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Lockton Re, part of the independent Lockton broking group, has announced that senior reinsurance and retrocession specialist broker Jeremy England Lee is relocating to become Chairman of the firm’s Bermuda operation.

Institutional capital has matured into a structural component of global reinsurance infrastructure, accounting for nearly a fifth of total global reinsurance capital market capacity in the first-half of 2026 as the traditional underwriting value chain continues to unbundle, according to broker Aon.

Willis Re, the reinsurance advisory and brokerage firm, has appointed reinsurance and capital markets veteran Neil Eckert as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Howden Re, the global reinsurance broker, has announced the launch of an International Alternative Solutions practice, which is set to combine structured reinsurance, analytics, parametric and capital markets insurance-linked securities (ILS) expertise to develop innovative risk and capital solutions for clients across international markets.

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 […]