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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.
Atradius announces various Management Board changes
4th July 2025
Atradius, a global provider of credit insurance, bond and surety, collections and information services, has announced changes to the composition of its Management Board and the distribution of responsibilities. Andreas Tesch, currently Chief Market Officer (CMO), has been appointed as the new Chief Risk Officer (CRO), taking over the role from ... Read the full article
Continental Re appoints Grace Wanja as Head of Underwriting, Nairobi
4th July 2025
Pan-African reinsurer Continental Reinsurance has announced the appointment of Grace Wanja as Head of Underwriting for its Nairobi subsidiary. Wanja brings nearly 15 years of experience in the re/insurance industry. She joined Continental Re in October 2017 as part of the underwriting team, serving as Executive – Technical Operations. In 2023, she ... Read the full article
Specialty MGA Africa and Middle East appoints Rabie as Senior Underwriter, Property & Engineering
4th July 2025
Specialty MGA Africa and Middle East, the managing general agent providing additional capacity for specialty lines of business, has appointed Mohammed Rabie as Senior Underwriter for Property and Engineering, based in its Casablanca office. In his new role, he will report to the Specialty MGA Africa and the Middle East’s Chief ... Read the full article
Markel appoints Jasminder Kaur as Country Head – Malaysia
4th July 2025
Markel Insurance, the insurance arm of Markel Group Inc., has announced the appointment of Jasminder Kaur as Country Head – Malaysia. Kaur will report to Kevin Leung, Chief Underwriting Officer – Asia Pacific at Markel. In her new role, she will be responsible for scaling Markel's operations in Malaysia, marking a significant ... Read the full article
Willis appoints Daphne Duan Wheal as Director of SRC for Asia
4th July 2025
Willis, a WTW business, has announced the appointment of Daphne Duan Wheal as Director of Strategic Risk Consulting (SRC) for Asia. Based in Singapore, Daphne will lead the SRC practice across the region—a core component of Willis’ Engineering, Risk & Analytics team. In this role, she will oversee the delivery of risk ... Read the full article
Jacques Bonneau appointed Non-Executive Chair of Ki Financial
3rd July 2025
Ki, the fully digital and algorithmically-driven Lloyd's syndicate, has appointed Jacques Bonneau as Non-Executive Chair for Ki Financial Limited, effective July 1st, 2025. Bonneau, who retired in March 2024, previously served as President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bermuda-domiciled reinsurer, PartnerRe. He is an experienced re/insurance industry veteran, having served in ... Read the full article
AXA XL appoints Victoria Killingsworth as Senior Underwriter, E&S
3rd July 2025
AXA XL, the property and casualty (P&C) and specialty risk division of global insurer AXA, has announced the appointment of Victoria Killingsworth as Senior Underwriter for Excess & Surplus (E&S) lines. In her new role, Killingsworth will underwrite E&S property risks across a range of industries, working closely with other insurance ... Read the full article
Liberty GTS appoints Hilary Weiss as Head of Americas
3rd July 2025
Liberty Global Transaction Solutions (GTS), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has announced the promotion of Hilary Weiss to Head of Americas, effective immediately. Weiss has been part of Liberty Mutual since 2018, when she joined the company as Associate Vice President, Americas M&A. She then transitioned to Liberty GTS in 2021 as ... Read the full article
Sandeep Gopal named AIG’s Chief Risk Officer, APAC
3rd July 2025
Sandeep Gopal has joined global insurer American International Group (AIG) as Chief Risk Officer, Asia Pacific (APAC). In his new role, Gopal will lead the Enterprise Risk Management strategy in the region, focusing on strengthening risk governance, ensuring regulatory alignment, and supporting sustainable business growth across Asia Pacific. Additionally, he will work ... Read the full article
Triple-I appoints Patrick Schmid as Chief Insurance Officer
3rd July 2025
The Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) has announced the appointment of Patrick Schmid as Chief Insurance Officer, effective July 11, 2025. Schmid will also lead the organisation’s Catastrophe Resiliency Council and the Insurance Research Council, reporting to Sean Kevelighan, CEO of Triple-I. Additionally, he will continue in his role as president of The ... Read the full article
Howden Re launches Hong Kong operation led by Roy Wong
3rd July 2025
Howden Re, the global reinsurance, capital markets and strategic advisory arm of Howden, has launched a Hong Kong-focused reinsurance broking platform, with Roy Wong appointed as Managing Director, Reinsurance, Hong Kong, effective July 21st, 2025. Wong will report to Andy Souter, Head of Asia Pacific, Howden Re International, and work closely ... Read the full article
Jonathan Zhao named EY Global Insurance Leader
3rd July 2025
Jonathan Zhao has been promoted to Global Insurance Leader at EY, taking over the role from Isabelle Santenac, who had been leading the practice for the past six years. Zhao, who has been with the company for nearly 25 years, will now oversee a team of 24,000 insurance professionals across EY’s ... Read the full article
Carrick Holdings welcomes Armin De Weerdt as AVP, Finance
3rd July 2025
Carrick Group Limited, a Bermuda-based international non-life legacy insurer, has announced the appointment of Armin De Weerdt as Assistant Vice President (AVP), Finance. De Weerdt is joining Carrick from Pillar Capital Management Limited, a Bermuda-based specialist in collateralized reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager. Most recently, he served as Assistant Manager ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re appoints Aon’s Pablo Muñoz as Global Fac CEO
2nd July 2025
Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the appointment of Pablo Muñoz as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Global Facultative Reinsurance, effective July 2, 2025. Based between London and Miami, Muñoz will leverage his over 25 years of industry experience to lead Gallagher Re’s global facultative solutions team, delivering comprehensive services ... Read the full article
Achim Bosch begins tenure as CEO of Deutsche Rück
2nd July 2025
Achim Bosch has officially taken as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Deutsche Rückversicherung AG (Deutsche Rück) as of July 1st, 2025, from Frank Schaar, who held the role since February 2018, and is retiring. The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Rück had appointed Bosch as its new CEO on November 18th, ... Read the full article
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