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Lockton Re adds Senior Broker to Marine & Energy Division

2nd December 2020

Global reinsurance broker Lockton Re has announced that Steve Tritton is set to join the firm in 2021 as a Senior Broker, based in the London office, as part of its Marine & Energy division. Tritton joins Lockton Re from rival reinsurance brokerage, Guy Carpenter, where he most recently served as ... Read the full article

We’re in the very early innings of tech improving reinsurance: Prospectus 2021

20th November 2020

Advancements in technology and analytics have the potential to dramatically improve the reinsurance industry as it strives for efficiency, but to date, the market remains in the very early stages of realising the benefits, according to industry experts. To end the inaugural re/insurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference, Prospectus ... Read the full article

Lockton Re adds Guy Carpenter’s Jon Warner as senior account manager

16th October 2020

Global reinsurer Lockton Re has added Jon Warner as a senior account manager in the Aviation & Aerospace practice. Warner, who arrives early next year, joins from Guy Carpenter where he was most recently part of the Aviation team. He started his career at Hogg Robinson over 30 years' ago before holding ... Read the full article

Lockton Re adds Guy Carpenter’s Andy Massingham as a Senior Broker

15th October 2020

Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of global brokerage Lockton, has announced that appointment of Andy Massingham as a Senior Broker, based in the London office, as part of the firm's Marine & Energy Division. Massingham joins Lockton Re from rival brokerage Guy Carpenter, where he most recently served as a Managing ... Read the full article

Lockton Re adds Ben Firshein to International P&C division

16th September 2020

Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of insurance broker Lockton, has announced that Ben Firshein is set to join its International Property and Casualty (P&C) division. He arrives from Gen Re, where he most recently served as Head of Specialty, having joined Gen Re in 2007 as an underwriter. Firshein has held a ... Read the full article

Lockton Re adds Ben Day to lead fac practice in London

14th September 2020

Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of broker Lockton, has appointed Ben Day to lead its facultative practice in London. He joins from CJ Coleman where he was most recently head of CJC Re, having joined as an executive director in 2018. Day has over 20 years of London market experience in a number ... Read the full article

Lockton Re adds Dominic Riley to lead aviation, aerospace practice

10th September 2020

Lockton Re has announced the appointment of Dominic Riley to the company's London office to Lead its aviation & aerospace practice, effective early next year. Riley joins from Guy Carpenter where he most recently served within its aviation team. He joined as part of the MMC acquisition of JLT in 2019 and ... Read the full article

Lockton Re adds Peter Wilkie to Specialty Division as a Broker

12th August 2020

Lockton Re, the global reinsurance business of the world’s largest privately held independent insurance broker, has added Peter Wilkie to its Specialty Division as a Broker. Now reporting to Paul Upton, Wilkie was most recently Deputy Line Underwriter - War, Terrorism & Political Violence at Hiscox, having spent 13 years there, starting ... Read the full article

Lockton Re adds Graham Barden as Chairman of Aviation & Aerospace

24th July 2020

Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of insurance broker Lockton, has added Graham Barden to its London office as Chairman of Aviation & Aerospace. Barden was most recently part of the Aviation team at Guy Carpenter, having joined as part of the MMC acquisition of JLT in 2019. Before that he was Managing ... Read the full article

Lockton Re recruits Anthony Izzo from TransRe

2nd July 2020

Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of insurance broker Lockton, has announced the addition of Senior Broker Anthony Izzo to its New York office. Izzo arrives from TransRe, where he spent five years as a Senior Vice President of Casualty. Prior to TransRe, he held various senior roles at Willis, Guy Carpenter and ... Read the full article

Lockton Re adds Bisset & Foreman from Aon

10th June 2020

Lockton Re, the reinsurance broking arm of the privately held and independent intermediary, has added two senior appointments in Bob Bisset and Matt Foreman from Aon. The two senior London hires see the broker make steps towards the build-out of a new retrocessional reinsurance practice. Bisset has been with Aon for almost ... Read the full article

Lockton Re adds Paul Hyer as Rating Agency Advisory Leader

29th May 2020

Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of insurance broker Lockton, has appointed Paul Hyer as Rating Agency Advisory Leader. Based in Lockton Re’s Minneapolis office, Hyer reports to Claude Yoder, Head of Global Analytics. He joins from Aon, having worked with various clients in an advisory capacity, including capital and financial modeling. “Paul is ... Read the full article

Lockton Re names Martin Stephenson Chairman of Marine & Energy

20th May 2020

Global reinsurance broker Lockton Re has announced the appointment of Martin Stephenson as Chairman of Marine & Energy, effective July 2020. In his new role, Stephenson will report to Keith Harrison, International Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Lockton Re, and will work closely with Jerry Ridge, Head of Marine & Energy ... Read the full article

Lockton Re adds Aon’s Keith Thurman to Workers’ Comp practice

14th May 2020

Lockton Re, the reinsurance division of broker Lockton, has announced that Keith Thurman has joined the Lockton Re Atlanta office to lead the buildout of its’ Workers’ Compensation practice in the US. Thurman joins the firm from Aon, where he has worked for the past 22 years, most recently as a ... Read the full article

Lockton Re names Ross Howard chairman amid leadership reshuffle

5th March 2020

Lockton Re, the reinsurance division of broker Lockton, has named Ross Howard as global chairman alongside a series of high profile leadership appointments. Howard is the former Chief Executive Officer of Towers Watson and was most recently chairman at JLT Re. He also served as vice chairman of Guy Carpenter for a ... Read the full article