Global reinsurance provider OAK Re has rebranded its group identity to OAK Global, and launched a strategic business unit, OAK Enterprise, to underwrite retrocession business with an appetite for property and specialty classes, which will also provide risk solutions to clients through Lloyd’s Syndicate 1440.
Meanwhile, the newly formed syndicate has received in principle approval to assume business incepting January 1st, 2026, targeting approximately $75 million gross written premiums in its first year.
Roland Morse will head the strategic business unit and assume the role of Chief Underwriting Officer, OAK Enterprise.
OAK Reinsurance, the flagship strategic business unit in the OAK Global group, will continue underwriting primary reinsurance through Lloyd’s Syndicate 2843, headed by James Irvine as Chief Underwriting Officer, OAK Reinsurance.
Roland and James report to Cathal Carr, OAK Global’s founder, Chief Executive Officer and Active Underwriter for both syndicates.
Syndicate 1440 will be managed under a turnkey arrangement with Polo Managing Agency and will benefit from Bain Capital’s underwriting capital support.
Carr commentex, “The reinsurance marketplace is evolving – secular trends driven by continued technology advancements and cyclical dynamics such as M&A are driving new opportunities for our business as clients and distribution partners move toward centralised coordination of risk management. OAK Reinsurance was established to provide clients with holistic primary reinsurance solutions across property, specialty and credit horizontal risks.
“The creation of OAK Enterprise aims to address increasing demand and opportunity across the vertical risk spectrum, enabling us to provide partnership solutions to our clients with retrocession and enterprise risk management needs, supported by our market leading underwriting expertise.”
He continued, “We are proud to receive in principle approval to launch our second full syndicate at Lloyd’s, introduce OAK Enterprise as a strategic business unit and elevate our group identity to OAK Global. We are very grateful for our partnerships with clients, brokers, capital providers and Lloyd’s in 2025 and we look forward to continuing to create value for our stakeholders going forward.”
Elena Lieskovska, Partner, Bain Capital, added “We are proud of our partnership with the OAK Global team, and we are pleased to support Syndicate 1440 as a key capital partner.”
Deepon Sen Gupta, Head of Capital Partnerships, OAK Global, said, “The creation of a retro focused syndicate at Lloyd’s further evidences our capability to align evolving risk demand with technical underwriting expertise and innovative capital structuring. Syndicate 1440 will offer clients highly rated capacity while providing investors the opportunity to access strong expected returns in an attractive retro market environment.”
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