MS Amlin eyes further growth in the Middle East via reinsurance partnership with Mitsui Sumitomo

Lloyd’s specialist insurer and reinsurer MS Amlin will begin underwriting Middle East political risks in 2025 and plans to achieve greater growth in the region through a new reinsurance partnership with its parent Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (MSI), Ltd. The new partnership is targeted at customers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and combines MSI’s…

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Senegal’s second-largest city secures parametric contract structured by AXA Climate

Pikine, Senegal’s second largest city with more than 750,000 inhabitants, signed a parametric insurance contract against excess rainfall, structured by AXA Climate and underwritten by a consortium of Senegalese insurance companies AXA Sénégal, ASKIA Assurances and SUNU Assurances, and reinsured by Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) Ltd. The insurance will give Pikine 200 million CFA francs…

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AXIS Capital’s underwriting result strengthens amid lower cat losses and favourable PYD

Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer AXIS Capital Holdings Limited’s combined ratio improved to 90.4% and 89.8% in the fourth quarter and full year of 2025, respectively, with catastrophe losses falling in both periods compared with the same period a year earlier and net favorable reserve development (PYD) higher in the prior year. AXIS Capital ended 2025…

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Howden names José Ignacio Lathrop as Executive Chair, LatAm

Global insurance and reinsurance brokerage group Howden has appointed José Ignacio Lathrop as executive chairman of Howden Latin America (LatAm). In his new role, Lathrop will leverage his deep market expertise to guide and support Howden’s operations in Latin America, working closely with International Growth Markets Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sonia Caamaño to drive growth…

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Arch Insurance International launches event cancellation cyber coverage

Arch Insurance International, part of Arch Capital Group and a multi-disciplinary specialist insurance solutions provider, has launched event cancellation cyber insurance. This new coverage is a cyber extension of the event cancellation policy and protects against events being canceled, abandoned, curtailed, interrupted, postponed or rescheduled due to unauthorized, malicious or criminal cyber conduct or computer…

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Athene appoints Scott Campion as Head of New Markets

Athene Holding Ltd., a life and retirement reinsurer largely owned by investor and private equity specialist Apollo Global Management Inc., has appointed Scott Campion as head of new markets. In his new role, Campion will focus on expanding Athene’s capabilities into new and adjacent areas. “There is a significant and growing unmet customer need for…

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Epsom appointed Allspring’s Head of Insurance for its International client group

Global asset manager Allspring Global Investments has announced the appointment of Andrew Epsom as head of international insurance, based in London. In this newly created role, Epsom will lead Allspring’s international (ex-U.S.) insurance strategy, aiming to expand the company’s presence in the global insurance market. The executive will also be responsible for driving strategic engagements…

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Willis unveils new model for comprehensive data centre risk management

Willis, the insurance brokerage company owned by WTW, has launched a specialized, forward-looking risk management model designed to deal with the increasingly complex data center environment. The unveiling comes as the industry moves away from viewing data centers as stand-alone assets and begins to view them as “critical, interconnected digital infrastructure that underpins global technology…

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