Bermuda-headquartered insurer and reinsurer Arch Capital Group Ltd. has reported strong group-wide underwriting income growth of 25.7% for Q2 2024 to $762 million, compared with $606 million in Q2 2023, driven by an improved underwriting performance in its reinsurance division. Group-wide, gross premiums written (GPW) were $5.4 billion for the quarter, an 11.1% increase over […]
Archives for July 2024
Gallagher expands European cyber leadership with latest senior hire
Gallagher has appointed Aldo Borsani as the Head of Cyber for Europe, where he will enhance the firm’s products and services, collaborate with existing clients and teams across Europe, and lead new business growth. Borsani brings nearly ten years of experience from Chubb, where he most recently served as the Financial Lines & Cyber Underwriting […]
Beazley appoints Jessica Schappell as Head of APAC
Specialist insurer Beazley has announced the appointment of Jessica Schappell as Head of Asia Pacific (APAC). In her new role, Schappell will report directly to Paul Bantick, Global Head of Cyber Risks at Beazley. She will be responsible for leading the APAC business to achieve Beazley’s growth plans in the region and will also oversee […]
Industry unsure what impact CrowdStrike outage will have on cyber insurance market, poll suggests
According to a recent poll from Reinsurance News, the re/insurance industry appears to be unsure in regards to how big of an impact the recent CrowdStrike IT global outage will have on the standalone cyber insurance market. For those who need a reminder, the outage, which took place on July 19, was caused by the […]
USAA’s Wallace becomes Chief Audit Executive, Seybold takes over as CFO
USAA has announced that Jeff Wallace, the firm’s current Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will take on a new role as Chief Audit Executive. Brett Seybold, who is currently the Senior Vice President and Senior Financial Officer for USAA’s property and casualty business, will replace Wallace as CFO. Throughout his 30-year-long career, Wallace has held leadership […]
Universal’s CR strengthens in Q2’24, net income rises to $35.4m
Universal Insurance Holdings has announced a net income of $35.4 million for the second quarter of 2024, an increase of 24% from the prior year quarter, as the company’s combined ratio strengthened by 3.2 percentage points to 95.9%. At the same time, the company has reported Q2 2024 total revenues of $380.2 million, up 12.0% from […]
CrowdStrike event to cost cyber insurers up to $1.5bn: CyberCube
Preliminary insured losses from the CrowdStrike IT outage for the standalone cyber insurance market are anticipated to fall between $400 million and $1.5 billion, according to CyberCube, a specialist modelling firm for cyber risks and exposures. For those unaware, the outage was caused by the security company CrowdStrike, which sent out a corrupted software update […]
Chubb’s P&C underwriting results improve despite elevated cat losses
Global property and casualty (P&C) insurer Chubb has reported Q2 2024 P&C underwriting income of $1.42 billion with a combined ratio of 86.8%, despite a rise in pre-tax catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, to $580 million. In the second quarter of 2024, Chubb’s P&C underwriting income increased 0.5% year-on-year as the combined ratio improved by […]
RLI sees Q2 underwriting income climb to $70m as combined ratio improves
In its Q2 2024 results, RLI Corp has revealed that its underwriting income increased to $70 million on an 81.5 combined ratio, up from $41.2 million on an 87.2 combined ratio in Q2 of 2023. RLI’s Property segment reportedly made up $53.2 million of the total underwriting income, while the Casualty segment made up $10.3 […]
WTW hires Marsh’s Lucy Clarke as President, Risk & Broking
WTW, the global insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed industry veteran Lucy Clarke as president, Risk & Broking. Clarke joins the firm with 25 years of industry experience, which includes previous tenures working in leadership roles at major firms, such as JLT Group and Marsh. Most recently, she served as the president of Marsh Specialty […]