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Aspen appoints Lee Elliston as Chief Operating Officer, Claims & UK
29th May 2025
Aspen Insurance Group, a specialty insurer and reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Lee Elliston as Chief Operating Officer, Claims & UK. Elliston joined Aspen in January 2022 and has served as Chief Operating Officer, Group Claims since January 2023. He will continue in this role while also assuming responsibility for ... Read the full article
Jon Kattman named Head of Inland Marine at Aspen Insurance
21st May 2025
Jon Kattman has been appointed Head of Inland Marine at Aspen Insurance, where he will lead the underwriting team, overseeing its strategy and risk management operations. Kattman, who holds over 14 years of dedicated underwriting experience, has served at Aspen since 2017, most recently as Senior Vice President, Head of Field ... Read the full article
Aspen Insurance names Michelle Dudek as Head of US Environmental
9th January 2025
Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited has announced the appointment of Michelle Dudek as Head of US Environmental for Aspen Insurance, effective January 6, 2025. Dudek will be based in Jersey City, New Jersey, where she will lead Aspen’s US Environmental team. Her responsibilities include managing the company’s portfolio of Environmental products for US ... Read the full article
Aspen reports Q3’24 underwriting income as GWP swell to $1.1bn
15th November 2024
Aspen Insurance has reported a Q3 2024 net income available to ordinary shareholders of $42.9 million, with an underwriting income of $33 million and a total combined ratio of 95.2%. The underwriting income figure of $33 million in Q3 2024 compares to $47.9 million in Q3 2023 and includes $54.8 million, ... Read the full article
Aspen Insurance names Tony Bishop Chief Data & Analytics Officer
22nd July 2024
Aspen Insurance has appointed Tony Bishop as Chief Data & Analytics Officer, where he will be responsible for the firm's recently launched Data Labs and Architecture in addition to his current remit overseeing its Data and Analytics strategy. Bishop joined Aspen in 2022 as Head of Data & Analytics, and under ... Read the full article
Aspen Insurance appoints new Global Head of Casualty Reinsurance Claims
8th September 2023
Joe Fitzgerald has been appointed as the Global Head of Casualty Reinsurance for Claims at Aspen Insurance Group, part of Bermuda-based re/insurer Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited. The role change was effective starting August of this year. Fitzgerald will be based out of London. Fitzgerald brings more than two decades of industry experience ... Read the full article
Yelena La Forgia joins Aspen Insurance & Aspen US as SVP, CFO
5th June 2023
Yelena La Forgia has been appointed to the role of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, at Aspen Insurance and Aspen US. Based in New York, she joins the firm from Berkley Product Protection where she most recently held the role of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Berkley, she spent over six ... Read the full article
Iovine joins Aspen as Vice President, Outwards Reinsurance Placement Manager
18th May 2023
Celia Iovine joined Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, Aspen Insurance Group, as Vice President, Outwards Reinsurance Placement Manager. Prior to Aspen, Iovine served as AVP, Ceded Reinsurance & Retro at Everest Reinsurance Company. Iovine held the Reinsurance Procurement Manager role at ProSight Specialty Insurance before Everest Reinsurance. She has over 20 years of experience ... Read the full article
Aspen brings its clout to Counterpart
13th May 2022
Insurtech firm Counterpart has gone into partnership with Aspen Insurance and Markel to give small businesses access to the former’s management liability products. In a statement, Counterpart said that Aspen was joining as a member company of Markel. Tanner Hackett, CEO of Counterpart, said: “From vaccine mandates to hybrid workplaces to supply ... Read the full article
Aspen names MS Amlin exec Rob Houghton group COO
3rd December 2021
Bermudian re/insurer Aspen has added Rob Houghton as Group Chief Operating Officer, a role he's set to begin in early 2022. Houghton joins from MS Amlin, where he served as both Group COO and, more recently, Chief Executive Officer of its Business Services unit. Based in London, he will also be joining ... Read the full article
Aspen CFO Chidwick to depart, Coleman succeeds
15th October 2021
Aspen Insurance’s Kevin Chidwick is set to depart from his role as Chief Financial Officer at the end of this year and will be succeeded by Chris Coleman. Based in Bermuda, Coleman will also be joining Aspen’s Executive Committee. He was most recently CFO of Third Point Re and brings strong transactional ... Read the full article
Aspen appoints Markel’s Laurie Shane to lead Outwards Reinsurance
6th May 2021
Bermudian re/insurer Aspen Insurance has announced the appointment of Laurie Shane as its new group head of Outwards Reinsurance and is set to begin her role on June 1. Shane joins from Markel and will report to Brian Tobben, Chief Executive Officer of Aspen Capital Partners. During her time at Markel she served ... Read the full article
Aspen appoints Richard Lightowler to non exec board role
11th December 2020
Aspen Insurance, an arm of Bermudian re/insurer Aspen Insurance Holdings, has appointed Richard Lightowler to its board as a non executive director. Lightowler currently operates in a similar role at Oakley Capital Investments and Hansa Investment Company. He has over 25 years’ experience in public accounting and was previously a partner with ... Read the full article
Richard Milner appointed CEO of Aspen UK, Managing Agency
13th November 2020
Richard Milner, former senior managing director of Aspen Re International, has been promoted to serve as Chief Executive Officer Aspen Insurance UK & Aspen Managing Agency. Milner appears to have transitioned to the new role earlier this year, after having served in his previous position for five months. Milner holds over 20 years’ ... Read the full article
Andrew Kudera joins Aspen as EVP, Chief Actuary
30th January 2020
Aspen Insurance, the insurance arm of Bermudian re/insurer Aspen Insurance Holdings, has appointed Andrew Kudera as executive vice president and group Chief Actuary. Kudera joins from Validus having served as executive vice president and group Chief Actuary for the last nine years. He brings 40 years’ experience to Aspen and will succeed ... Read the full article
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