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Hamilton Re welcomes Carol Redahan as new Controller
16th May 2018
Hamilton Re, the Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance platform for Hamilton Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Carol Redahan as Senior Vice President, Controller. Reporting to Hamilton Re Chief Financial Officer Vanessa Hardy Pickering, Ms. Redahan will be bringing almost 20 years’ experience within the financial services and reinsurance industries. She joins ... Read the full article
Canopius appoints Construction and Engineering Underwriter
3rd May 2018
Global specialty lines re/insurer Canopius has announced the appointment of John Shaw as Construction and Engineering Underwriter. Shaw joins Canopius from QBE, where he has served since 2014, most recently as Construction Underwriting Manager for Northern Australia. Spencer Pearce, Head of Heavy Industry & Construction at Canopius, commented: “We are really pleased ... Read the full article
Volante Global names Underwriting and Franchise Director
12th April 2018
Volante Global Limited, an international managing general agent (MGA) platform, has announced the appointment of Jerry Probert as Underwriting and Franchise Director. The appointment also sees Probert join the Volante Executive Committee and Volante Global Board, and he will work closely with the firm's Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Talbir ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine HCC appoints Susan Rivera as Chief Operating Officer
3rd April 2018
Tokio Marine HCC has announced the appointment of Susan Rivera as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Rivera joins Tokio Marine from V3 Insurance Partners LLC, where she was a founding shareholder, and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since 2009. In her new role, she will ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Kiln appoints Stuart Chamberlain to senior casualty underwriter
21st March 2018
Tokio Marine Kiln has appointed Stuart Chamberlain, who joins from QBE as senior casualty underwriter, set to report to Paul Woodward, Head of UK liability and Europe. Woodward said: "Stuart is a well-established casualty underwriter in the Manchester market. He is technically strong across a broad range of sectors and trades ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal strengthens casualty division with two key hires
15th March 2018
ArgoGlobal has strengthened its casualty division with two key hires, naming Geoffrey Bull as casualty treaty underwriter and Jaime Garcia-Anton Lopez as professional indemnity (PI) underwriter, effective immediately. Bull will report to Stuart Dale, international casualty treaty class underwriter, and Garcia-Anton Lopez will report to James McPartland, PI class underwriter. Ryan Barnes, ... Read the full article
MIB appoints Dominic Clayden as new CEO
14th March 2018
MIB has announced that Dominic Clayden will succeed current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ashton West OBE from 14th May 2018, as well as becoming an Executive Director to the Board. The transition will follow West’s retirement after 15 years at MIB, and he is expected to work closely with Clayden over ... Read the full article
Sompo International appoints new Loss Control leaders
9th March 2018
Sompo International has announced that Victor Sordillo, current Senior Vice President, Loss Control has been appointed Loss Control leader for all of Sompo International Insurance, and that Christine Sullivan will become Senior Vice President, Loss Control Leader, Sompo Global Risk Solutions (GRS). Sordillo joined the company as Loss Control Leader for ... Read the full article
ArgoGlobal names Veronica Grigg as senior executive officer for Asia
5th March 2018
ArgoGlobal, a division of Argo Group, has announced the appointment of Veronica Grigg as senior executive officer for ArgoGlobal Asia, set to take up her role in the firm's Singapore office in April, subject to regulatory approval. Grigg is an industry veteran with over 25 years of industry experience in the Asia ... Read the full article
RMS names Adam Sandler as Head of Underwriting, Cyber and Model Solutions
28th February 2018
Risk modeller RMS has named Adam Sandler as Head of Underwriting, Cyber and Model Solutions, set to oversee the expansion of RMS business in cyber, data, underwriting and models solutions with a focus on digital risk and underwriting transformation. Sandler joins from QBE North America, where he was Senior Vice President and ... Read the full article
The Insurance Council of Australia appoints three new directors to board
9th February 2018
The Board of the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has named Vivek Bhatia, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Australian & New Zealand Operations of QBE Insurance, Richard Feledy, the Managing Director of Allianz Australia, and Sue Houghton the General Manager of Insurance BT Financial Group as new directors of ... Read the full article
Volante Global launches Nordic-focused MGA Bridge Underwriting
1st February 2018
Multi-class and multi-territory international managing general agent (MGA) platform Volante Global has announced the launch of Nordic-focused MGA Bridge Underwriting AB. The Stockholm-based specialist underwriting MGA is set to be led by Torkel Lindberg as Managing Director and will work exclusively with key brokers and agents across the region, offering property, liability, financial ... Read the full article
Volante Global names Chief Actuarial Officer & Head of Operations
25th January 2018
Multi-class international managing general agent (MGA) platform, Volante Global Limited, has announced the appointment of Chris Drew, most recently at QBE in Europe, as its Chief Actuarial Officer. The company has also announced the appointment of Paul Rich, most recently at Barbican Insurance Group, as the firms new Head of Operations. The ... Read the full article
Probitas 1492 names Mark Smith as Senior Underwriter
18th January 2018
Probitas 1492 has named Mark Smith as Senior Underwriter for Management Liability in the Financial Lines team. Smith, who joins Probitas from QBE, is set to take responsibility for the syndicate’s Management Liability portfolio. Neila Buurman, Chief Underwriting Officer for Casualty, commented; "we are very excited that Mark has joined the team ... Read the full article
Volante Global launches London market commercial motor MGA, Edison Motor
18th January 2018
Multi-class international managing general agent (MGA) platform, Volante Global Limited, has announced the establishment of Edison Motor, a London market commercial motor insurance MGA. Edison Motor will offer comprehensive commercial motor insurance solutions to niche markets in the UK, with key business lines being the public sector, such as police forces, fire ... Read the full article
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