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The Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF Insurance Company) has made payouts of USD 1.14 million to the Government of Lao PDR and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), after heavy rainfall and widespread flooding triggered both Lao PDR’s two-year parametric sovereign policy and WFP’s 2026 disaster resilience policy.

Global reinsurance broker Howden Re has hired Matthew Overall as Managing Director, Retro, in a London-based role, where he is expected to play a key role in the continued growth of the company’s global retrocession platform.

Willis Re, the reinsurance advisory and brokerage firm, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the US Reinsurance division of BMS Group (BMS Re, US). The deal includes BMS Intermediaries Inc., BMS Capital Advisory LLC, and BMS Re’s associated US reinsurance broking team based in London.

GC Securities, the investment banking and capital markets arm of reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, worked on 20 catastrophe bonds in the first-half of 2026, totalling $5 billion of limit, a record for the broker, according to CEO Dean Klisura.

Global broker Aon has announced that it has appointed Bob Reville as Senior Managing Director and Casualty Catastrophe Market Leader within its Risk Capital division, effective July 15th.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market remains in a strong position, but expanding into international markets and less conventional perils will be critical for the market’s next stage of growth, according to executives at reinsurance broker Howden Re, who note that this expansion is vital both to unlock diversification benefits and to help close global protection […]

Guy Carpenter, the global reinsurance broking firm, has announced the hire of Connie Tregidga as a Managing Director in its Global Structured Solutions team, with legacy deals and reinsurance sidecars a focus for her new role.

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.

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.

Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of the independent broking group, has announced the full deployment of its advisory and structuring capabilities dedicated to Brazil’s Letra de Risco de Seguro (LRS /Insurance Risk Letters) market, utilising locally licensed Special Purpose Securitisation Entities (SSPE).