Canada Life agrees £36m pension buy-in with HSB Engineering Insurance Services scheme
Canada Life, a British insurance company that provides life insurance and pension risk transfer services, has completed a £36 million full buy-in of the HSB Engineering Insurance Services Limited pension plan. Canada Life said the deal ensures benefits for 191 pensioners and 128 deferred members, providing greater certainty for future benefit payments. Sponsoring employer HSB…
Kemper names Stephen McAnena as President & CEO
U.S. insurance company Kemper Corporation announced the appointment of Stephen J. McAnena as president and chief executive officer (CEO) and will join the board of directors, effective June 1, 2026. McAnena will also join the company’s board of directors on the same day. C. Thomas Evans, who served as the company’s interim chief executive officer,…
Pace raises $46m to help customers scale agentic workforce
Pace, the artificial intelligence operations partner of the world’s largest insurance company, has raised $46 million in Series B funding, co-led by Thrive Capital and Sequoia Capital, with participation from Emergence Capital and Pruven Capital. According to the announcement, Pace will use the funds this year to help clients expand their agent workforce to handle…
OAK Global launches ROOT Intelligence to drive technology innovation
OAK Global, a global risk partner underwriting through two dedicated syndicates owned by Lloyd’s, has announced the launch of ROOT Intelligence, a new technology company designed to drive innovation. ROOT Intelligence combines professional engineering, compliance, data science and artificial intelligence expertise to build and extend proprietary tools that enhance technology-enabled risk insights. The company will…
Andrew Wansey joins Lockton as Growth & Client Strategy Leader
Independent insurance broker Lockton has announced the appointment of Andrew Wansey as head of growth and client strategy. Wansey has more than 30 years of experience in insurance and risk consulting, with deep expertise in property, construction and casualty placements, transactional risks and alternative risk transfer solutions including captive and integrated risk plans. The executive…
Deutsche Rück’s net profit climbs ~45.5% to €21.1m in 2025
German reinsurance company Deutsche Rück Group announced a net profit after tax of 21.1 million euros for the full year of 2025, an increase of approximately 45.5% from 14.5 million euros in 2024. This year, gross premiums increased across all strategic business units, rising by 6.1% from €2.09 billion to €2.21 billion. Net premium income…
RiverStone absolutely wants to be more proactive on deal origination: Group President & CFO, Creed
Group president and group chief financial officer (CFO) Andrew Creed said global legacy acquirer RiverStone International is keen to be more proactive in deal origination and is committed to continuing to build brand and legacy market recognition while leveraging new technologies to support its growth objectives. At the 2026 IRLA conference in Brighton in early…
Palomar appoints Scott Beiser to its Board of Directors
Palomar Holdings, Inc., an American specialty insurance company specializing in property and casualty insurance, announced the appointment of Scott Beiser to its Board of Directors. Beiser brings decades of executive leadership and public company experience with expertise in strategic planning, corporate governance, capital allocation and driving long-term shareholder value creation. He currently serves as Co-Chairman…
PERILS cuts loss estimate for Queensland and New South Wales storms to AUD 2.943bn
PERILS, the Zurich-based independent provider of catastrophe insurance market data, has released its third industry loss estimate related to the severe convective storms that hit Queensland and New South Wales from 21 to 27 November 2025. PERILS reports that the latest industry loss estimate is A$2.943 billion, which is essentially the same as the A$2.950…
GIC Re’s FY’25 gross premium income up almost 7%
Indian public sector reinsurer General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) reported a nearly 7% rise in gross premium income at Rs 44,006.74 crore for the financial year ended March 31, 2026 (FY’25) as compared to Rs 41,153.95 crore for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 (FY’24). The reinsurer’s net premiums grew to Rs…
