French reinsurance company SCOR has returned to the catastrophe bond market, securing $240 million of retrocession protection against named storms in the US and the Caribbean, earthquakes in the US and Canada, and European windstorms.

Specialty insurance broker McGill and Partners has appointed John Judice as the new President of its US business segment, where he will focus on driving business development activity across the firm’s specialty platform.

Super-regional property and casualty insurance holding company, Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc., has completed the primary offering of 3,703,703 shares of its common stock, which alongside a private placement, has raised gross proceeds of $26.5 million.

Howden, the global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has announced the acquisition of Gravitas Insurance Agency LLC (Gravitas), a US retail brokerage specialising in contingency insurance for music, sport and live events.

US primary insurance carrier Travelers has grown the size of its main Northeast Property Catastrophe Excess-of-Loss Reinsurance coverage by $100 million at the July 1st, 2022, reinsurance renewals, as the firm saw price increases aligned with those seen on its inwards book.