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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.

MSIG USA Board selects Martin J. Sullivan as Chairman

29th September 2025

MSIG USA, a provider of specialty commercial insurance, has announced the appointment of global insurance industry leader Martin J. Sullivan as Chairman of the Board, marking a new phase in the company's growth strategy. With a career spanning over five decades, Sullivan brings a wealth of experience from some of the ... Read the full article

Aon strengthens commercial risk sales in India with new Regional Heads

26th September 2025

Aon has announced the appointments of Raghav Arora, Prasanna Kumar, and Preeti D'Silva to its commercial risk sales division in India. Raghav Arora has been named Regional Head, Commercial Risk Sales - North, and Head, Asia Global Solutions at Aon India. Arora brings over 21 years of experience in institutional business development, ... Read the full article

Gaspero to lead Chubb’s National Account Segment of Major Accounts Excess Casualty

26th September 2025

Chubb, a global insurer, has announced the appointment of Joe Gaspero as Senior Vice President, National Account Segment Leader of Major Accounts Excess Casualty, effective immediately. In his new role, Gaspero will oversee the growth and development of Chubb's National Account portfolio for Excess Casualty business in the United States. He will ... Read the full article

ICW Group adds Jake Sokol as Head of Excess Casualty

26th September 2025

ICW Group Insurance Companies, a group of property and casualty insurers, has appointed Jake Sokol as Head of Excess Casualty for its newly established specialty products business unit, ICW Specialty. The new business unit includes VerTerra Insurance, ICW Group’s Excess and Surplus lines carrier. In his new role, Sokol will provide strategic ... Read the full article

Swiss Re promotes Pavel Huerta-Uribe to Head of Property Underwriting Globals, APAC

26th September 2025

Reinsurance industry giant Swiss Re has announced the promotion of Pavel Huerta-Uribe to Head of Property Underwriting Globals for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, effective September 15th, 2025. In the role, he succeeds Andy Tran, and will be based in Tokyo, Japan. He is a Swiss Re and re/insurance industry veteran with ... Read the full article

Chris Newman named CEO of ACORD Solutions Group

26th September 2025

Chris Newman has been appointed to lead ACORD Solutions Group (ASG), a provider of digital solutions for the insurance sector, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). ASG was established in 2016 as a strategic extension of ACORD, a nonprofit organisation that develops standards for the insurance industry. Its purpose is to deliver ... Read the full article

Canopius appoints Norm Kimber as Credit & Political Risk Underwriter

25th September 2025

Canopius Group, a global specialty and Property & Casualty re/insurer, has announced the appointment of Norm Kimber as Credit & Political Risk Underwriter, effective in the first quarter of 2026. In his new role, Kimber will help strengthen Canopius’ Credit & Political Risk team and build deeper relationships with export credit ... Read the full article

Aon promotes Leon Walker as Captives Leader, EMEA

25th September 2025

Aon, the global insurance and reinsurance broker, has promoted Leon Walker as Captives Leader for Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (EMEA) effective January 1st, 2026. In his new role, Walker will drive strategy, transformation, and sustainable growth across Aon’s captives business in the EMEA region. He reports to Ciaran Healy, Global ... Read the full article

Amiga Specialty names James Rasmussen as MD, Management Liability UK & Europe

25th September 2025

Amiga Specialty, a specialist managing general agent (MGA) backed by B.P. Marsh, has appointed James Rasmussen as Managing Director for its Management Liability division covering the UK and Europe, effective immediately. Based in London, Rasmussen will report to Group Managing Director & Founder Adam Kembrooke. In his new role, he will ... Read the full article

Munich Re names Sabine Starbatty as Client Management Executive for MENA

25th September 2025

Global reinsurer Munich Re has appointed Sabine Starbatty as Client Management Executive (CME) for Non-Life Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and she will continue to have dual responsibility as Head of Treaty Underwriting Property & Casualty (P&C) MENA & Cyber. Starbatty is based in Munich and reports to Roland Eckl, ... Read the full article

Coverys adds Littlemore and Farnworth to its Board

25th September 2025

Coverys, a provider of insurance and reinsurance across a range of medical professional liability and healthcare lines, has appointed Rob Littlemore and Catherine Farnworth as Independent Non-Executive Directors. Additionally, Farnworth will also assume the role of Chair of Coverys Limited’s Audit, Risk & Capital Committee, subject to required regulatory approvals. Littlemore brings ... Read the full article

Cédric Wells to lead Sompo Claims, Insurance for Continental Europe

24th September 2025

Sompo, a global provider of property, casualty, and specialty re/insurance, has announced the appointment of Cédric Wells as Head of Claims, Insurance, Continental Europe, effective immediately. In his new role, Wells will leverage his 25 years of industry experience to lead claims relationships and strategy for the firm’s Continental Europe region. He ... Read the full article

CFC’s new hire Stoloff to enhance underwriting offering in Asia Pacific

24th September 2025

CFC, a specialist insurance provider, has announced the appointment of Danton Stoloff as Senior Underwriter for transaction liability in Australia. Based in Sydney, Stoloff will be responsible for expanding CFC’s transaction liability offering across Australia, New Zealand and Asia. "Danton joins the team at an exciting time of growth as we continue ... Read the full article

John Gorman to serve as Head of Facultative and Facilities at Ryan Re

24th September 2025

Ryan Specialty, an international specialty insurance firm, has appointed John "JJ" Gorman as Head of Facultative and Facilities for Ryan Re Underwriting Managers (Ryan Re), effective October 1st, 2025. Ryan Re is the insurer's managing general underwriter focused on property and casualty reinsurance. Driven by the flow of business from the Read the full article

SRG names Sasa Brcerevic as Group Chief Commercial Officer

24th September 2025

Specialist Risk Group (SRG), a specialist insurance group, has announced the appointment of Sasa Brcerevic as its first Group Chief Commercial Officer, effective 1 November 2025. Brcerevic brings a broad and varied background across the insurance and commercial sectors. He has held positions as a technologist, management consultant, Chief Operating Officer, and ... Read the full article