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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.
Zipper and Bavishi to serve as Co-CEOs of USQRisk as Moreno steps down
28th July 2025
USQRisk, part of Ryan Specialty’s alternative risk division, has promoted Michael Zipper and Parag Bavishi to Co-Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of USQ, effective August 1st, 2025. Meanwhile, USQ’s current CEO, Anibal Moreno, will be stepping down, effective July 31st, 2025, to focus on personal interests. In April 2025, Ryan Specialty ... Read the full article
1B Insurance hires Aon’s John Morley as CEO
25th July 2025
1B Insurance AG, a provider of embedded insurance for digital asset platforms based in Switzerland, has announced the appointment of John Morley as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Morley brings deep expertise in developing innovative insurance products and data-driven business models to his new role, having most recently served as ... Read the full article
Allianz Commercial appoints Nguyen-Huu as Global Head of Portfolio Solutions
25th July 2025
Allianz Commercial, part of global insurer Allianz, has appointed Doan Nguyen-Huu as Global Head of Portfolio Solutions, effective August 1st, 2025, and Daniel Head as Head of Portfolio Solutions and Delegated Authority, UK Global and International markets, from September 1st, 2025. The two appointments are in the firm’s Portfolio Solutions unit, ... Read the full article
Everest’s Glen Browne joins AIG as Global Head of Accident & Health
25th July 2025
Global insurer American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has appointed Glen Browne as its new Global Head of Accident & Health (A&H), effective September 3rd, 2025. He will be based in Zurich, Switzerland and report to Jon Hancock, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), International Commercial Insurance and Global Personal ... Read the full article
Jensten names Kathleen Durling Director of Underwriting
25th July 2025
Jensten Underwriting, a managing general agent within the Jensten Group, has announced the appointment of senior industry specialist Kathleen Durling as Director of Underwriting. In her new role, Durling will spearhead two of Jensten Underwriting’s four strategic pillars: expanding specialist and niche underwriting capabilities and evolving a product roadmap aligned with ... Read the full article
Starr appoints David Wang as Head of Financial Lines, Asia Pacific
25th July 2025
Starr Insurance, a provider of commercial property and casualty insurance, has announced the appointment of David Wang as Head of Financial Lines, Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, Wang will lead the company’s growing Asia Pacific Financial Lines team, executing underwriting strategies and driving business performance across the region. He brings over 20 ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Kiln appoints Lucy Fraser as Cyber Risk Analyst
24th July 2025
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), a global specialty insurer, has announced the appointment of Lucy Fraser as Cyber Risk Analyst. The appointment supports TMK’s continued expansion of its cyber risk offerings at a critical time, following a series of high-profile attacks—particularly against the retail sector, including the April 2025 attack on ... Read the full article
Everest promotes Jill Beggs to CEO of Reinsurance
24th July 2025
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Everest Group has promoted Jill Beggs to Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reinsurance, following her appointment as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the reinsurance arm early last year. Beggs was promoted to the Reinsurance COO role less than three years after ... Read the full article
McGill and Partners names Henderson as Bermuda CEO, Cantlay as President
24th July 2025
McGill and Partners, a specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of Julia Henderson as Partner and CEO of its Bermuda business. The firm also announced that George Cantlay, currently part of the global treaty reinsurance team in London, will take on the additional role of President of the ... Read the full article
Former Brit CUO Christiern Dart to succeed Andrew Carrier as MS Amlin CEO
24th July 2025
Lloyd's global insurer and reinsurer, MS Amlin, has announced that Christiern Dart will take over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company in January 2026, succeeding Andrew Carrier who has decided to retire from the role after three years. Dart spent 17 years at specialty insurer Brit, including five years ... Read the full article
Jim Franson joins Lockton Re as North America Chairman
24th July 2025
Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of the independent insurance broker, has appointed Jim Franson as North America Chairman. Jim Franson joins Lockton Re with over 35 years of re/insurance experience, having most recently served as President at Validus Re US. At Validus, he reportedly built a team and organisation with a portfolio ... Read the full article
Westfield names Dan Thomas SVP, Chief Actuary
24th July 2025
Westfield, a US-based property and casualty insurer, has appointed Dan Thomas as Senior Vice President (SVP), Chief Actuary, to strengthen the company’s risk insight, capital strategy, and predictive capabilities. In his new executive role, Thomas will lead Westfield’s enterprise-wide actuarial function, driving strategic initiatives to enhance pricing governance, reserving, capital modelling, ... Read the full article
Amwins names Shah as General Counsel, Hargrove transitions to Senior Advisor
23rd July 2025
Amwins, a distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has appointed the current Deputy General Counsel, Molly Shah, as General Counsel effective January 1st, 2026. Simultaneously, Donna Hargrove transitions from her current role as General Counsel into a new position as Senior Advisor. As part of the transition, Hargrove will remain ... Read the full article
Jurecka to take over from Wenning at helm of Munich Re
23rd July 2025
Global reinsurer Munich Re has announced the appointment of Dr. Christoph Jurecka, currently the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), as Chair of the Board of Management, succeeding Dr. Joachim Wenning, who is set to retire. According to the announcement, Wenning’s decision to retire is driven by personal reasons. He wishes not ... Read the full article
Andrew Laing named Head of PartnerRe Capital Management
23rd July 2025
Bermuda-based reinsurer PartnerRe has announced the appointment of Andrew Laing as Head of PartnerRe Capital Management, effective October 1st, 2025. Laing will succeed Andrew Hughes, who is leaving the company after more than four years of service. Laing has been with PartnerRe for 17 years, having joined in September 2008 as AVP ... Read the full article
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