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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.
Wilner joins Mayer Brown C&S practice & insurance team
14th December 2022
Jared Wilner has joined law firm Mayer Brown as a partner in its Corporate & Securities practice and Global Insurance Industry Group in New York. He focuses his practice on advising domestic, foreign and alien insurers, reinsurers, insurance intermediaries and other insurance industry participants on a spectrum of insurance regulatory and ... Read the full article
Toby Vallance elected as President of London FOIL
14th December 2022
London FOIL, a division of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL), has elected Toby Vallance, Partner at international law firm DAC Beachcroft, as President. He succeeds Gavin Coull of law firm Birketts, who acted as President during a particularly difficult time for the market, which faced the initial impact of the ... Read the full article
Acrisure expands insurance leadership team
13th December 2022
Fintech firm Acrisure has expanded its insurance leadership team. The firm said in a statement that the updated team includes Matthew Kirk, president for North American retail; Andy Schutt, head of global insurance operations; and Bob Arowood, president for north American P&C wholesale. It also includes Steve Brown, head of private risk ... Read the full article
Swiss Re CorSo confirms Kwan as Head of Distribution Management, NA
13th December 2022
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, a division of the global reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Allen Kwan as Head of Customer & Distribution Management of North America, effective January 1, 2023. In this New York based role, he will oversee the customer and broker distribution strategy for the United States and Canada, ... Read the full article
RSA adds two new members to UK Specialty Lines A&H
13th December 2022
RSA Insurance, a British multinational general insurance company, has announced two new appointments to its UK Specialty Lines Accident & Health (A&H) business. Laura Fox joins the business as Regional Underwriting Manager and will start her new role on 19 December 2022. Forhad Alam was appointed Specialist Underwriter, effective January 2023. Fox ... Read the full article
Louisa Blain joins Human Capital Solutions at Aon UK
13th December 2022
Global professional services firm Aon has announced that Louisa Blain has joined as a partner in its Human Capital Solutions (HCS) team in the UK. In the new role, Blain will lead insurance consulting for HCS, leveraging Aon’s extensive capabilities and data to deliver value and insights to clients across the ... Read the full article
Marsh Asia promotes Sean Chong Chou to CEO Malaysia
13th December 2022
Insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh has announced the promotion of Sean Chong Chou to CEO Malaysia, effective 1st of January 2023. Chou is stepping up from his current position as Deputy CEO, which he has held for over a decade. According to Marsh, Chou will be responsible for delivering the company's ... Read the full article
WR Berkley adds Daniel L. Mosley to board of directors
12th December 2022
WR Berkley has said that its board of directors has elected to its midst Daniel L. Mosley. The move, which comes into effect in January, will increase the number of board members to ten and the number of independent directors to eight. The New York-based Mosley serves already on the firm’s executive ... Read the full article
WTW selects three new members for its board
12th December 2022
WTW has selected Stephen Chipman, former CEO of Grant Thornton U.S.; Jackie Hunt, former chair of Allianz Asset Management and Allianz Life (U.S.); and Fredric Tomczyk, former president and CEO of TD Ameritrade, to join the board, each with start dates effective April 1, 2023. The board said it made these ... Read the full article
Arch Insurance appoints Rich Stock as CUO of casualty and surety
12th December 2022
Arch Insurance has said that Rich Stock has taken on the role of chief underwriting officer for its casualty and surety business. A post from the firm on LinkedIn said that Stock will oversee E&S casualty and alternative markets together with the middle market and large accounts casualty and surety units ... Read the full article
Freely named Head of Global Lines of Business, Risk & Broking at WTW
12th December 2022
WTW, a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, has announced the appointment of Evan Freely as Global Head of Financial Solutions. Based in New York, Freely will be reporting to Alastair Swift, Head of Global Lines of Business, Risk & Broking at WTW. In his new role, Freely will be responsible ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s elects Richard Dudley as Council member
12th December 2022
Richard Dudley, Global Head of Climate Strategy at Aon, has been elected as a Working Member of the Lloyd’s Council, effective 1 February 2023. Dudley has been working in the Lloyd’s market, the world’s leading marketplace for commercial, corporate and specialty risk solutions, for nearly three decades and currently sits on ... Read the full article
Canopius Group hires Pearson as UK CFO
12th December 2022
Leading global specialty re/insurer, Canopius Group, has appointed James Pearson as UK Chief Financial Officer, Canopius Managing Agency, subject to regulatory approval. Within this role, Pearson will report to Canopius Group Chief Financial Officer Gavin Phillips and interim Canopius UK CEO Kate Roy. Pearson joins Canopius from Direct Line where, as Head ... Read the full article
Sompo appoints Lawrence Doyle as global markets COO
12th December 2022
Sompo International, a global provider of commercial and consumer property and casualty re/insurance, has announced the appointment of Lawrence Doyle as Chief Operating Officer (COO), Global Markets. In his new role, he will be responsible for operational performance and executing on key transformational programs across multiple functions, products and geographies in ... Read the full article
Swiss Re sets up reinsurance broker focused team led by Meyenhofer
12th December 2022
Swiss Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers, has announced it is setting up a new broker-dedicated Key Account Management team to be led by Matthias Meyenhofer. According to the announcement, this team will play a pivotal role in helping to sustain and expand relationships with Swiss Re’s top producing reinsurance ... Read the full article