Reinsurance News
People moves
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.
CFC names Matthew Glenville as new Group COO
15th January 2025
CFC, a specialist insurance provider focused on emerging risks and cyber, has appointed Matthew Glenville to the newly created role of Group Chief Operating Officer (COO). In his new position, Glenville is tasked with streamlining operations across CFC and enhancing collaboration between its underwriting, technology, and business operations teams. Glenville brings extensive ... Read the full article
Markel names Wanshi Lin Head of Singapore
15th January 2025
Global specialty insurer Markel has announced the appointment of Wanshi Lin to the newly created Head of Singapore position, effective immediately. In her new role, Lin will lead the underwriting team in Singapore and drive business planning and market engagement on the company's Lloyd's Singapore platform. Her appointment to this newly created ... Read the full article
Carbon Underwriting appoints veteran Alex Poracchia as CFO
15th January 2025
Carbon Underwriting, a specialist independent managing general underwriter (MGU) and Lloyd’s syndicate, has announced the appointment of Alex Poracchia as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective immediately. In his new role, Poracchia will lead Carbon’s global financial operations and play a key role in strengthening the company’s capabilities as the ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re appoints Mathieu Loisel as Lead for Casualty & Motor, EMEA
15th January 2025
Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the appointment of Mathieu Loisel as Lead for Casualty & Motor for EMEA and Coordinator for the International Casualty Practice Group (ICPG). Based in Switzerland, Loisel will focus on strengthening Gallagher Re’s International Casualty and Motor treaty reinsurance capabilities, collaborating with teams across the region. Loisel ... Read the full article
Swiss Re proposes Hübbe and Quinn as new Board members
15th January 2025
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re's Board of Directors has proposed Morten Hübbe and George Quinn for election as new members of the Board at the AGM on April 11th, 2025, as Board members Philip Ryan and Sir Paul Tucker will not stand for re-election. Hübbe served as Group Chief Executive Officer ... Read the full article
Pension Insurance Corporation announces new board appointments
15th January 2025
Pension Insurance Corporation plc (PIC), an insurer of defined benefit pension schemes, has announced the appointment of Martin Pike to its Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Additionally, Tracey Graham has joined both PIC’s Board and the Board of its parent company, Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited (PICG), as an Independent ... Read the full article
Northern Re appoints Munich Re’s Amin Touahri to build ILS and capital solutions
14th January 2025
Cayman Island-domiciled Northern Re, a reinsurance firm focused on long-tail casualty business, has appointed Munich Re's Amin Touahri to advance the firm's initiatives in insurance-linked securities (ILS), capital solutions, and deal origination. Most recently, Touahri served as the Head of Department at HSB (Hartford Steam Boiler) where he was instrumental in ... Read the full article
Masahiro Koike to become Tokio Marine President & CEO
14th January 2025
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. has announced that Masahiro Koike has been appointed to President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and will assume his new position after a general shareholders meeting in late June. Koike, who has over three decades of experience in the insurance industry, is to succeed Satoru Komiya, who ... Read the full article
ASR appoints new Deputy Active Underwriters for Syndicate 2454
14th January 2025
Africa and Middle East focused re/insurance group, Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), has appointed Genevieve Ahinful and Suzan Pardesi as Deputy Active Underwriters of Syndicate 2454. Both will reportedly support Martin Boreham, the Active Underwriter of Syndicate 2454, further driving the syndicate's growth and expansion ... Read the full article
Lockton Re adds Moruzzi and Cope as Senior Brokers within International P&C
14th January 2025
Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of the independent insurance broker, has appointed Daniel Moruzzi and Matthew Cope as Senior Brokers in its International Property & Casualty (P&C) Division based in London. Moruzzi is an industry veteran who began his career at Everest Re in 1999. There, he gained extensive knowledge and ... Read the full article
Cytora adds Insurance Advisory Partners’ Clive Buesnel to its advisory board
14th January 2025
Cytora, a provider of AI-powered solutions for the insurance industry, has announced the appointment of Clive Buesnel to its global advisory board. A seasoned insurance executive with extensive industry experience, Buesnel, Managing Partner International of Insurance Advisory Partners, will play a key role in guiding Cytora's continued global expansion, the firm ... Read the full article
AmTrust Title adds Steven Presley as Florida State Counsel
14th January 2025
AmTrust Title, a subsidiary of AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., has appointed Steven Presley, Esq., as Florida State Counsel to support its continued expansion in the Florida market. Presley brings over ten years of industry experience in the title and real estate law industries, with a track record in underwriting, risk assessment, ... Read the full article
Grant Smith named Head of Transport and Logistics at Markel
14th January 2025
Markel, the insurance division of Markel Group Inc., has announced the appointment of Grant Smith as the head of its Transport and Logistics team, effective immediately. In his expanded role, Smith will oversee the development of underwriting strategies aimed at achieving sustainable and profitable growth within the Transport and Logistics sector. His ... Read the full article
AXA XL names Richard Burggraf Head of Excess Casualty for US East Zone
14th January 2025
Richard Burggraf has been appointed Head of Excess Casualty for the US East Zone at AXA XL, the property and casualty (P&C) and specialty risk division of global insurer AXA. Burggraf will be based in New York to lead and grow the Excess Casualty underwriting team in support of North America's ... Read the full article
Peter Hirs to succeed Howard Smith as Starr CFO
13th January 2025
Starr has announced the appointment of Peter Hirs as the company’s chief financial officer, effective January 13. Hirs will be taking over the role from Howard I. Smith, who is retiring after a long and successful career spanning over 40 years at Starr and its related entities. Smith has been leading Starr's ... Read the full article
Getting your daily reinsurance news from Reinsurance News is a simple way to receive only the reinsurance industry news that matters, delivered directly to your email inbox.
