Specialty lines broker RKH Specialty has announced the appointment of Paul O’Neill as Chief Executive Officer for Asia Pacific.
Although O’Neill will join on 1 May 2020, he will assume the role once local regulatory formalities are finalised.
He was previously the Chief Underwriting Officer of Specialty at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty and a member of the Board of Management.
O’Neill will be based in Singapore for this role and will enable incumbent APAC CEO Stuart Beatty to move to a new role as Head of RKH Reinsurance Brokers APAC, with a remit to expand the company’s recently established and already successful reinsurance business in the region.
Commenting on his appointment, O’Neill said, “Looking at insurance products and services from a client’s perspective has been an important part of my previous roles. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside the team at RKH Specialty.
“I am very much looking forward to being part of a business that balances its scale in global markets with the ability to be flexible and nimble in order to deliver results for clients.”
Paul Redgate, Deputy Chairman, RKH Specialty commented, “Paul will join us at a hugely exciting time as RKH and Howden come together to blend the full breadth and strength of our product expertise with our growing regional ambitions in Asia and beyond.
“We are focussed on making our distribution channels more accessible,more efficient and more effective for our clients and we will continue to invest in and strengthen resources to deliver this.”
