Insurance and reinsurance specialist, Neon Underwriting, has named Mark Gibson from Argo Group as its Director of Reinsurance and Alternative Capital.
Gibson will report to Neon’s Managing Director, Ian Martin, and have responsibility for developing the company’s outwards reinsurance programmes and alternative, or third-party reinsurance capital strategy.
Gibson previously worked for BNP has head of non-life business within the insurance team of the company’s Fixed Income Division. He then moved to reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, where he spent almost two decades, latterly as Managing Director of its capital markets unit, GC Advanced Risk Solutions.
He joins Neon from Argo Group, where he spent five years as Director of the firm’s Alternative Risk Markets, and brings 30 years’ of industry experience to his new role.
Commenting on the appointment, Martin Reith, Neon Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), said; “This is another excellent senior hire for us and I’m delighted to welcome Mark to Neon. Mark brings extensive knowledge and experience around both third party capital management and reinsurance, and his expertise will make an important contribution to this part of Neon’s strategy.
“I look forward to his input as we drive forward this side of the business.”
