Lloyd's announced that it has appointed Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) to provide an additional independent opinion of Lloyd's financial strength "and further demonstrate the market's exceptionally strong financial position to investors and customers".

After the decision of the Hungarian authorities to block the sale of Aegon NV's local unit to Vienna Insurance Group in a regional deal of EUR 830 million sale of Dutch insurer's CEE operations to Austrian insurer, Hungarian CIG Pannonia could be the potential buyer, Bloomberg informed here.

Eurohold, the Bulgarian public holding and an independent financial and insurance group operating in the CEE/SEE/CIS region, has mandated J.P. Morgan AG to act as its lead and exclusive arranger for structuring the debt financing related to the deal with CEZ Group.

Despite the combined effects of around USD 25 billion of pandemic and natural catastrophe related losses and a compromised investment return, Aon's Reinsurance Aggregate (ARA) of reinsurers was able to report positive earnings for the year and an increased capital base, aided by demonstrated access to new funding.

Guy Carpenter & Company announced the appointments of Christophe GAUDRON as CEO, Guy Carpenter France, effective January 01, 2022, and Michel DEN BOER as Managing Director, Treaty Broking, Guy Carpenter Benelux, with immediate effect.

Swiss Re has published the 2020 Financial Condition Report for the Swiss Re Group and regulated re/insurance legal entities domiciled in Switzerland for the reporting period ended 31 December 2020.

Swiss Re Institute has issued the Climate Economics Index a stress-tests analysis on how climate risks will impact 48 countries representing 90% of the world economy and ranks their overall climate resilience. It shows all countries will be affected, but some are more vulnerable than others.

The Supervisory Board of Adris grupa - the CROATIA's osiguranje owner - approved the Group's audited non-consolidated and consolidated annual financial report for 2020 and the proposal for a decision on the allocation of profits from 2020.

Guy Carpenter continues to investment in its cyber platform and has made new appointments within the Cyber team. They named Anthony CORDONNIER as Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Cyber, and promoted Erica DAVIS to Global Co-Head of Cyber. Other appointments were also made.

Dutch insurer Achmea informed its Annual General Meeting (AGM) adopted the 2020 financial statements and also approved a proposal to distribute a dividend of EUR 19.6 million on the preference shares and EUR 149.7 million on the ordinary shares. In addition, the AGM addressed the previously announced appointments of Bianca Tetteroo and Jan van den Berg.

Aegon announced that Global Chief Technology Officer Mark Bloom is stepping down, effective June 1, 2021: "Having led Aegon's technology and innovation activities for more than five years, he has decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities".

German reinsurer Munich Re announced preliminary net profit of roughly EUR 600 million for the Q1 2021, which is up on the consensus of EUR 466 million and also the EUR 221 million reported in the same period in 2020.

A quarter of Czechs still lose part of their savings to inflation. They consider cash or a current account to be the most suitable way to save money, according to a survey by Generali Investments CEE related to the Lion`s Share project.

On the 1^st of April 2021, French reinsurer SCOR informed that it grew its gross premiums up for renewal by 14.3% to EUR 600 million, with a 4.3% overall increase in pricing.

Swiss Re's shareholders approved all proposals put forward by the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Zurich. This included the distribution of an ordinary dividend of CHF 5.90 per share as well as the election of Sergio Ermotti as new Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced that David Brown, currently its Head of Insurance Linked Markets will take over as head of its Capital Solutions unit from July 1, 2021, subject to local regulatory approval.

With an increased premium volume of EUR 10.43 billion, profit before taxes of EUR 346 million and a further improved combined ratio of 95%, VIG Group has achieved solid results for 2020. The preliminary figures for the 2020 financial year and the outlook for 2021 are confirmed by the VIG reports.

Aon launches innovative industry collaboration to protect global Covid-19 vaccine shipments and will donate all 2021 revenues from new solution to a charity dedicated to eradicating the global human and economic toll of the pandemic.

Murex, the global leader in integrated investment management and processing solutions for capital markets, served as a critical technology partner for PZU Group as it implemented a sophisticated platform solution to manage its own investments and assets, as well as those of its customers.

According to the latest Reinsurance Market Report from Willis Re, the total capital dedicated to the global reinsurance industry measured USD 658 billion at year-end 2020 reflecting 7% year-on-year growth. The rise was driven primarily by strong investment market appreciation.