Cyber risk has entered the top 10 global risks as identified by clients of Aon Global Risk Solutions for the first time, making an appearance in ninth position...

John Thomson, the Connecticut Insurance Department’s captive unit director, has been appointed as deputy commissioner of the department, effective immediately...

A.M. Best has affirmed the FSR of “A (Excellent)” and the ICR of “a+” of Transatlantic Reinsurance Company and its subsidiaries, collectively referred to as TransRe...

JLT Re has appointed Pei Wang as lead catastrophe modeller for the Canadian market...

The Western Region Captive Insurance Conference is taking place between 11 and 13 May in St. Louis, Missouri.

Gibraltar has completed its first insurance-linked securities (ILS) transaction with online lottery provider Lottoland, to the tune of €100 million...

Guernsey Finance has appointed Kate Clouston as its first director of international business development...

Willis Group Holdings has made a “firm offer” to acquire the remaining 70 percent that it does not currently own of French insurance broker Gras Savoye, and to accelerate closing...

Montana’s governor Steve Bullock has signed two separate bills that have been introduced to further improve the state’s regulatory environment for captive insurance...

In a new report Towers Watson has recommended that investors review their strategic allocation to reinsurance as a form of diversification, despite falling premiums and rates standing at the low end of the historical range...

Ian Kilpatrick, founder of Advantage International Management, has received the Captive Insurance Companies Association’s (CICA) Distinguished Service Award...

Publicly traded reinsurance companies saw their stock prices end 2014 below the overall market, according to a new report from A.M. Best...