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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.
ArentFox adds Insurance partner, Huhnsik Chung to New York office
14th December 2022
Law firm ArentFox Schiff has added Partner, Huhnsik Chung to the company's Complex Litigation and Insurance & Reinsurance groups. Based in the firms New York office, Huhnsik brings more than three decades of experience advising clients nationally and internationally in the highly regulated financial and insurance sectors. Huhnsik represents clients within a ... Read the full article
BHSI makes slew of appointments within North America property team
14th December 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has promoted Cathy Miller to the role of head of North America property alongside a host of new promotions within the same team In her new role, said the firm, Miller will oversee the insurer’s general property, energy, builder’s risk and marine business in the US ... Read the full article
Accelerant adds Paul Little to its Board of Directors
14th December 2022
Insurtech Accelerant names Protecdiv COO Paul Little to Board of Directors. Little brings more than three decades of leadership and management experience in the insurance, reinsurance and risk analytics industries, towards the role Previously, Little founded and served as President of Maxfield Risk Consulting, where he specialized in risk management and analytics ... Read the full article
QBE Intl appoints Rob Stone as CFO
14th December 2022
QBE has appointed Rob Stone as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for its International Division - QBE International. Stone has been with the company for over 14 years. Most recently, he managed Equator Re, QBE’s inward reinsurance facility, before stepping in to run International’s Finance, Actuarial and Legal function on an interim basis ... Read the full article
Concert appoints John Hendrickson as CEO
14th December 2022
Concert has appointed John Hendrickson as CEO. The firm said that Hendrickson will take up his role at the beginning of January, succeeding Jonathan Reiss. Reiss, the firm said in a statement, will remain on Concert’s board and provide his expertise during what the firm hopes will be a ‘seamless leadership ... Read the full article
Lockton appoints Ben Milan VP & Surety Practice Leader
14th December 2022
Lockton, a privately-owned independent insurance broker, has announced the appointment of Ben Milan as Vice President and Surety Practice Leader within the Lockton Global Real Estate & Construction (GREAC) division. In his new role, Milan will be responsible for running the Lockton Surety Practice for the UK and Ireland, this includes ... Read the full article
Howden names Marc Lehmann Head of Climate Analytics
14th December 2022
International insurance broker Howden has announced the appointment of Marc Lehmann as Head of Climate Analytics. Lehmann brings an array of both modelling and engineering experience to the role, having previously held senior Catastrophe, ESG, Climate Risk, and Climate Change resilience positions at KPMG, AIG and WTW. He joins Howden from Jupiter ... Read the full article
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