Liberty Specialty Markets (Liberty), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Sarah Howell as head of claims, UK & MENA, effective 1 July 2026. Howell is succeeding Scott Kellers, who left the business in April 2026, and will be reporting to Mike Gillett, chief claims officer, Liberty International Insurance, and Luis Prato,…

Willis, a WTW-owned global risk advisory, insurance brokerage and advisory firm, has announced the expansion of its CyMax Facility, its primary and excess cyber insurance solution for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-market enterprises in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The updated facility was developed by insurance partners AXA XL, Beazley, HDI…

Global reinsurer Munich Re has announced the appointment of Thomas Wilde as Customer Executive for Israel and the Maghreb, effective July 1, 2026. With 35 years of international industry experience, Wilde combines deep underwriting expertise with a strong, people-centered leadership approach. Since joining Munich Re in 1988, he has made significant contributions in Latin America,…

Fitch Ratings suggests that reinsurers/insurers must innovate to balance the potentially conflicting objectives of expanding access to affordable natural catastrophe insurance coverage without compromising prudent underwriting principles, with the rating agency highlighting solutions such as microinsurance, parametric insurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) as potential ways to help achieve this goal. In a new report, Fitch…

Global insurance and reinsurance brokerage and risk advisor Aon has appointed Nicola Mondone as head of asset-backed finance and securitization, credit solutions. In his new role, Mondone will support the broker’s financial institution clients in the Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) region. He will expand their access to insurance capital, with a focus on…

Compre Group Holdings Limited (Compre), an international specialist reinsurance group registered in Bermuda, announces the appointment of Graham Taylor as Managing Director, Underwriting, with immediate effect. In this role, Taylor will report to chief underwriting officer Rachel Bardon and will play a key role in leading the group’s retrospective reinsurance activities, overseeing the execution of…

Independent specialist re/insurance broker Miller has appointed Kim Plant as head of North America real estate, where he will lead the firm’s North American real estate business from its London and Bermuda offices. Plant joins Miller from Amwins, where he served as director of the company’s North American real estate division since 2020, and reportedly…

Hippo Holdings Inc, a U.S. property and casualty insurer that combines insurance with technology-driven risk management, has entered into an expanded partnership with Accelerant. Accelerant is a provider of data-led risk exchange platforms for the specialty insurance sector. As part of the agreement, which is effective July 1, 2026, with the full program launching on…

Global reinsurance brokerage Gallagher Re reported that property catastrophe reinsurance rates for the best-performing accounts in North America fell by 20% to 25% or more at renewal on July 1, with similar trends seen in other regions as sellers showed greater flexibility on price and structure. Gallagher Re’s First View Renewal Report for July 2026…