Ascot Group names Joseph Eppers as Group Chief Investment Officer
Specialist reinsurer Ascot Group Limited has confirmed the appointment of Joseph Eppers as its group chief investment officer and a member of its global executive committee. The firm said the appointments were part of the ongoing development of senior leadership in its international investments business. Within Ascot Group Limited, Eppers will be responsible for developing…
Gallagher Re appoints Eric Schwebach as EVP, North America Large Personal Property Product Leader
Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance brokerage and advisory arm of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., announced the appointment of Eric Schwebach as executive vice president (EVP), head of North America large personal property products. Schwebach joins Gallagher Re with more than 20 years of reinsurance brokerage experience. Throughout his career, he has developed extensive expertise…
Maximum Information launches PsiClone for live cyclone exposure monitoring
Maximum Information has announced the launch of PsiClone, a new real-time event monitoring platform designed to help insurers, reinsurers and underwriting teams monitor portfolio risk and respond early during active tropical cyclone events. Founded in 2020, Maximum Information is dedicated to improving society’s resilience through evolving natural disaster risk models. Designed for use before and…
Lockton Re appoints Brian Hall as Lead Solution Developer
Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of global insurance brokerage and risk management company Lockton, has announced the appointment of Brian Hall as Chief Solutions Developer. Hall will play a key role in advancing the company’s next-generation disaster analysis capabilities. In his new role, he will support Lockton Re’s analytics team and brokers by helping to…
ICEYE targets global expansion as latest funding round surpasses €1bn
Space sovereignty intelligence provider ICEYE has raised €450 million ($520 million) in a major Series F funding round led by General Atlantic, valuing it at more than €10 billion ($12 billion). Including the secondary placement, the total financing in this round exceeds 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion). The company operates the world’s largest synthetic aperture…
MSIG USA receives AM Best A+ rating affirmations and new rating for E&S insurer
MSIG USA, the U.S. insurance subsidiary of global insurer MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., announced that its newly launched excess and surplus (E&S) line carrier MSIG Specialty Insurance America, Inc. has been assigned an A+ (Senior) financial strength rating and an ‘aa’ (Senior) long-term issuer credit rating by AM Best. The ratings agency also affirmed…
Cyber, AI and economic pressures dominate insurance concerns in RiskScan 2026
Cyber ​​incidents, economic stress and artificial intelligence have emerged as top concerns across five key insurance segments, underscoring the growing interconnectedness of modern risks, according to RiskScan 2026, a cross-market study jointly conducted by the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) and Munich Re. For the 2026 edition, Munich Re USA and Triple-I commissioned independent market research…
Aon Germany Reinsurance CEO Jan-Oliver Thofern to retire
Aon, the global insurance and reinsurance brokerage and risk advisor, announced that Jan-Oliver Thofern, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Aon Reinsurance and Chairman of the National Board of Directors of Aon Germany, will retire on January 1, 2027. Pending his retirement, Toffern will continue to carry out his full responsibilities and his successor will be…
Ruchi Jain named Principal Officer of Saudi Re’s IIO-GIFT City, India Branch
Saudi Re, the reinsurer in the Middle East and North Africa region, has announced the appointment of Ruchi Jain as Chief Officer of its IIO-GIFT India City branch. In January 2026, Saudi Reinsurance received approval from the Saudi and Indian authorities to open a branch in GIFT City, India. Saudi Re has been active in…
Distinguished Programs expands into reinsurance market with new Antares Re-backed platform
National MGA and insurance program management company Distinguished Programs has entered the reinsurance market with the addition of Distinguished Reinsurance (DistinguishedRe), a new platform focused on property reinsurance led by Frank DiPaola. With more than 25 years of reinsurance experience, DiPaola will serve as president of DistinguishedRe Property, leading a dedicated team of interim and…
