Bermuda-based re/insurer Hamilton Insurance Group has announced the appointment of Aartie Manansingh to lead the development of its mergers and acquisitions (M&A) division in North America and Latin America.
Manansingh comes to Hamilton from Willis Towers Watson (WTW) where she was a director in the firm’s M&A group, facilitating the placement of transactional liability products for private equity and corporate clients.
Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President, Transactional Liability Group, at Ethos Specialty Insurance Services, and helped to launch a managing general agency providing transaction liability products.
In her new role, Manansingh will support the development of Hamilton’s M&A book of business.
Starting on August 31st, she will be based in New York and report to David White, Chief Underwriting Officer, Hamilton Managing Agency.
“We are truly delighted to be able to announce Aartie’s appointment to this critical position at Hamilton,” said Group CEO Pina Albo. “Since we completed the acquisition of Pembroke Managing Agency and related businesses last August, we’ve been delivering on our promise to unlock the potential this transformational deal represents to Hamilton.”
We see great opportunities in rebuilding a profitable portfolio of M&A business, as our colleagues in Hamilton Managing Agency have done before, and know that Aartie is exactly the right person to help us develop this line of business,” Albo continued.
“We’ll soon be recruiting for a similar position, to be based in London, to lead the development of our international M&A book. In the meantime, we welcome Aartie to the Hamilton team and look forward to working with her.”
Manansingh’s almost 10 years of M&A experience also include a position as Assistant Vice President at Ironshore Insurance Services Mergers & Acquisitions Group and as Senior Underwriter at Allied World Assurance Company.
She began her career as a corporate M&A associate at New York firm Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP.
