Reinsurance News
HDI Global SE
HDI Global SE names new Director of Marine Cargo Underwriting UK
26th March 2021
Primary commercial specialist HDI Global SE has appointed Steve Foreman as its Director of Marine Cargo Underwriting UK. Foreman joins HDI having spent almost thirty years specialising in Marine Cargo insurance products at RSA. During his time at RSA, Foreman worked in RSA offices across Europe, including the UK, Italy and Belgium. ... Read the full article
HDI Global SE reshuffles leadership team
1st March 2021
Primary commercial specialist HDI Global SE (HDI) has announced plans to streamline its leadership in the UK and Ireland, bringing the two branches under the same direction whilst renewing its commitment to the Irish market. The insurer has announced that Claire McDonald has been appointed as the authorised representative for HDI ... Read the full article
HDI Global renews underwriting partnership with AMANIKI
30th November 2020
Global re/insurer, HDI Global Specialty SE has renewed its underwriting agency agreement with German M&A insurance specialist MGA, AMANIKI. Under the terms of the agreement, AMANIKI will be moving from a co-insurance panel of capacity providers to a 100% exclusive binder with HDI Global Specialty. The Frankfurt based MGA was formed in ... Read the full article
HDI Global hires Alexander Wiebe from AXA
19th October 2020
Specialty insurer, HDI Global Specialty SE has announced the appointment of Alexander Wiebe from AXA, as the insurer intends to enter the German Fine Art and high net worth insurance market. Weibe joins the insurer as Head of Fine Art & Lifestyle Continental Europe and Managing Director of HDI Global Specialty ... Read the full article
HDI Global partners with RMP on insurance policy for universities
14th September 2020
Business Insurance provider, HDI Global has announced that it will be providing capacity on an exclusive basis for higher education risks through risk management provider, RMP. This partnership will enable RMP and HDI work exclusively together to develop risk management solutions for the higher education sector, which currently is facing multiple ... Read the full article
HDI Global appoints new Chief Financial Officer
7th August 2020
HDI Global SE has announced the appointment of Dr. Christian Hermelingmeier as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will be succeeding Clemens Jungsthöfel, who is joining the Executive Boards of Hannover Rück SE and E+S Rückversicherung AG as the successor to outgoing CFO Roland Vogel. Both of their new positions ... Read the full article
Hannover Re’s Vogel to retire; HDI’s Jungsthöfel appointed new CFO
7th August 2020
Roland Vogel, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of German reinsurance giant Hannover Re, is retiring from the company on September 30th, 2020 after more than three decades of service to the firm, and will be succeeded by Clemens Jungsthöfel, the current CFO of HDI Global SE. During his long and distinguished ... Read the full article
HDI Global SE adds two hires to UK Motor Fleet team
10th July 2020
Primary commercial specialist HDI Global SE has announced the appointments of Philip Healy and Dron Kyle to its UK Motor Fleet team. Healy joins HDI as Senior Motor Fleet Underwriter and Team Leader following time at Aon, where he was a placing broker in the UK & Ireland facultative Motor Reinsurance ... Read the full article
HDI Global SE reshuffles board
12th June 2020
Primary commercial specialist HDI Global SE has announced a series of key changes to its board. Dr Mukadder Erdönmez has been appointed by the Supervisory Board as the Board Member with responsibility for the Liability Division. Erdönmez will take over responsibility for the Liability Division from Jens Wohlthat who now wishes to ... Read the full article
HDI Global SA adds Shaun Scandling as managing director
7th May 2020
HDI Global SA's board of directors of has announced the appointed of Shaun Scandling as the company’s new managing director. Effective from May 1, Scandling will succeed Kurt Müller, who will step down at the end of June and begin his retirement. Scandling joins from AIG where he was a member of ... Read the full article
HDI Global SE adds Allianz’ Oliver Davies to London office
13th March 2020
Primary commercial specialist HDI Global SE has appointed Oliver Davies as distribution and strategic initiatives manager for London. Effective March 16, Davies will be responsible for the development and oversight of HDI’s key account and broker relationships in London and the South. He reports to director of distribution Stephanie Ogden. Davies joins ... Read the full article
HDI partners with Michelin on company fleet safety solution
20th January 2020
HDI Global SE, the industrial insurance arm of the HDI Group, has partnered with French tyre manufacturer Michelin on a solution designed to help prevent and reduce road risk for company vehicle fleets. The solution involves vehicles being equipped with a connected box that allows driving data to be processed and ... Read the full article
HDI adds to US engineering lines, construction casualty practices
7th October 2019
The US subsidiary of international industrial lines insurer HDI Global SE has announced a series of appointments within its engineering lines and construction casualty practices. Carisa Winters joins as senior engineering lines underwriter and brings nearly 20 years' experience to the role. She has held various underwriting and management positions in the ... Read the full article
HDI Global Specialty bolsters London contingency team
4th October 2019
HDI Global Specialty SE, a joint venture of reinsurance giant Hannover Re and HDI Global SE, has appointed Martin Holness to lead its London contingency team, while Sheena Williams joins as Senior Underwriter. Holness brings over 30 years’ experience and was most recently head of contingency at Amtrust. He will report into ... Read the full article
Former Marsh SVP Palmer to become HDI Global SE’s Head of Crisis
9th September 2019
Primary commercial specialist HDI Global has appointed David Palmer to the role of Head of Crisis Management. Palmer brings 35 years’ experience in the industry and most recently served as a Senior Vice President at Marsh. He previously also held senior crisis management lines of business roles at both AIG and Aon. “David ... Read the full article






