Specialist re/insurance broker, McGill and Partners has appointed David Cousar as Partner in its facultative reinsurance team.
Cousar’s appointment is part of McGill and Partner’s entrance into the APAC market as the firm continues to grow its global reach.
Within this new role, Cousar will be based in Sydney, Australia, where he will be responsible for looking after the development and growth of all lines of facultative business in the Asia Pacific region.
In addition, he will be working closely with Paul Summers, Head of Facultative Reinsurance at McGill and Partners, as the firm looks to recruit additional talent to build in the region and globally.
Cousar brings 27 years of industry experience to the role, mostly within the facultative space.
Throughout his career, Cousar has been involved in several facultative start-ups, and worked books of business in UK, Europe, Scandinavia, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Pacific. For the last eight years he served as Head of Asia, Facultative Aon Reinsurance Solutions.
He started out his career as an Underwriter at National Re, before moving on to serve as an Associate Secretary at General Re.
Further into his career, Cousar served as an Executive Director at RKH Reinsurance Brokers. In addition to that, he also previously served as an Executive Director at Gallagher, as well as Head of Fac at Lockton Companies.
Paul Summers, Head of Global Facultative Reinsurance at McGill and Partners commented: “David’s appointment is part of our continued global expansion, and his industry knowledge will be a major asset to the firm. He has created a lot of success in his time at Aon, and I’m excited to see what we can achieve at McGill and Partners. Our business is quickly evolving and David joining is a major asset as we continue to make waves in the industry.”
Cousar, added: “McGill and Partners is on an exciting journey and includes some of the best in our industry. I feel privileged to join this new venture as it changes the insurance landscape and there are considerable opportunities in the APAC region. The whole firm works as a collective and as it expands, we will continue to trade as a boutique specialist and only offer the best in the market for its clients. I’m looking forward to joining Paul and what is already a strong and highly respected team as we take McGill and Partners to the next step and expand the Asia Pacific offering.”
