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Alesco launches $3.5bn energy reinsurance facility for Equatorial Guinea

21st March 2019

Alesco Risk Management Services, the specialist insurance and risk management broker, has been appointed by Africa Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) to arrange a reinsurance facility for all international upstream energy insurance programs written from Equatorial Guinea. The commission of the $3.5 billion facility, which will largely be placed through Lloyd’s, adheres ... Read the full article

Alesco appoints Jonathan Smith Managing Partner, Energy

13th November 2018

Specialist insurance and risk management broker, Alesco Risk Management Services, has named Jonathan Smith as Managing Partner of Energy, effective November 12th 2019. He has 36 years of industry experience and joins the firm from broker RK Harrison, where he was most recently Executive Director - Head of Upstream, after joining ... Read the full article

Alesco adds Miller’s Steve Dewey to energy division

25th September 2018

Alesco Risk Management Services, the specialist insurance and risk management broker, has appointed Miller’s Steve Dewey as Executive Partner in its energy division. Dewey will join Alesco in early 2019 after 23 years at Miller, where he held increasingly senior roles and left as Partner, responsible for the Upstream Technical team. In ... Read the full article

Alesco bolsters Middle East & Africa presence with new Partner, Nadim Semaan

12th June 2018

Specialist insurer Alesco Risk Management Service (Alesco) has bolstered its presence in the Middle East and Africa with the hiring of Nadim Semaan as Partner. He is set to join in July and will report to Managing Partner, Simon Clarkson. This is a newly created role within Alesco and will see ... Read the full article

Alesco appoints Martin Hiller as Chairman of UK Construction team

23rd April 2018

Alesco Risk Management Services has announced the appointment of Martin Hiller as Chairman of its UK Construction team. Hiller joins Alesco from Willis Towers Watson, where he was most recently Head of International Construction within its corporate risk and broking unit. Before this, he spent 10 years at JLT, first as Managing ... Read the full article

Alesco expands energy division with two new partners

30th January 2018

Alesco Risk Management Services (Alesco) has announced the appointment of two further partners within its growing energy division, Alison Schwab and Mark Smith. Schwab, who brings more than a decade of experience in energy casualty and a unique knowledge of the US retail market, began her new role on 22 January ... Read the full article

Alesco hires energy broker Bob Choppen from Willis

11th August 2017

Specialist broker Alesco Risk Management Services (Alesco) has hired Bob Choppen, previously the Deputy Managing Director of Energy at insurance and reinsurance broker Willis Towers Watson, to join its growing energy broking division. Choppen joins Alesco as an Executive Partner in October 2017, responsible for new business development in the energy ... Read the full article

Alesco builds out energy team with four senior hires

2nd August 2017

Insurance and risk management brokerage, Alesco Risk Management Services (Alesco), has expanded its energy market capabilities with a number of senior hires in its energy division. Recently with broker Willis, David Hallows joins the firm in August and brings more than 30 years of experience to Alesco, and has been named as ... Read the full article