HDI Global Specialty SE, the collaborative specialty insurance venture between HDI Global and Hannover Re, has promoted Frida Kangasniemi to the role of Head of Airline.
Kangasniemi, who was previously Head of General Aviation at the company, will replace Thomas Broms who retired at the end of last year.
She has 16 years’ experience in the aviation market and joined HDI Global Specialty (formerly Inter Hannover) from Willis Aerospace in 2009.
Based in Stockholm, she and her team underwrite the worldwide Airline portfolio of HDI Global Specialty SE.
“International Airline Insurance is the largest portfolio within HDI Global Specialty’s aviation business,” said Mats Westerborn, Managing Director for HDI Global Specialty SE Scandinavian Branch, the main hub for Aviation in the group. “We have been writing this out of Stockholm since 1970, thus celebrating our 50th anniversary this year.”
“I am confident and pleased that we can build on the legacy of Thomas Broms’ long and successful career and pass the responsibility for this important portfolio to Frida’s capable hands,” Westerborn continued.
“Bringing new energy to the team, she has a proven track record as an aviation underwriter and is highly respected in the market.”
HDI Global Specialty SE operates from eight offices and currently writes aviation business from its Stockholm, London, Cologne, Sydney and Toronto offices.
