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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.

Volante Global appoints Peter Montanaro as Non-Executive Director

13th June 2025

Volante Global, an international Managing General Agent (MGA) and Lloyd’s Syndicate, has announced the appointment of Peter Montanaro as Non-Executive Director, effective 1st July 2025. In this role, Montanaro will work closely with Martin Reith, Executive Chairman of Volante Global. He will also join the Volante Global Group Board and serve ... Read the full article

IQUW promotes Phil Furlong to Head of Technical Underwriting and Oversight

13th June 2025

Specialty insurer and reinsurer IQUW has promoted Phil Furlong to the newly created role of Head of Technical Underwriting and Oversight, with Mark McDonach succeeding Furlong as Head of Marine, Energy, and Aviation. According to IQUW, in his new position, Furlong will oversee underwriting governance and technical standards across the business, ... Read the full article

Coastal Marine names Joe Battle as Chairman and Callum Clark as CEO

13th June 2025

The Board of Coastal Marine Asia Holdings Ltd. (Coastal Marine), a specialist marine insurance MGA and risk management consultancy, has announced the appointments of Joe Battle as Chairman of the Board and Callum Clark to the newly created role of Group CEO. Both Battle and Clark joined Coastal Marine in October ... Read the full article

Mission Underwriters appoints Sujatha Raju as Chief Technology Officer

13th June 2025

Mission Underwriters, a technology-driven global underwriting company, has announced the appointment of Sujatha Raju as Chief Technology Officer. In her new role, Raju will lead the technology team in advancing the company’s platform, focusing on scalable infrastructure, operational excellence, and solutions that empower both underwriters and partners. Raju brings over 23 years ... Read the full article

Gordon Watson elected to Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Board

12th June 2025

Tim Sweeney, Chairman and CEO of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has announced that Gordon Watson has been elected to the company's board of directors. Watson brings over three decades of experience in the insurance sector. He recently served as Chair of AXA Asia and CEO of AXA Asia & Africa, where he ... Read the full article

WTW adds Scott Van Slyck and Kate Gingras to Insurance Consulting and Technology team

12th June 2025

Insurance and reinsurance broking group WTW has appointed Scott Van Slyck as Senior Director of Technology Sales and Kate Gingras as Director of Strategy Execution within its Insurance Consulting and Technology (ICT) business. The pair will report to Giovanni Smyth, Americas Regional Leader for the ICT business. However, Slyck has an ... Read the full article

Guy Carpenter’s Ian Wrigglesworth elected as President of the AIA

12th June 2025

Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking arm of Marsh McLennan, has congratulated Ian Wrigglesworth on his election as President of the Aviation Insurance Association (AIA) for the 2025–2027 term. The AIA is a professional organisation dedicated to the aviation insurance sector, serving as a platform for networking and education for underwriters, brokers, ... Read the full article

Specialist Risk Group appoints Neil Nimmo as CEO – UK

12th June 2025

Specialist Risk Group (SRG), an insurance intermediary backed by Warburg Pincus and Temasek, has announced the appointment of Neil Nimmo as CEO – UK. In his new role, Nimmo will oversee SRG’s Retail, Wholesale, and Underwriting businesses in the UK. His leadership will be key to scaling the Group’s successful model ... Read the full article

Stuart Logue named new CFO of Asta Managing Agency

12th June 2025

Asta, a third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s, has appointed Stuart Logue as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Asta Managing Agency, subject to regulatory approval. Logue replaces Richard Barke, who is moving to a senior leadership role at Asta’s owner, Davies. Incoming Logue holds more than 30 years of management experience across the ... Read the full article

Aon appoints Chalisa Maythangkul as Director, Natural Resources

12th June 2025

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has appointed Chalisa Maythangkul as Director of its Natural Resources team in Asia. Maythangkul brings three decades of industry experience. She joins Aon from Howden Maxi / Howden Singapore, where she served as Executive Consultant. Prior to that, she served as Executive Director at Kyoritsu Insurance ... Read the full article

Compre appoints Rachel Bardon as CUO

12th June 2025

Compre, a Bermuda-domiciled international legacy reinsurance group, has appointed Rachel Bardon to the newly-created role of chief underwriting officer (CUO), effective 1st September 2025. Based in Bermuda, Bardon will join Compre’s executive committee and report to Group CEO Will Bridger. She will also join the board of Compre’s Bermuda-based reinsurer, Pallas ... Read the full article

Howden Re adds Lockton’s John Philipsz as MD, Head of Australia & New Zealand

12th June 2025

Howden Re, the reinsurance and strategic advisory division of global broking group Howden, has appointed John Philipsz as Managing Director (MD), Head of Howden Re Australia and New Zealand, effective July 1st, 2025, reporting to Andy Souter, Head of Asia Pacific, Howden Re International. Philipsz succeeds Stuart Beatty, who after 38 ... Read the full article

Lockton Re appoints Daryl Polenz as Senior Broker

12th June 2025

Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of independent insurance broker Lockton, has appointed Daryl Polenz as a Senior Broker, based in Kansas City. Polenz has over three decades of extensive experience in the property & casualty (P&C) reinsurance space, of which he spent ten years at industry giant Swiss Re. Most recently, he ... Read the full article

Hayden Smith promoted to Regional CEO of United Risk

11th June 2025

United Risk, a global property and casualty insurance underwriting and distribution platform, has promoted Hayden Smith to Regional CEO. In this role, Smith will oversee the company’s EU, UK, and British Commonwealth business, managing further expansion in these regions and other emerging markets. He will be based in the company’s London ... Read the full article

Amynta Risk Solutions appoints Alan Wiederhold as President of A&H

11th June 2025

Amynta Risk Solutions has announced the appointment of Alan Wiederhold as President of Accident & Health (A&H). In this role, Wiederhold will be responsible for expanding Amynta Risk Solutions’ product offerings and strengthening its value proposition for the company’s clients and broker partners. With over 30 years of healthcare leadership experience, Wiederhold ... Read the full article