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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.
Wilkinson promoted to AXA XL’s Head of International Casualty, Retail, UK & Lloyd’s
16th July 2025
AXA XL, the property and casualty and specialty risk unit of global insurer AXA, has announced the promotion of Shaun Wilkinson to Head of International Casualty, Retail, UK & Lloyd’s. In his new role, Wilkinson will lead AXA XL’s UK & Lloyd’s underwriting strategy for its Retail, International Casualty portfolio. He will ... Read the full article
Markel Insurance appoints Christian Stobbs Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer
16th July 2025
Markel Insurance, the insurance division of Markel Group Inc., has announced the appointment of Christian Stobbs as Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer. In this newly created position, Stobbs will lead efforts to identify and pursue strategic initiatives that support growth across Markel’s insurance operations. Stobbs will be based in the US ... Read the full article
Moody’s names Aquino as Global Co-Head of Insurance, Global Funds & Asset Mgmt.
15th July 2025
Credit ratings agency, Moody's Ratings, has appointed Antonello Aquino as Global Co-Head of Insurance, his role includes oversight of the Global Funds and Asset Management team. He will be based in London. Aquino will lead the insurance business in the United States and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions, ... Read the full article
Conduit Re appoints William Randolph as Chief Risk Officer
15th July 2025
Conduit Holdings Limited, the ultimate parent company of Bermuda-based reinsurer Conduit Re, has announced the appointment of William Randolph as Chief Risk Officer. Based in Bermuda, Randolph will lead Conduit Re’s enterprise risk management function. He will report to CEO Neil Eckert and join the Executive Leadership Team. Randolph brings 20 years ... Read the full article
Starr appoints PeiQi Lee as Head of Casualty, Asia Pacific
15th July 2025
Starr Insurance has announced the appointment of PeiQi Lee as Head of Casualty, Asia Pacific. Based in Starr’s Singapore office, Lee will manage all technical underwriting within the Asia Casualty team and drive profitable growth across the region. She brings over 15 years of industry expertise to the role, with a strong ... Read the full article
McLarens names Danny Miller Chief Global Strategy Officer
15th July 2025
Global claims services provider McLarens has announced the appointment of Danny Miller as Chief Global Strategy Officer (CGSO), a newly created role within the firm’s Global Management Team (GMT). In his new role, Miller will focus on long-term strategic planning, evaluation of M&A opportunities, and enterprise-level initiatives that further strengthen McLarens’ ... Read the full article
MSIG Malaysia appoints Ang Yien Chia as CEO
15th July 2025
MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd has announced that Chua Seck Guan, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since March 30th, 2010, retired on July 2nd, 2025, after a career spanning 42 years in the insurance industry, including 15 years at the firm. Following this, Ang Yien Chia succeeded him as the new CEO ... Read the full article
Gallagher UK names Sarah Lyons Specialty CEO
14th July 2025
Gallagher UK has announced the appointment of Sarah Lyons as Specialty CEO, a London-based role. In her new role, Lyons will lead 1400 colleagues in the Specialty division, which support large clients across the globe with their insurance and risk management needs. The executive, who has two decades of industry experience, has ... Read the full article
BMS appoints Cory Wilson as Director to strengthen Canadian retail division
14th July 2025
BMS, an independent insurance and reinsurance broker, has strengthened its Canadian Retail division with the appointment of Cory Wilson as Director. Wilson will join the Canadian Retail team and report directly to Dan Reid, Managing Director of BMS Canada. In his new role, he will lead the ongoing strategic development of BMS’s ... Read the full article
Miller names Shim as Head of Specialty for newly launched Korean marine team
14th July 2025
Miller, the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has launched its Korean marine unit with four senior hires to further build out its operations in the region, and has hired KyungSeop (KS) Shim to lead the team as Head of Specialty. In the new role, Shim will initially focus on building ... Read the full article
Aon names Richard Tan as Chief Commercial Officer, Singapore
14th July 2025
Global reinsurance and insurance broker Aon has expanded Richard Tan's role to Chief Commercial Officer, Singapore. In the role, Tan will lead growth across Commercial Risk, Health, and Talent Solutions, while continuing to elevate Aon's client experience with consistency and impact. Tan has served at Aon for over six years, most recently ... Read the full article
WTW appoints Adrian Cousins as Head of London Market Claims
14th July 2025
Willis, a WTW business, has announced the appointment of Adrian Cousins as Head of London Market Claims. In his new role, Cousins will report to Neil Harrison, Global Head of Claims. He will oversee and implement key elements of Willis’ global claims strategy, including strategic engagement with London market insurers, reinsurers, ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter appoints Hakes as Global Head of Marine, Energy and Technical Lines
14th July 2025
Guy Carpenter, a leading global risk and reinsurance specialist and a business of Marsh McLennan, has appointed Richard Hakes as the new Global Head of Marine, Energy and Technical Lines (METL). Hakes, who will also join the Global Specialties Leadership Team, is now responsible for leading the global METL team, comprising ... Read the full article
Broussard to serve as a Director on Marsh McLennan’s Board
14th July 2025
The Board of Directors of Marsh McLennan, a global insurance and reinsurance brokerage firm, has appointed Bruce Broussard as a Director, effective immediately. His appointment brings the total number of directors on the Board to 12. Broussard has over 30 years of experience leading public and private healthcare organisations. He was ... Read the full article
Arch Insurance North America names Jeff Kaufmann as EVP, Head of Marine
11th July 2025
Arch Insurance North America has appointed Jeff Kaufmann to the newly created role of Executive Vice President (EVP), Head of Marine. He reports to Valerie Turpin, Chief Underwriting Officer, Property. In his new role, Kaufmann will be responsible for establishing Arch’s US Marine product offerings, building a strong, specialised underwriting team ... Read the full article
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