UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): September 1, 2025
SIRIUSPOINT LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Bermuda | 001-36052 | 98-1599372 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| Point Building 3 Waterloo Lane |
| Pembroke HM 08 Bermuda |
| (Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +1 441 542-3300
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class |
Trading symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
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| Common Shares, $0.10 par value | SPNT | New York Stock Exchange | ||
| 8.00% Resettable Fixed Rate Preference Shares, Series B, $0.10 par value, $25.00 liquidation preference per share | SPNT PB | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company ☐
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On September 3, 2025, SiriusPoint Ltd. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Martin Hudson to serve on the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), effective September 1, 2025. Mr. Hudson will serve as a Class III director until the Company’s 2028 annual general meeting of shareholders and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.
Mr. Hudson, 66, has more than 40 years of international (re)insurance leadership experience, spanning underwriting, risk management, governance, and executive management. Since 2015, he has served as an independent non-executive director and chair of the board of directors across a number of companies, including SiriusPoint International. Mr. Hudson has served as an independent non-executive director of Liberty Mutual Managing Agency Ltd and Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE since November 2024 and has served as an independent non-executive chairman of Sirius International Managing Agency Ltd since November 2018. Mr. Hudson also served on the board of directors of (i) Apollo Syndicate Management Ltd from February 2018 until February 2025, (ii) MS Amlin Underwriting Limited from March 2020 to August 2023, and (iii) Old Mutual Specialty Insurance from January 2017 to March 2020. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hudson held senior executive positions with Travelers Insurance, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, and Old Mutual Specialty Insurance. His leadership experience covers wholesale and retail insurance, specialty and reinsurance markets, and global operations across the U.S., UK, Europe, Canada, and Asia. The Board considered Mr. Hudson’s extensive leadership experience in the (re)insurance industry and as an executive and board member to multiple companies when concluding that Mr. Hudson should serve as a director of the Company.
The Board has determined that Mr. Hudson qualifies as an independent director for purposes of the rules of the New York Stock Exchange as well as applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Mr. Hudson may be appointed to serve on a Board committee at a later date. Committee assignment(s), once determined, will be disclosed by the Company in a Current Report on Form 8-K.
Mr. Hudson will receive the same compensation as the Company’s other non-employee directors, which is summarized in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 10, 2025 for the 2025 annual general meeting of shareholders.
The Company has also entered into an indemnification agreement with Mr. Hudson in the same form as its standard form of indemnity agreement with its other directors.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Hudson and any other person pursuant to which he was named a director of the Company. Mr. Hudson has no family relationship with the Company’s directors or executive officers or any persons nominated or chosen by the Company to be a director or executive officer. Mr. Hudson has not entered into any other material plan, contract, arrangement or amendment in connection with his appointment to the Board.
Mr. Hudson is not a party to any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
On September 3, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Hudson’s appointment. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated as of September 3, 2025, issued by SiriusPoint Ltd. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SIRIUSPOINT LTD. | ||||||
| Date: September 3, 2025 | By: | /s/ Linda S. Lin |
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| Name: Linda S. Lin | ||||||
| Title: Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||||||
Exhibit 99.1
PRESS RELEASE
SiriusPoint appoints Martin Hudson to Board of Directors
HAMILTON, Bermuda, September 3, 2025 – SiriusPoint Ltd. (“SiriusPoint” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SPNT), a global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has today announced the appointment of Martin Hudson as Board Director, effective September 1, 2025.
Mr. Hudson has more than 40 years of international (re)insurance leadership experience, spanning underwriting, risk management, governance, and executive management. Since 2015, he has served as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Board across a number of companies, including SiriusPoint International Insurance Corporation (publ).
He is also currently Independent Non-Executive Director at Liberty Mutual Managing Agency Ltd and Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE. Mr. Hudson has also served on the boards of Apollo Syndicate Management Ltd, MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd, Novae Syndicates Ltd, and Old Mutual Specialty Insurance.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Hudson held senior executive positions with Travelers Insurance, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, and Old Mutual Specialty Insurance. His leadership experience covers wholesale and retail insurance, specialty and reinsurance markets, and global operations across the US, UK, Europe, Canada, and Asia.
“Martin brings an exceptional track record in underwriting leadership, governance, and board stewardship across a number of organizations in our industry,” said Bronek Masojada, Chair of the Board, SiriusPoint. “His experience of working with businesses through both challenging remediation phases and successful growth strategies will be invaluable as we continue to strengthen SiriusPoint’s business and deliver long-term value for our shareholders.”
“I am delighted to be joining the Board of SiriusPoint,” Mr. Hudson said. “The Company has a strong platform, a clear strategy, and significant growth opportunities ahead. I look forward to working with my fellow directors and the leadership team to support SiriusPoint’s ambitions and help deliver value for shareholders, clients, and business partners.”
ENDS
About SiriusPoint
SiriusPoint is a global underwriter of insurance and reinsurance providing solutions to clients and brokers around the world. Bermuda-headquartered with offices in New York, London, Stockholm and other locations, we are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (SPNT). We have licenses to write Property & Casualty and Accident & Health insurance and reinsurance globally. Our offering and distribution capabilities are strengthened by a portfolio of strategic partnerships with Managing General Agents and Program Administrators. With approximately $2.8 billion total capital, SiriusPoint’s operating companies have a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) from AM Best, S&P and Fitch, and A3 from Moody’s. For more information, please visit https://www.siriuspt.com/
Forward-Looking Statements
We make statements in this press release that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. We intend these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements in the U.S. Federal securities laws. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the impact of general economic conditions and conditions affecting the insurance and reinsurance industry; the adequacy of our reserves; fluctuation in the results of operations; pandemic or other catastrophic event, such as the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak; uncertainty of success in investing in early-stage companies, such as the risk of loss of an initial investment, highly variable returns on investments, delay in receiving return on investment and difficulty in liquidating the investment; the costs, expense and difficulties of the integration of the operations of Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. and Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd.; our ability to assess underwriting risk, trends in rates for property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, competition, investment market and investment income fluctuations; trends in insured and paid losses; regulatory and legal uncertainties; and other risk factors described in SiriusPoint’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2024. Except as required by applicable law or regulation, we disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, or new information, data or methods, future events or other circumstances after the date of this press release.
Contacts
Investor Relations
Liam Blackledge, SiriusPoint
Liam.Blackledge@siriuspt.com
+44 203 772 3082
Media
Sarah Hills, Rein4ce
sarah.hills@rein4ce.co.uk
+44 7718 882011