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Brit appoints former Hannover Re CEO Jean-Jacques Henchoz as a Non-Exec Director
3rd April 2025
Brit Group Holdings Limited, the global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has appointed Jean-Jacques Henchoz as a Non-Executive Director to the boards of Brit Group Holdings Limited, and its Lloyd’s managing agent, Brit Syndicates Limited. The appointment is effective May 1st, 2025, subject to regulatory approvals. Henchoz has over 27 years of experience ... Read the full article
Brit Global Specialty USA names head of Cyber & Technology
8th November 2018
Brit Global Specialty USA (BGSU), a division of global specialty re/insurer Brit Ltd, has appointed Jeff Norton as Senior Vice President, Cyber & Technology, effective October 1, 2018. Norton joins BGSU from Beazley Group, where he most recently served as a Senior Underwriter, Private Enterprise, with responsibility for leading the U.S ... Read the full article
Brit names John King as CUO of Global Specialty USA business
29th October 2018
Brit Ltd, the global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has announced the appointment of John King as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for Brit Global Specialty USA (BGSU). King will move to Chicago from his current role as Group Executive Underwriter at Brit Global Specialty in London, reporting to Nick Davies, President of ... Read the full article
Brit announces two senior appointments to Sussex Capital
20th July 2018
Brit Global Specialty has announced the appointments of Richard Slater as Underwriting Director and Adam Champion as Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Operations of its Bermuda-based collateralised reinsurance platform, Sussex Capital. Slater joins from XL Catlin where he served as Head of International Property Reinsurance and Global Property Retro. Prior ... Read the full article
Brit Global Specialty USA expands Professional Liability team
31st May 2018
Brit Global Specialty USA (BGSU) has expanded its Professional Liability team with the appointments of Tom Rea as Senior Vice President, Miscellaneous Professional Liability, and Jim Kelly as Assistant Vice President, Construction Professional. Rea will now be responsible for writing miscellaneous professional liability for U.S domiciled companies through wholesale intermediaries, and ... Read the full article
Brit Global Specialty USA expands Marine division
12th February 2018
Brit Global Specialty USA (BGSU), a division of Brit Ltd, has announced the appointment of both Marc Robinson and Yasuaki Saegusa to its Marine business, effective February 5th, 2018. Robinson joins the firm from Falvey Yacht Insurance, where he was the lead underwriter on all new and renewal business for yachts up ... Read the full article
Brit appoints Rich Hartman to SVP of Construction Professional
16th January 2018
Brit has announced the appointment of Rich Hartman as Senior Vice President (SVP), Construction Professional at Brit Global Specialty USA (BGSU), with effect from 2nd January 2018. Based in BGSU’s New York office, Hartman, who brings over 35 years' insurance industry experience and expertise in the construction sector, will report to ... Read the full article
Brit launches specialty platform Scion, hires Scott Brock as President
27th November 2017
Brit Group has named Scott Brock, who joins from Advocate Reinsurance Partners, as President of newly formed specialty platform Scion Underwriting Managers. Brock will be responsible for managing the specialty platform - which will partner with Brit, other markets, and third party capital to support the insurance needs of select industries. Matthew ... Read the full article
Courtney Mocio named Vice President of Brit USA Cyber & Technology
27th October 2017
Brit has named Courtney Mocio as Vice President of Cyber & Technology at Brit Global Specialty USA (“BGSU”) with effect from 17 October 2017. She joins BGSU from Nationwide Insurance (Freedom Specialty) where she spent the last five years writing a book of cyber, technology and professional business. In her BSCU New ... Read the full article
Brit hires Liening from Aspen for excess casualty underwriting
22nd August 2017
Insurance and reinsurance group Brit Ltd. has hired Jonathan Liening from Aspen Insurance to the role of Senior Vice President, Excess Casualty in its Brit Global Specialty USA unit. Liening joins Brit following four and a half years with Aspen Insurance. He has more than ten years of experience writing primary ... Read the full article
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