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HDI Global Specialty SE
Wegener succeeds Wölbern as Head of Investment Management at HDI Global SE
26th June 2025
Commercial and specialty lines insurer HDI Global SE has announced the appointment of Dr Christian Wegener as Head of Investment Management. Wegener is succeeding Thorsten Wölbern, who is moving to new challenges within the company after 15 years in the role. In his new role, Wegener has been tasked with further optimising ... Read the full article
HDI Global Specialty hires Ritchie as Head of Single Risk, Australia & NZ
13th March 2024
HDI Global Specialty SE - Australia (HDI) has hired Paula Ritchie as Head of Single Risk - Australia and New Zealand, effective March 11, 2024. She joins the organisation with over 25 years of industry experience. She joins HDI following a previous stint at Arch Insurance Australia, where she served as Underwriting ... Read the full article
HDI Global Specialty takes control of MGA Falcon Risk
10th January 2024
HDI Global Specialty, a wholly owned subsidiary of HDI Global and part of the Talanx Group, has acquired Griffin Highline Capital LLC's share in managing general agency (MGA) Falcon Risk Holdings LLC. Falcon Risk was established by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Craig Landi, Griffin Highline, and HDI in 2021. HDI also ... Read the full article
Coalition partners with HDI Global Specialty to expand cyber insurance in Canada
28th September 2023
Coalition, a pioneering Active Insurance provider focused on preemptively mitigating digital risks, has unveiled a strategic long-term partnership with HDI Global Specialty SE. As the specialty insurance arm of HDI Global SE, a renowned insurer, HDI Global Specialty SE is set to make significant inroads into the Canadian cyber insurance market ... Read the full article
Hermelingmeier to manage finance department at HDI Global Specialty SE
30th January 2023
HDI Global Specialty SE has announced that with effect from March 1st, Thomas Stöckl will hand over management of the Finance Department at HDI Global Specialty to Dr. Christian Hermelingmeier. Earlier this year, Dr. Hermelingmeier was appointed to the Executive Board of HDI Global Specialty SE as Managing Director. HDI has ... Read the full article
HDI Global Specialty makes new appointments in Italy
2nd September 2022
Specialty lines insurer HDI Global Specialty SE has named Olga Candi to the role of general manager at its Italian office. Candi will be based in Milan, replacing Paolo Volpi. She is moving up from her current role of underwriter coordinator. According to her LinkedIn profile, she joined the firm in 2016. Ralph ... Read the full article
HDI restructures operations in UK & Ireland, announces leadership
24th May 2022
HDI has restructured its operations in UK & Ireland to align its Commercial and Specialty businesses. Current HDI Global Specialty (HGS) UK Branch Managing Director, Richard Taylor has been appointed to lead the operation in a new role as UK and Ireland Chief Executive Officer, overseeing both HDI Global (HDIG) and ... Read the full article
HDI Global Specialty appoints new manager of France branch
22nd March 2022
Industrial lines insurer HDI Global Specialty has announced that from April 1 and subject to the approval of the responsible regulatory authorities, Etienne de Varax will be taking over temporary management of their France branch. This comes after the company announced that Managing Director Florence Louppe has left the insurer to ... Read the full article
HDI Global Specialty appoints new head of aviation and space for the UK
3rd March 2022
HDI Global Specialty has promoted Neil Dave to be its head of aviation and space for the UK. Dave will assume his new position on 1 March, having been at the company since November 2020 where is currently senior aviation underwriter. Rafael Rebitzky, managing director at HDI Global Specialty’s UK Branch said: ... 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 Managing Director of Scandinavian Branch
28th September 2020
Global re/insurer, HDI Global Specialty SE has announced the appointment of Thomas Barenthein as the Managing Director of its Scandinavian Branch. He joins the specialty lines insurer from Inter Hannover where he was Managing Director in Sweden. The Scandinavian branch of HDI Global Specialty in Stockholm is the insurer’s centre for ... Read the full article
HDI Global Specialty SE Australia bolsters senior team with two new hires
12th August 2020
HDI Global Specialty SE Australia, the specialty lines insurer, has announced the appointments of Anja Dix-Eberhardt as Head of Risk and Compliance, and Nick Newton who joins as Head of Finance & Operations. Dix-Eberhardt moves from QBE Group where she held senior roles in both Risk Reporting & Systems and Enterprise ... Read the full article
HDI Global announces new M&A insurance partnership with Fusion
3rd August 2020
HDI Global Specialty SE, the collaborative specialty insurance venture between HDI Global and Hannover Re, has announced a new underwriting agency partnership with Fusion to offer additional capacity in the mergers and acquisitions insurance market in Australia. This new partnership will see that HDI Global Speciality will assign its underwriting authority ... Read the full article
HDI Global Specialty bolsters Management Liability, FI team with Neon hires
29th June 2020
HDI Global Specialty SE, the collaborative specialty insurance venture between HDI Global and Hannover Re, has added Louise Parker and Charles Boorman to its Management Liability & Financial Institutions team. Both join the specialty lines insurer’s London office from Neon Syndicate 2468 with immediate effect. Parker joins as Senior Underwriter Management Liability ... Read the full article
HDI Global Specialty launches London Political & Credit Risk team, hires two from Neon
8th June 2020
HDI Global Specialty SE has announced the launch of its Political and Credit Risk team in London with the appointments of Nick Robinson and Anthony Vaughan from Neon Underwriting. The pair join HDI Global Specialty's London office, and the new team will work in partnership with the company's existing Political Risk ... Read the full article
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