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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.
Ledgebrook Re launches under the leadership of market veterans
29th August 2025
Ledgebrook Inc., a technology-focused provider in the Excess and Surplus Lines insurance sector, has launched Ledgebrook Re, a boutique reinsurance brokerage and advisory firm dedicated to supporting the next generation of insurance innovators. Ledgebrook Re is established as a managing general agent (MGA) and brings a foundation of deep underwriting expertise, ... Read the full article
HDI Global appoints Nikita Tikhonov as Head of Marine Global Risk
29th August 2025
HDI Global, a commercial and specialty lines insurer, has announced the appointment of Nikita Tikhonov as its new Head of Marine Global Risk, effective 1st September, 2025. Based at HDI Global's Hannover, Germany headquarters, Tikhonov will report to Dr. Carsten Schulte, Head of Marine Underwriting. He will oversee a team of ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter names Goodman Chief Client & Growth Officer
28th August 2025
Guy Carpenter, a Marsh McLennan business, has announced the appointment of Jeremy Goodman as Chief Client & Growth Officer, a newly created global role. Based in New York, Goodman will be reporting to Dean Klisura, President & CEO of Guy Carpenter, and will join Guy Carpenter’s Executive Committee. In his new position, ... Read the full article
Talanx expands Stephanie Bode’s role in reinsurance leadership
28th August 2025
Talanx Group, the German insurance and reinsurance group and parent company of HDI Global, has expanded Stephanie Bode’s responsibilities within its Reinsurance division. Bode will continue as Head of Reinsurance at HDI Global while also taking on leadership of the Corporate & Specialty Lines department within Talanx Group Reinsurance, serving in ... Read the full article
Aon appoints Tom Anderson as Head of Professional Services
28th August 2025
Aon, a global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has appointed Tom Anderson as Head of Professional Services, Global Broking Centre (GBC), London. In his new role, Anderson will be responsible for leading and overseeing strategic advisory, operational efficiency, and client service delivery across broking activities for Professional Services in the GBC. He ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re names Xander Georgetti as Executive Director, Specialty Lines UK
28th August 2025
Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the appointment of Xander Georgetti as Executive Director within its Specialty Lines UK team. In his new role, Georgetti will be responsible for the production and placement of Credit, Surety, and Political Risk business, focusing on both UK and global clients. He joins Gallagher Re ... Read the full article
Conduit Re strengthens underwriting team with key promotions and new hire
28th August 2025
Bermuda-based reinsurer Conduit Re has strengthened its underwriting team with the promotion of Angus Hampton to Head of Casualty, the expansion of Peter Kiernan’s role to include broker and client management, and the strategic hire of David Frawley to its specialty team. As Head of Casualty, Hampton will manage Conduit Re’s ... Read the full article
Chariot Re appoints Reena Pally as Chief Investment Officer
27th August 2025
Chariot Re, a newly established Bermuda-based life and annuity reinsurance company, has appointed Reena Pally as Chief Investment Officer, effective 1st September 2025. Chariot Re launched in 2025 with co-sponsorship from MetLife and General Atlantic. The two firms revealed that Chariot Re has an initial combined equity investment of over ... Read the full article
Beazley promotes Jenny Han to Focus Group Leader, Environmental Liability
27th August 2025
Specialty insurer Beazley has announced the appointment of Jenny Han as Focus Group Leader, Environmental Liability, effective immediately. Han will be based in San Francisco and report to Jerry Sullivan, Head of Professional, Environmental and Mergers & Acquisitions, who commented: “I’ve had the pleasure of working with Jenny over the years, ... Read the full article
Westfield appoints Henning Haagen as Chief Underwriting Officer
27th August 2025
Westfield, a US-based property and casualty insurer, has announced the appointment of Henning Haagen as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), effective 2nd September 2025. Based in Westfield's New York City office, Haagen will oversee the development and execution of enterprise underwriting strategy, standards, and governance across the company’s global portfolio of personal, ... Read the full article
Debono joins SI Re as Underwriting Manager for Italy and Northern Europe
27th August 2025
Swiss reinsurer SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re) has appointed Simone Debono as Underwriting Manager for Italy and Northern Europe. Debono joins SI Re from Helvetia Re, where she spent more than a decade as Senior Underwriter, managing a portfolio across the Nordic countries, Malta, Cyprus, and Greece. Before this, she held ... Read the full article
Lockton appoints Ryan Bond as Head of P&C, Bermuda
27th August 2025
Lockton, a global independent insurance brokerage, has appointed Ryan Bond in the newly created role of Head of Property and Casualty (P&C) for Bermuda, effective September 8th, 2025, based on the island. In his new role, Bond will report to Philip DiMeglio, Managing Director, Lockton Bermuda, and hold overall responsibility for ... Read the full article
Andy Frepp named Interim President of Moody’s Analytics
27th August 2025
Moody’s Corporation has appointed Andy Frepp as Interim President of Moody’s Analytics, effective immediately, succeeding Stephen Tulenko, who has resigned to pursue another opportunity. Most recently, Freep served as the Chief Operating Officer of Moody’s Analytics, a role he has held since January 2024. In the meantime, Moody’s has begun a process ... Read the full article
Jessica Laird promoted to CEO of Nephila Capital as Frank Majors steps back
26th August 2025
Nephila Holdings has announced that Jessica Laird has been promoted to CEO of Nephila Capital, the firm’s flagship catastrophe business, effective immediately, while Frank Majors will step down as Co-CEO of Nephila Holdings at year-end to focus on portfolio construction. Frank Majors co-founded Nephila in 1997 alongside Greg Hagood, and for ... Read the full article
The Hartford hires Stojanovic as head of Enterprise Strategy
26th August 2025
US-based insurer The Hartford has announced the appointment of Vladimir Stojanovic for the newly created role of head of Enterprise Strategy, effective 3 September. In his new role, Stojanovic will oversee trend analysis and competitive intelligence to identify emerging opportunities and disruptive forces shaping the industry. He will work with various teams ... Read the full article
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