Reinsurance News

Speaking during a panel discussion at the 2025 Florida Chamber Annual Insurance Summit yesterday, Chris Dittman of Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions and John Seo of Fermat Capital Management highlighted that meaningful softening in catastrophe reinsurance rates and the cost of risk capital is expected to flow to the benefit of Floridians in time.

In announcing new targets and a refreshed strategy today, Swiss Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurance companies, has highlighted the role of third-party capital investors in helping to fuel its expansion into natural catastrophe risks over recent years, while also maintaining balanced exposure.

FEMA disclosed the participants in its 2025 traditional reinsurance program for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) this week and it shows that alternative investment manager Quantedge Capital participated on a fronted basis, which appears to be the first year an investor has taken a line on the program in this way.

Parametrix, a specialist in parametric cloud downtime cyber risk transfer, has confirmed that it has already paid claims to clients that were impacted by the Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on October 20, 2025.

CCRIF SPC, the Caribbean and Central America Parametric Insurance Facility and Development Insurer, has unveiled a new parametric insurance product, the Livelihood Protection Policy (LPP), in Jamaica as the country continues to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.

RenaissanceRe Capital Partners, the third-party and ILS capital management division of the global reinsurance company, has added former Swiss Re executive Edward Johnson as a Senior Vice President for Business Development with responsibility across the EMEA and APAC regions.

As Lloyd’s presence in the United States continues to grow, with more than half of the market’s business originating from North America, executives at Argenta Private Capital Limited (APCL) emphasise that investing in the Lloyd’s market presents a logical and underutilised pathway to returns for investors.

According to the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), the convergence of tokenisation with Bermuda’s traditional insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector presents opportunities to enhance liquidity, reduce transaction costs and expand access to insurance risk transfer across the British overseas territory.

The Demex Group, a risk analytics and intelligence company, has announced a series of promotions within its leadership team, including the promotion of Michael Anderson as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), as the firm positions itself for growth as demand continues to rise for its aggregate severe convective storm (SCS) reinsurance solution.

While moderate softening in U.S. property catastrophe reinsurance rates has been observed throughout 2025, rating agency AM Best projects that further stabilisation or minor price shifts will take place at the upcoming January renewals.