Swiss Re appoints Yusuke Matsumoto as Head of Facultative Re APAC
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has appointed Yusuke Matsumoto as interim head of reinsurance Asia Pacific. Matsumoto has extensive experience in business and product development and has a proven track record of underwriting and building high-performing teams. He joined Swiss Re in June 2013 in a client markets role and was subsequently promoted to interim property…
Lyndsey Bauer joins Miller as Strategic Delivery Lead, Cyber
Independent specialty re/insurance broker Miller has announced the appointment of Lyndsey Bauer as head of network strategic delivery, responsible for operating the company’s retail and wholesale platforms. Her primary focus is on managing cyber risk across industry verticals and insurance portfolios while creating a more integrated approach to address this critical element of cyber. Bauer…
Capital redeployment a big challenge for reinsurers in 2026: Gallagher Re’s van Wegen
Michael van Wegen, author of Gallagher Re’s full-year reinsurance market report, highlighted in a recent interview with Reinsurance News that capital redeployment will be the biggest challenge facing reinsurers in 2026. The report shows that total dedicated reinsurance capital will increase to a record US$648 billion in 2025, an increase of 11% from the previous…
Conduit Re’s targeted casualty growth continued in Q1’26 as total GPW rose 4.9%
Bermuda-based reinsurer Conduit Re’s gross written premiums (GPW) increased 4.9% year-on-year to $430.3 million in the first quarter of 2026, as strong casualty growth and marginal growth in property offset a decline in professional premiums during the quarter. In the first three months of the year, Conduit Re identified select growth opportunities, driven primarily by…
Zurich posts stronger Q1’26 P&C growth as premiums rise 8%
Zurich Insurance Group reported that its property and casualty insurance business continued to maintain growth momentum in the first quarter of 2026, with insurance revenue increasing 5% to US$12 billion and total written premiums increasing to US$15.6 billion. By market segment, property and casualty insurance business revenue in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)…
Allianz sees record operating profit of €4.5bn for Q1’26
Global insurance company Allianz reported a record operating profit of 4.5 billion euros in the first quarter of 2026, an increase of 6.6% from 4.2 billion euros in the first quarter of 2025. Total business volume in the quarter fell slightly from 54 billion euros to 53 billion euros. In the first quarter, the insurer’s…
Aon expands global cyber team with senior industry hires
Professional services and risk advisory firm Aon has appointed Jason Warmbir, Petra Stojilova and Matt Danielak to its global cyber team to further strengthen its cyber risk advisory capabilities. The appointments are part of Aon’s ongoing focus on supporting clients as cyber threats become more advanced and more connected to wider business operations. Warmbir, Stojilova…
Rokstone launches healthcare division and hires Natalie Mauro
International specialist re/insurance managing general agent (MGA) Rokstone has announced the launch of Rokstone Healthcare, a new division focused on the global healthcare market. The platform will target large exposures in the U.S. mid-market and allied health, social services and outpatient facilities (excluding hospitals). It will offer multi-line coverage covering professional, general and sexual abuse…
Antares names Sri Ram Pappu as Deputy CEO
Antares, a subsidiary of QIC Global, announced the promotion of Sri Ram Pappu to deputy chief executive officer (CEO). In his new role, Sri will support Antares Underwriting Asia Pte Limited CEO Li Shan Yeo in driving the company’s continued growth. He has over twenty years of industry experience, with expertise spanning all sub-categories of…
HDI Global partners with mea Platform to expand AI-driven input management across underwriting and claims
HDI Global, the corporate and specialty insurance arm of Germany’s Talanx Group, has entered into a strategic partnership with mea Platform, an insurance-focused AI technology provider, to enhance AI-driven input management across its global underwriting and claims functions. Under the agreement, HDI Global will use mea Platform’s technology to create a more standardized approach to…