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News on insurance and reinsurance industry hiring, appointments and people move news and announcements. Covering key hires and people moves across the global reinsurance, commercial and specialty insurance markets.

Intangic MGA appoints Debbie Durkan as Commercial Director

20th April 2023

Newly launched cyber underwriter Intangic MGA has named Debbie Durkan as Commercial Director to drive growth and distribution. Durkan holds more than two and half decades of industry experience, having most recently served at Marsh, where she was Chief Client Officer for the UK Commercial group. She has also operated as ... Read the full article

BMS names Morna Leather as UK and international CFO

20th April 2023

Specialist re/insurance broker BMS has appointed Morna Leather as UK and international chief financial officer, effective summer 2023. Leather joins BMS from Ardonagh Global Partners, where she was chief financial officer. Before this, she held several senior roles at RFIB, including chief financial officer and head of corporate strategy. Leather has also previously ... Read the full article

David Grigg to lead Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions US cyber team

20th April 2023

Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions has named AXA XL’s David Grigg as Executive Managing Director to lead its US Cyber Reinsurance team. Based in Aon’s New York office, Grigg is to start his new role immediately. He will be reporting to Randy Stanco, co-leader of the New York/New Jersey Reinsurance Treaty Office and ... Read the full article

Swiss Re appoints Mohit Pande as Chief Underwriting Officer, Property

20th April 2023

Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re has appointed Mohit Pande as Chief Underwriting Officer, Property. Based in New York, Pande brings more than 20 years of industry experience towards his new role, 17 of which he has spent working at Swiss Re. Pande joined Swiss Re in 2005 as Vice President, Natural Hazards. ... Read the full article

Munich Re Specialty Insurance makes Hart permanent CEO

19th April 2023

Munich Re Specialty Insurance (MRSI), a division of German reinsurance giant Munich Re, has named Sabrina Hart as President and CEO, effective May 1. Hart, who served as interim CEO since January 2023, will report to former CEO Michael Kerner and will also serve as a member of the Global Specialty ... Read the full article

MS Amlin expands Risk & Compliance functions with two key hires

19th April 2023

Lloyd’s global re/insurer MS Amlin has expanded its Risk and Compliance functions with two key senior hires. The firm has appointed Ruth Adamson as Head of Insurance and Financial Risk, and Kevin Ball as Head of Compliance. Both new hires will join the company later this year, where they will report to ... Read the full article

Sir Keith Skeoch named Non-Exec Chairman for QBE European Operations

19th April 2023

QBE European Operations, part of QBE Insurance Group, has appointed financial services industry leader Sir Keith Skeoch as Non-Executive Chairman. In his new role, he will work closely with Jason Harris, CEO, QBE International to drive forward QBE’s strategic ambitions. He will be taking over from Tim Ingram, who has retired ... Read the full article

Minesh Shah appointed Director of Underwriting Risk for Hiscox Re & ILS

19th April 2023

Hiscox Re & ILS, the reinsurance and insurance linked securities arm of Hiscox, has announced that it has appointed Minesh Shah as its new Director of Underwriting Risk. Shah will join the firm on May 1, 2023. Within his new role, he will be responsible for driving optimisation across Hiscox Re ... Read the full article

Guidewire appoints new Chief Product Officer

19th April 2023

Guidewire has announced the appointment of Michael Howe as their new Chief Product Officer. Howe will be reporting to the Chief Executive Officer Mike Rosenbaum. In his new role, Howe will lead product strategy, product management, product marketing and the Guidewire partner marketplace. His organization’s aim is to help grow Guidewire’s ... Read the full article

Swiss Re names Santiago Arechaga Head P&C Southern Europe

19th April 2023

Santiago Arechaga has been named Head P&C Southern Europe for Swiss Re, a new position he will hold alongside his role as CEO Iberia. Madrid-based Arechaga joined Swiss Re in 2018 as CEO Iberia. Prior to that he worked for 11 years at AEGON Spain holding a number of positions. His first ... Read the full article

Owen Williams appointed Ascot US CIO

18th April 2023

Specialty re/insurer Ascot has appointed Owen Williams to the newly created role of Chief Information Officer (CIO), Ascot US. The firm noted that in this new role, Williams will be responsible for leading, developing and evolving its business technology roadmap to support the rapid growth of the organisation. A well-known veteran across ... Read the full article

WTW appoints Laura Doddington as North America Proposition Leader

18th April 2023

Global advisory, broking, and solutions company, WTW has appointed Laura Doddington as North America Proposition Leader - Pricing, Product, Claims and Underwriting (PPCU) Personal Lines for Insurance Consulting and Technology (ICT). In her new role, based in Toronto, Doddington will advise WTW's insurance clients on improving their underwriting, pricing, product development, ... Read the full article

DUAL names Peter Kegel as new Managing Director for Benelux

18th April 2023

DUAL Europe has announced the appointment of Peter Kegel as the new Managing Director of DUAL Benelux. Kegel will be based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Kegel will be in charge of establishing a base to service the Benelux market. The company’s vision is to spread its reach in 13 European countries. The DUAL ... Read the full article

Youi Insurance hires Swiss Re’s Laura Wood as Head of Reinsurance

18th April 2023

Youi Insurance, an Australian-based insurance company has appointed Swiss Re’s Laura Wood as Head of Reinsurance. An experienced veteran within the industry, Wood brings 18 years of expertise towards her new role, having worked within re/insurance and broking across most of the industry’s key markets around the globe and across many ... Read the full article

Everest names Mike Mulray President of North America Insurance

18th April 2023

Bermuda-based reinsurer Everest Re Group has appointed Mike Mulray as Executive Vice President and President of North America Insurance. Mulray most recently served as Global Chief Operating Officer for Everest Insurance, having first joined the firm in 2015 as Chief Underwriting Officer. Since then, Everest states he has played a critical role ... Read the full article