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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.
GuideOne promotes Knutson to SVP of alternative distribution & reinsurance
13th April 2023
GuideOne Insurance, a provider of property and liability insurance and risk management solutions, has promoted Paul Knutson to the leadership team as Senior Vice President of alternative distribution and reinsurance. The company has confirmed that Knutson will immediately assume his new role, with Vice President, E&S Casualty Jude DiBattista, and VP, ... Read the full article
Tim Stroble named CEO at Olympus Insurance
12th April 2023
Gemini Financial Holdings Corporation (GFHC), the parent company of Olympus Insurance Company (OIC), has announced that Tim Stroble has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the business. The insurance veteran joins Olympus after having served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Florida-based Centauri Insurance Company ... Read the full article
IQUW promotes Tristram Prior to Lead Underwriter Financial Institutions – Professional Lines
12th April 2023
IQUW, a property and specialty re/insurer has promoted Tristram Prior to the role of Lead Underwriter Financial Institutions – Professional Lines. Based in London, this new role is a significant step up from Prior’s previous role of Senior Underwriter, Financial Institutions/ Professional Lines. Overall, Prior brings over 15 years of industry experience ... Read the full article
VIG Re appoints Dana Bohatová Chládková as Chief Actuary
12th April 2023
VIG Re, the reinsurance company of Vienna Insurance Group, has appointed Dana Bohatová Chládková as Chief Actuary and Head of Reserving. Chládková will become a member of VIG Re’s senior management team and will report to Johannes Martin Hartmann, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, who said, “I am ... Read the full article
Sarah Smith joins Aon Board of Directors
12th April 2023
Global professional services firm Aon has announced the appointment of Sarah E. Smith, a former member of the Management Committee of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., to its Board of Directors. Lester B. Knight, chair of Aon's board, has praised Smith’s experience and the skills she has gained through her career, ... Read the full article
Butera to lead Swiss Re CorSo’s FinPro and Casualty business in North America
12th April 2023
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the commercial direct risk underwriting arm of Swiss Re, has appointed Lisa Butera as Head Financial & Professional Lines (FinPro) and Casualty North America. Starting her new role on July 17, Butera will also join the North America Regional Management team to drive strategic direction across the ... Read the full article
Horace Mann hires Stephen McAnena as EVP & COO
12th April 2023
Financial services company, Horace Mann Educators Corporation has appointed Stephen J. McAnena as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective May 8, 2023. In the roles, McAnena will work closely with Marita Zuraitis, Horace Mann’s President and Chief Executive Officer. McAnena joins Horace Mann from Farmers Insurance where he held the ... Read the full article
RSA appoints Ade Adeyemo UK construction lead
12th April 2023
RSA Insurance has appointed Ade Adeyemo to head up construction for its UK risk consulting team, replacing Trevor Chainey, who is due to retire after a 45-year career. Adeyemo is a qualified Chartered Civil Engineer with more than three and a half decades of experience in construction management and risk engineering. He ... Read the full article
TransRe appoints Aspen’s Mollinier as President of EMEA
12th April 2023
TransRe, a reinsurance company wholly owned by Alleghany Corporation, has appointed Julien Mollinier as President of EMEA to further expand its Continental European business. In the role, Mollinier will be based in Zurich and will oversee all TransRe Europe’s underwriting and business development activities. He will also work closely with the ... Read the full article
Transverse names Paul Goodwin Head of Reinsurance Strategy
12th April 2023
Specialty insurer MS Transverse Insurance Group, has appointed Paul Goodwin as Head of Reinsurance Strategy, who was previously Head of Business Development. Goodwin joined Transverse in 2022 after having worked at Partner Re for over four years. During this time, he held the role of Head of Americas Broker Relations ... Read the full article
J.B. Boda Viva Indonesia Reinsurance Brokers announces new CEO
12th April 2023
J.B. Boda Viva Indonesia Reinsurance Brokers has announced Ricky S. Natapradja as its new Chief Executive Officer. Natapradja is a market veteran with more than 20 years of experience working in the Asia Pacific Region, the majority of which has been in the Financial Services Industry. Read the full article
Brown & Brown recruits Robert Mathis as Chief Legal Officer
11th April 2023
Insurance brokerage Brown & Brown has announced the appointment of Robert Mathis as Chief Legal Officer and as a member of its senior leadership team. Before joining Brown & Brown, Mathis served as a Senior Vice President for KBR, where he had direct responsibility in the global energy, technology and international ... Read the full article
Kevin Strong named new N2G CEO
11th April 2023
N2G Worldwide Insurance Services, LLC has hired Kevin Strong, former Head of Multinational Business of The Hartford, as its new CEO, replacing retiring Bill Skapof, who led N2G since its foundation in 2020. Strong has over two decades of industry experience, having most recently served as Head of Multinational at The ... Read the full article
Mark Totolos appointed Ascot US SVP
11th April 2023
Specialty insurer and reinsurer Ascot has announced the appointment of Mark Totolos as Senior Vice President, Captive Solutions, Ascot US. Totolos will be a part of the Portfolio Solutions group and will report into Tony Lyons, Head of Portfolio Solutions. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for setting and ... Read the full article
ABI names Mervyn Skeet Director of General Insurance Policy
11th April 2023
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has announced that it has appointed Mervyn Skeet as Director of General Insurance Policy. Skeet joined the firm in November 2017 as Assistant Director, Head of Tax and has been acting as Interim Director of GI Policy since December 2022, following the recent departure of ... Read the full article