Gallagher Re News

Reinsurers Average 12.1% Premium Growth for Full-Year 2022: Gallagher Re

Reinsurers’ premium growth averaged 12.1% for full-year 2022 and 10.2% for the fourth quarter, which was driven by improved pricing for commercial lines and reinsurance business, according to Gallagher Re. However, the strongest FY 2022 increase of 16.7%-plus came from …

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires UK’s Bay Risk Services From Optio

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced its reinsurance division Gallagher Re has acquired the business and assets of UK-based Bay Risk Services Ltd., a member of the Optio Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2016 as …

Rising Costs of Secondary Perils Force Reinsurers to Require Higher Attachment Points

Economic and insured losses from secondary perils from natural catastrophes are accelerating and surpassing the loss totals from primary perils, which is leading reinsurers to require higher attachment points, according to Gallagher Re. “The topic of primary versus secondary perils …

Cat Bond Investors Demand Higher Premiums as Weather Becomes More Extreme

Investors in the $35 billion catastrophe bond market are demanding the highest premiums in years to cover issuers against disasters, as weather events become more extreme while interest rates rise. Margins on new issuances of catastrophe bonds covering US wind …

Beazley Launches Global Re/insurance Market’s First Cyber Catastrophe Bond

Specialist insurer Beazley has launched the global insurance market’s first cyber catastrophe bond. The $45 million bond gives Beazley indemnity against all perils in excess of a $300 million catastrophe event, with the potential for additional tranches to be released …

January Renewals See Hardest Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Rates in Generation

A convergence of global events has led to the hardest property-catastrophe reinsurance market in a generation and a “complex,” “grueling” and “late” January renewal season, which went down to the wire, according to reports issued by brokers Gallagher and Howden …

People Moves: Sompo Int’l Taps Berkshire’s Crozier for UK Casualty; AXA XL Re Promotes Abend for Bermuda Property; Gallagher Re Names Senior Leaders in Holland

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Sompo International, AXA XL Reinsurance and Gallagher Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Int’l Taps Berkshire’s Crozier for UK Retail Casualty Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a global …

People Moves: Canopius Names WTW’s Maitra as Group Head of Sustainability; Gallagher Re Hires Bangs and Swindell for Asia Pacific

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Canopius and Gallagher Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Canopius Names WTW’s Maitra as Group Head of Sustainability Canopius Group, the global specialty re/insurer, announced the appointment of …

Gallagher Re Taps Aon’s Bowen as Chief Science Officer; Aon Names Jursa CEO of Commercial Risk, Czech Republic; Gridel Joins Howden M&A to Lead Europe Biz Devel

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Gallagher Re, Aon and Howden M&A. A summary of these new hires follows here. Gallagher Re Names Aon’s Bowen as Chief Science Officer Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance broker, announced it …

People: IQUW Taps Lancashire’s Warburg as Head of Reinsurance, London; Gallagher Re Names Swiss Re’s Choniski as Head of Embedded Insurance

IQUW Taps Lancashire’s Warburg as Head of Reinsurance, London Property and specialty re/insurer IQUW has named Dan Warburg as its new head of Reinsurance, London. Based in London, he will report to Steven Tebbutt, active underwriter, IQUW Syndicate 1856 and …