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Markel Insurance, the insurance business of Markel Group Inc., has appointed James Howell as senior war and terrorism underwriter, effective immediately. Howell has nearly a decade of expertise in terrorism underwriting, most recently as senior underwriter on terrorism and political violence at AXIS Capital. Prior to joining AXIS, he spent two years as a Risk…
Global reinsurance broker Howden Re, in partnership with Howden Iberia, has been selected to provide natural catastrophe modeling services to Spain’s national special risk insurance bank, the Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros (CCS). State-operated CCS provides protection against high-impact events not covered by private insurance, including floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, atypical cyclones and other unusual…
Specialist re/insurance broker Miller has hired Elisabeth Chalon Lambertin and Toni Beltzer to further expand its guarantee services in Europe. Lambertin and Beltzer both come from Transitions, a surety broker specializing in suretyship, construction and real estate, which they co-founded in 2023. Prior to founding Transitions, Lambertin served for more than a decade as chief…
A new report from KBW analysts following a semi-annual visit to Bermuda shows that the January 1 reinsurance renewal season is later than expected and has been characterized by delays in firm order time (FOT) issuance and few contracts signed to date. Despite the slow progress, analysts described the market as “orderly” and delays appeared…
Getlink, the company that manages and operates the Channel Tunnel infrastructure between France and the UK, has reached an agreement with its insurers to provide compensation of approximately €55 million for ElecLink’s operational losses following the suspension of its activities at the end of 2024. The outage was caused by a failure of the ElecLink…
Holding company Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. has agreed to acquire 100% of specialty insurer and reinsurer Vantage Group Holdings Ltd. in an all-cash transaction of approximately $2.1 billion, subject to customary regulatory approvals. Founded in 2020, Vantage has become a global insurer and reinsurer offering a diversified global property and casualty (P&C) portfolio supported by…
MGA’s Volt Underwriting, established to support clients and brokers active in the energy sector, has updated its binder underwriting conventional and renewable energy generation and midstream risks, increasing its line size to $50 million in 2026. As part of the renewal, Volt reportedly received expanded coverage that provides MGA with coverage for traditional power construction…
As the reinsurance industry approaches the January 1 renewal season, Carmen Bueso, chief non-life underwriting officer (CUO) of Spanish reinsurance company MAPFRE Re, noted that while the current market provides opportunities, the industry must avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. Looking ahead to the upcoming renewal season, Bueso told Reinsurance News that conditions are…
Amiga Specialty, a specialist managing general agent (MGA) backed by BP Marsh, has strengthened its trading risk desk, expanding its presence in Europe with the hiring of a team that includes Sam Batchelor as head of European trading risk, Meea Keziah Cabansag as underwriter and George Brain as assistant underwriter on the board. In his…
PRISM, a new managing general agent (MGA) founded by industry veterans and supported by Convex and Efinity Insurance Solutions (EIG), has officially launched in Singapore and Hong Kong and will begin underwriting on 18 December 2025. According to reports, PRISM will bring new capabilities, technology and expertise to the Asia-Pacific specialty market, combining underwriting talent…