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News on insurance and reinsurance industry hiring, appointments and people moves. News and announcements covering key hires and people moves across the global reinsurance, commercial and specialty insurance markets.

Giguère and Naumann to succeed Forrest at helm of Munich Re North America Life

3rd October 2025

Global reinsurer Munich Re has announced the retirement of Mary Forrest, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Munich Re North America Life, effective in the first quarter of 2026. She will be succeeded by Marc-Andre Giguère, who will continue to oversee the United States, and Bernard Naumann, who will continue to ... Read the full article

Coface expands leadership and presence in Latin America with new hires

3rd October 2025

Coface, a company providing credit insurance and risk management solutions, is strengthening its operations in Latin America with the appointment of new regional leaders. The moves support the company’s growth strategy in credit insurance, commercial data management, and debt recovery services across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Diogo Machado has ... Read the full article

Brown & Brown introduces leadership changes in Retail segment

3rd October 2025

Brown & Brown, the insurance brokerage firm, has introduced a series of leadership changes within its Retail segment. The updates are part of the company’s broader effort to strengthen integration following the acquisition of Risk Strategies and to create new opportunities for growth and collaboration across its business. Several leaders will take ... Read the full article

mea Platform names Rachel Watts as COO to drive AI product expansion

3rd October 2025

mea Platform, a provider of intelligent re/insurance processing technologies, has appointed Rachel Watts as Chief Operations Officer (COO). Watts has over two decades of client implementation experience spanning re/insurance and financial services. Most recently, Watts held a senior position at Markel, shaping IT operations strategy and directing global technology teams and client ... Read the full article

Robin Gordon joins Hippo as Chief Data Officer

3rd October 2025

Hippo, a home insurance firm, has announced the appointment of data and artificial intelligence (AI) expert Robin Gordon as its new Chief Data Officer. In her new role, Gordon will lead the strategic growth and evolution of the company’s Data & Analytics function, reporting directly to Hippo President and CEO, Rick ... Read the full article

The Fidelis Partnership promotes Billy Ayres to Head of Crisis Management

3rd October 2025

The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), a privately-owned managing general underwriter (MGU), has promoted Billy Ayres to Head of Crisis Management, where he will oversee the Terrorism and Contingency teams. Ayres will leveraging his expertise in specialty insurance markets to strengthen client offerings. Additionally, he will help expand the geographic range of these products ... Read the full article

Howden names Carol Murphy as Head of US Casualty

3rd October 2025

Howden US, part of the global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has appointed Carol Murphy as Head of its US Casualty operation. Murphy is an industry veteran and brings a proven track record of translating complex risk challenges into actionable client solutions to Howden. In her new role, Murphy will join Howden ... Read the full article

Aon appoints Srivastava as Global Chief Broking Officer for Reinsurance

2nd October 2025

Aon, a global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has announced the appointment of Anshuman Srivastava as its new Reinsurance Global Chief Broking Officer, a London-based role. In his new role, Srivastava will continue to collaborate with reinsurers to develop scalable and future-ready products. He will work to align the risk appetite ... Read the full article

Gallagher Re appoints Jennifer Wen as Executive Director, Taiwan

2nd October 2025

Gallagher Re, a global reinsurance brokerage and risk advisory firm, has appointed Jennifer Wen as an Executive Director for its Taiwan team. In her new role, Wen will be responsible for leading the growth and continued expansion of the reinsurance broker's Taiwan business. Wen has more than three decades of experience across ... Read the full article

AXIS Capital appoints Hannah Hosking as Head of Distribution, Global Markets

2nd October 2025

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, a global specialty underwriter and provider of insurance and reinsurance solutions, has announced the appointment of Hannah Hosking as Head of Distribution, Global Markets. Based in AXIS’ London office, Hosking will join the Global Markets leadership team and report to Edward Ashby, Chief Commercial Officer. In her new ... Read the full article

AEGIS London names Tom Squires as Head of Distribution and Digital Trading

2nd October 2025

AEGIS London, which has consistently been ranked in the top quartile of Lloyd’s syndicate for over a decade, has appointed Tom Squires as Head of Distribution and Digital Trading. In his new role, Squires will lead the syndicate’s distribution strategy and a new distribution function, strengthening the firm's relationships with brokers ... Read the full article

Allstate restructures senior leadership to drive Property-Liability growth

2nd October 2025

The Allstate Corporation has made a series of changes to its senior leadership team, including the placement of Mario Rizzo as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the Property-Liability and Protection Services businesses. Rizzo, who was previously President of Property-Liability, has held numerous senior roles during his 33 years at Allstate, including ... Read the full article

PartnerRe appoints Niall Mulvey as CUO, Life & Health

2nd October 2025

Niall Mulvey has joined Bermuda-based reinsurer PartnerRe's Executive Leadership Team as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), Life & Health. Prior to PartnerRe, Mulvey worked at German reinsurer Hannover Re as Head of L&H Greater China, and Principal Business Lead, L&H Asia, before that. He also spent 14 years at Hannover Re Ireland, where ... Read the full article

HDI UK&I announces executive underwriting appointments

2nd October 2025

HDI UK & Ireland has announced a number of executive appointments across its underwriting functions, effective 1st October 2025. Kate Sutcliffe, formerly HDI’s UK and Ireland Director of Property, has been appointed Chief Underwriting Officer – Short Tail. In this expanded role, Sutcliffe will oversee underwriting for Property, Marine, Engineering, Risk Engineering, ... Read the full article

Adrian Morgan to lead Insurwave as CEO

1st October 2025

Insurwave, an AI-driven exposure management company for specialty insurance, has announced the appointment of Adrian Morgan as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Known for driving digital transformation and scaling technology solutions for the insurance industry, Morgan joins the company at a critical time as it expands its platform and strengthens its market ... Read the full article