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At The Insurer, our goal is to provide you with top-notch news, analysis, and data in the specialty (re)insurance sector. We cover a global landscape but concentrate on underwriting and distribution related to complex risks, alongside the capital, infrastructure, and services that support them. Our mission is to uncover deeper insights and market intelligence that you might not find elsewhere. Additionally, we aim to be a voice for the industry, highlighting both the positives and negatives, as well as the challenges and opportunities that arise from external influences. Ultimately, we are committed to delivering responsible, relevant, and insightful journalism, along with meaningful analysis and valuable data for our audience.

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Gallagher closes $1.2 billion Woodruff Sawyer acquisition

1 week ago | theinsurer.com | Michael Loney

Arthur J Gallagher has completed the previously disclosed $1.2 billion acquisition of San Francisco, California-based Woodruff Sawyer.
Exclusive: Liberty NA programs president Sharis joins Bain-backed Emerald Bay as CEO

1 month ago | theinsurer.com | James Thaler

Liberty Mutual’s North America president for programs within Global Risk Solutions, Tracey Sharis, is joining Bain Capital-backed specialty (re)insurer Emerald Bay as CEO, a role vacated by co-founder Dave Ingrey last year.
Newfront COO Brown exits following five years with retail broking insurtech

1 month ago | theinsurer.com | James Thaler

(The Insurer) - Newfront’s chief operating officer Mike Brown is exiting the retail broking insurtech after six years with the company, and is expected to move to a start-up outside the insurance industry.
UK insurers welcome Reeves' action plan to slash regulatory and administration burden

1 month ago | theinsurer.com | Rebecca Delaney

UK industry bodies have welcomed HM Treasury's action plan to streamline regulators' core legal duties and establish a concierge service for international financial services firms looking to domicile in London.
Exclusive: Ryan Specialty hiring former Aon commercial risk president Keogh as COO

1 month ago | theinsurer.com | James Thaler

Ryan Specialty has hired former longtime Aon executive Steve Keogh as its new COO, representing a return to the market for the executive after he retired in late 2022 to end more than three decades with the global intermediary.
Exclusive: AIG former Northeast zonal president Reiss exits

1 month ago | theinsurer.com | James Thaler

AIG’s former Northeast zonal president Steve Reiss is exiting the insurer two years after joining from WTW, where he had been corporate risk and broking leader for the Northeast region.
Cat bond momentum to continue in 2025 despite wildfire impact: AM Best

1 month ago | theinsurer.com | Aidan Gregory

Insurance sector rating agency AM Best expects 2025 to be another strong year for catastrophe bond and ILS issuance after record growth of the market last year, despite the fallout from the Los Angeles wildfires in January.
Davies promotes Patel to CEO of North America business division

1 month ago | theinsurer.com | Isha Marathe

Professional services and technology company Davies, which serves the insurance market and other regulated markets, has promoted Dhara Patel to CEO of its North American business division.
Flood Re enters cat bond market with Vision 2039 placement via London Bridge 2

1 month ago | theinsurer.com | Rebecca Delaney

UK reinsurance backstop Flood Re has completed its debut catastrophe bond Vision 2039 using the London Bridge 2 PCC Limited transformer vehicle, the first use of the structure by a non-Lloyd's entity.
Markel names Wilson as CEO of Markel Insurance, Noble to exit company

1 month ago | theinsurer.com | Rebecca Delaney

Markel Group has named Simon Wilson as CEO of Markel Insurance, the overarching division for the firm's three primary underwriting businesses of Markel Specialty, Markel International and Markel Global Reinsurance.