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BMS hires Nick Moss as CFO from JLT Re
1st May 2019
BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, has announced the appointment of Nick Moss as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Moss joins BMS from JLT Re, where he served as Global and UK Finance Director. He has more than 30 years’ experience in finance and previously held senior finance roles at Novae and ... Read the full article
BMS annual revenues exceed £100m
13th March 2019
Independent specialist re/insurance broker BMS has revealed that its annual revenues for the first time exceeded £100 million in 2018. Overall revenue grew by 25% while BMS’s London wholesale business posted 32% growth. BMS’s reinsurance division achieved an 18% revenue increase. “This remarkable result belongs to BMS staff, who have driven our ... Read the full article
BMS adds George Bowring and Kian Wookey to Bermuda team
17th December 2018
Independent specialist re/insurance broker BMS Group has expanded its Bermuda market operations with the appointments of George Bowring from Price Forbes and Kian Wookey from JLT. The new hires come as part of a build out of BMS’s Bermuda operations and will focus on North American liability and property, respectively. Bowring most ... Read the full article
BMS appoints Price Forbes’ Duncan Hayward as energy division Director
13th November 2018
Independent specialist re/insurance broker BMS Group Limited has announced the appointment of Duncan Hayward as a Director in its energy division, effective 2019. Hayward, who will lead the casualty initiative within the division, joins with 14 years’ experience in the insurance market, most recently serving as a Divisional Director at Price ... Read the full article
BMS builds Australia presence with senior hires from Gallagher
8th November 2018
Independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker BMS Group Limited has expanded its operations in Australia with the appointments of Stuart Davies as a Director and Samantha Ford as a Corporate Broker. Davies has 25 years’ experience in the UK and Australia re/insurance markets and joins BMS Australia from Gallagher, where he ... Read the full article
Clyde & Co’s Simon Kemp joins BMS Group as Chief Legal Counsel
29th October 2018
Independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, BMS Group Limited, has announced that Simon Kemp has been appointed Group Chief Legal Counsel, effective November 1st 2018. He joins from global law firm Clyde & Co, where he is partner, and will be based in London, reporting to BMS Group Chief Executive Officer ... Read the full article
BMS expands Energy division with four new hires
17th September 2018
Specialist insurance and reinsurance broker BMS Group Limited (BMS) has expanded its Energy division with the appointment of four new team members, who will join in January 2019 and report to James Chicken, Managing Director of Energy. Lynsey Green joins BMS from JLT, where she focused on North American Energy clients. ... Read the full article
Danny Gluszkiewicz joins BMS as a director of Australian operations
13th July 2018
Specialist insurance and reinsurance broker BMS Group Limited has announced the hiring of Danny Gluszkiewicz within its Australia team, as a Director of the Australian operations, effective August, 2018. He will be based in Brisbane, and will form part of BMS Australia's national team, reporting to BMS Australia Chief Executive Officer (CEO), ... Read the full article
BMS to expand into Turkey and surrounding areas via new partnership
20th June 2018
BMS Group Limited, the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has entered into a tied representative agreement with Turkish specialist re/insurance broker Rönesans Reasürans ve Sigorta Brokerlik A.Ş. (Rönesans). The agreement will see the parties develop a joint marketing plan for Turkey, as well as offering jointly-branded products to clients in Turkey. Rönesans ... Read the full article
BMS Group announces new Australia CEO & COO
8th May 2018
Specialist insurance and reinsurance brokerage, BMS Group Limited, has announced the appointment of Andrew Godden as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Australia, and Dylan Wilkinson as Chief Operating Officer (COO), BMS Australia. Based in Sydney, Godden will report to Nick Cook, CEO of BMS Group, and brings over 30 years of ... Read the full article
BMS expands new energy division with appointments of Divisional Directors
24th April 2018
BMS Group Limited, an independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed Kristina Juul and Richard Force as Divisional Directors in its energy broking division, which was launched in February 2018. Both Juul and Force will report to James Chicken, the newly appointed Managing Director of the energy division, who ... Read the full article
BMS launches new Innovation Labs platform
15th March 2018
Specialist insurance and reinsurance broker BMS Group Limited has announced the launch of a new platform to support both the company and the wider risk transfer industry, called BMS Innovation Labs. The platform will focus on driving innovation by using new technologies and business approaches to deliver optimal outcomes for clients, ... Read the full article
BMS launches new energy division with senior broker hires
20th February 2018
BMS Group Limited, the insurance and reinsurance broking specialist, has launched a new energy broking division with the hires of three brokers, two of which are particularly senior and well-known figures. James Chicken and Charlie Bowring both join from Price Forbes and are set to become managing director and chairman of ... Read the full article
BMS Re US hires Paul Knutson from Willis Re as Exec Vice President
7th September 2017
Specialist re/insurance broker BMS Re US has appointed Paul Knutson, who joins from Willis Re, to Executive Vice President. Knutson will assume responsibility for expansion of business targeting regional multi-line and coastal property catastrophe reinsurance clients, reporting directly to BMS Re US CEO Andrew Bustillo. Andrew Bustillo, CEO, BMS Re US, commented; ... Read the full article
BMS Iberia launches as long-term solution to Brexit
6th September 2017
BMS Group Limited has announced the launch of BMS Iberia, that will be led by Directors Fernando Claro in Madrid, and Domingo Albi in Seville, Spain. The new European venture provides BMS with a long-term solution for accessing European business in a post-Brexit world. Recently appointed Directors, Claro and Albi, will ... Read the full article
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