Reinsurance News

Liberty and ICEYE, a provider of satellite data and services to inform decision-making and analysis, have partnered together to launch a new parametric wildfire insurance solution that uses satellite data to assess building-level damage.

Willis Re, the reinsurance advisory and broking joint venture between WTW and Bain Capital, has announced that it has appointed Jonathan Ogilvie as Global Head of Non-Marine Specialties, and Chris Dart as Head of Treaty Reinsurance, Bermuda, effective immediately.

New Zealand’s Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake (NHC), formerly known as New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission (EQC), took advantage of attractive reinsurance buying conditions at its 2026 renewal to lift the top of its reinsurance tower by 20% to $12.3 billion.

Descartes Underwriting, a specialist underwriter of parametric risk transfer opportunities, has partnered with Nextpower to launch an integrated parametric insurance solution that uses site-level wind data from Nextpower meteorological stations to protect solar power plant operators against the economic impact of straight-line wind (SLW) events.

Willis Re, the reinsurance advisory and broking joint venture between WTW and Bain Capital, has appointed reinsurance and retrocession veteran John Fletcher from Guy Carpenter as Chief Executive Officer of its Bermuda platform, effective immediately.

HCI Group, Inc., the insurance holding company, is tapping into the wave of interest in taking risk on-chain and issuing tokenized reinsurance securities as a way to access risk capital through a partnership with Oxbridge Re, that sees three tokens being offered to support risks held by its recently formed reinsurer Fortex Re.

Given that early forecasts suggest a slightly below-average Atlantic hurricane season for 2026, Fitch Ratings has indicated that U.S. property and casualty (P&C) re/insurers are well positioned to absorb losses from a large event, with the agency noting that Florida remains a key focus, even though market conditions have improved for protection buyers heading into […]

The government of Mexico has now finalised its main insurance protection for natural disasters and severe weather events for the coming year, doubling the size of its parametric catastrophe insurance arrangement to around US $575 million for 2026 into 2027.

Welcome to Artemis’ 2026 Bermuda ILS Executive Roundtable, during which leaders and experts from across the insurance-linked securities sector discussed the momentum being seen in catastrophe bonds and ILS this year, as well as the continued importance of Bermuda’s role in the market.

Miller, the independent specialist re/insurance broker has appointed Peter Stubbings, a renowned reinsurance and retrocession broking team leader as Chairman of Miller Bermuda, where he will support the continued growth of the firm’s reinsurance and retro offering across the Bermuda market.