regional role overseeing Liberty Specialty Markets’ war and terrorism offering across Latin America and the US
Wilson takes outwards reinsurance role at MS Amlin
Internal promotion to lead the re/insurer’s strategic direction and day to day leadership of its outwards reinsurance function across London, Dubai and Singapore
Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund becomes Lloyd’s Veterans Charity
Founded in 1803, the charity’s lead donor is the Corporation of Lloyd’s, linked closely with the Lloyd’s market, City branch of the Royal British Legion, and the Lloyd’s Military Network
Zurich reveals £7.7bn bid to buy Beazley
The Swiss insurer went public today with a possible £7.7bn ($10.3bn) cash bid for Beazley, lifting the price after an initial approach was rejected by the London-listed specialty carrier
Liu to lead QBE Re 'Greater China' role
Singapore-based role at QBE Re to be held by former Munich Re and SCOR executive Sven Liu
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