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

Lockton expands Commercial Wholesale team with Simon Jesson’s hire

4th May 2023

Independent insurance broker Lockton has announced the appointment of Simon Jesson as Business Development Manager to its Commercial Wholesale team based in Manchester. Jesson is to start his new role with immediate effect. He will be responsible for developing new business as the company continues to grow the number of clients ... Read the full article

Berkshire BHSI appoints regional leaders for Europe & Middle East

4th May 2023

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced that it has appointed two leaders to regional leadership positions. Alessandro Cerase has been named President & Head of Europe Region, and Neeraj Yadvendu is now Head of Middle East and subject to regulatory approval, will concurrently take on the role of Senior Executive ... Read the full article

Vertafore names Teresa Chia Chief Financial Officer

4th May 2023

Insurtech Vertafore has announced the appointment of insurance veteran Teresa Chia to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Chia will play an important role in supporting Vertafore's strategy and continued development of market-leading solutions, the company stated. She will use her ten years of experience helping fast-growing companies across the insurance ... Read the full article

DWF adds two insurance partners to its Dubai office

4th May 2023

DWF, a global provider of integrated legal and business services, has appointed insurance disputes and coverage experts, Victoria Clucas and Bill Evans, as insurance partners in the company’s Dubai office. They both join the firm with a combined 30 years of industry experience. In their new roles, they will both work alongside ... Read the full article

Marsh McLennan Qatar appoints Qassas as CEO

3rd May 2023

Marsh McLennan Qatar, the regional operation of the global insurance and reinsurance broking powerhouse, has appointed Asaad Qassas as its CEO. Qassas has been working with Marsh for over 13.5 years in various roles, the most recent one was Senior Vice President, UAE Country Placement Leader. Other roles include senior roles like ... Read the full article

DUAL North America makes three leadership hires

3rd May 2023

DUAL North America has announced three key leadership hires. The firm has promoted Jim Jinhong to head of Capacity and Product Development, D.J. Postles joined as Executive Vice President of Underwriting for NBIS, and John Kopach joined as Executive Vice President of Excess Liability. In his role as DUAL Head of Capacity ... Read the full article

Lockton promotes five key leaders to global roles to drive innovation and growth

3rd May 2023

Global insurance broker Lockton has announced the promotion of five key leaders into global roles. These leaders will be working closely with the retail leadership team to build innovative enterprise-wide solutions. Lockton recently surpassed $3 billion in revenue after 57 years in business, with $1 billion of that growth occurring in ... Read the full article

Generali shareholders approve board additions & dividend

3rd May 2023

Generali shareholders have voted to approve the company’s 2022 financial statements and distribution of its dividend, as well as to approve the appointment of Stefano Marsaglia as a member of the Board of Directors. Marsaglia will hold office for the financial years ending on 31 December 2023 and 2024, and will ... Read the full article

Robbin Botnick appointed Lions Gate MD & head of corporate development

3rd May 2023

Lions Gate Underwriting (LGU), an independent underwriting agency and Lloyd’s coverholder, has announced the appointment of Robbin Botnick as managing director and head of corporate development. A highly respected insurance executive, Botnick brings more than 25 years of experience to the role. Based in Toronto, she will report to Brian Gomes, ... Read the full article

Obsidian names Schroder as Reinsurance Placement Executive

3rd May 2023

Obsidian Insurance Holdings appointed Theresa Schroder as Reinsurance Placement Executive. Prior to joining Obsidian, she served as Director of Captive Underwriting & Reinsurance at Risk Services, LLC. She worked at Risk Services, LLC for over 18 years in various underwriting roles. Before Risk Services, LLC, she worked at Erie Insurance Group for about ... Read the full article

Vesttoo hires Jon Ewing as Chief Marketplace Officer

2nd May 2023

Vesttoo, an insurance risk transfer and investment platform, has appointed Jon Ewing as Chief Marketplace Officer. Towards his new role, Ewing brings over two decades of extensive experience in financial services, as well as possessing expertise in launching trading platforms. As Chief Marketplace Officer, Ewing will spearhead the development of Vesttoo's digital ... Read the full article

Swiss Re hands Patrick Roder Head Casualty Underwriting role for EMEA

2nd May 2023

Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced the appointment of Patrick Roder as Head of Casualty Underwriting for Regional Markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Roder has served as Head of Casualty Research and Development (R&D) since re-joining Swiss Re in July 2021, having previously worked at the reinsurer ... Read the full article

Ageas Re strengthens team with new hires

2nd May 2023

Ageas Group's reinsurance brand, Ageas Re has announced it is growing its team as it welcomes a number of new hires all over the world. Joining the company from Axis Re, Wolfgang Amiras has been named Senior Underwriting Manager, a Zurich-based role. Amiras will cover Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Nordics and CEE ... Read the full article

Guy Carpenter’s Jaimie Hunter joins Lockton Re as Senior Broker in new Stamford location

2nd May 2023

Lockton Re, the reinsurance division of insurance broker Lockton has appointed Jaimie Hunter as a Senior Broker, where she will be based in the company's new Stamford, Connecticut location. In this new role, Hunter will support client development, with a particular focus across Lockton Re’s Casualty business in North America on ... Read the full article

Inver Re appoints Gareth Davies as Chairman of Parametrics

2nd May 2023

The Ardonagh Group's global reinsurance broking arm, Inver Re, has hired Gareth Davies from Price Forbes as Chairman of Parametrics, effective May 2023. Davies joins the reinsurance broker after more than three years with Price Forbes & Partners, where he most recently served as an Executive Director with a focus on ... Read the full article