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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.
Liberty Mutual appoints Maria Grace as global product leader for property
29th November 2022
Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Maria Grace as its global product leader for property. Grace is set to begin in the role at the beginning of January and will report to Matthew Moore, Global Risk Solutions (GRS) president of underwriting. She will be responsible for the profit and loss of property ... Read the full article
AGCS names Brian McNamara Regional Head of Multinational, NA
29th November 2022
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), the corporate insurance carrier of Allianz Group, has announced it is strengthening its North American Multinational team with the appointment of two new members. Brian McNamara has been named Regional Head of Multinational, North America. According to the announcement, he is taking over this role ... Read the full article
Conduit Re appoints Peter Kiernan as head of property
29th November 2022
Conduit Re has appointed Peter Kiernan as its new head of property. The firm said that Kiernan, currently Head of US Property with AXA XL Reinsurance in Bermuda, will take up his role at the beginning of December, subject to regulatory and work permit approvals. The firm added that Kiernan’s appointment at ... Read the full article
Ariel Re hires cleantech specialist Tad Dritz as Senior Risk Analyst
28th November 2022
Global reinsurer Ariel Re has appointed clean energy and renewables technology consultant Tad Dritz as a Senior Risk Analyst. In this role, Dritz will help the company to evaluate the technical risks associated with clean energy technologies, including biofuels, bioenergy, battery storage, fuel cells, hydrogen and solar. Dritz also works as an ... Read the full article
Corvus hires Joe Duplock as manager of underwriting
28th November 2022
Cyber insurer Corvus Insurance has hired Joe Duplock to be its new manager of underwriting. Duplock made the announcement on LinkedIn, saying that he had begun working for the firm this month. He is based in London. Prior to moving to Corvus Insurance, Duplock spent nearly four years at AXA XL, ... Read the full article
Aon hires Senior Marine Broker within Reinsurance Solutions division
28th November 2022
Re/insurance broker Aon has appointed Ronnie Tyler as a Senior Marine Broker in the firms Reinsurance Solutions division. Tyler joins Aon from Gallagher Re, where he previously served as a Divisional Director for just under four years. Prior to that role, he served as a marine and energy reinsurance broker for ... Read the full article
Miller makes three senior hires for Solicitors’ Professional Indemnity team
28th November 2022
Re/insurance broker Miller has announced three senior hires for its Solicitors’ Professional Indemnity (PI) team. Kerry Greenwood, Marianne McWilliams and Louise Chagas have all been appointed, and they will each report into Zarina Lawley, Head of Solicitor’s PI, and will lead the expansion of Miller’s offering beyond London into the North ... Read the full article
Suncorp appoints Rachel Yao to new reinsurance role
28th November 2022
Suncorp Group has appointed Rachel Yao to the position of reinsurance manager for group RI strategy. Yao, who has been with the firm since July 2019, began her new role last month. She had, for over three years, served as senior capital and reinsurance specialist at the firm. Prior roles include ... Read the full article
Marsh hires Billy Aldous as Vice President, Cyber
28th November 2022
Broker and risk advisory firm, Marsh, has appointed Billy Aldous as Vice President, Cyber. Aldous joins Marsh from McGill and Partners, where he served as a reinsurance broker. Prior to McGill and Partners, Aldous spent three years working at AIG, where he held the role of Assistant Ceded Reinsurance Manager, where he ... Read the full article
Tysers appoints Andrew Kendrick as new non-exec chair
28th November 2022
Tysers Insurance Brokers has appointed Andrew Kendrick to be its new non-executive chair. The firm said that Kendrick will take up his position from the beginning of December, pending regulatory approval. In the meantime, Peter Haynes will remain as chair until the FCA gives approval. Kendrick is a former non-executive director of ... Read the full article
Shore One appoints Brad Burton SVP, Operations
28th November 2022
US MGA, ShoreOne has announced the appointment of Brad Burton as Senior Vice President, Operations. Burton has more than 25 years of property and casualty industry experience, as well as a strong command of catastrophe management principles and oversight of underwriting and technology teams. He joined ShoreOne from Olympus Insurance Company, where ... Read the full article
Sompo Intl. names new Head of Insurance Claims for North America
25th November 2022
Sompo International, a Bermuda-based specialty provider of P&C re/insurance, has announced the appointment of Glen Bronstein as Executive Vice President and Head of Insurance Claims for the North America Region – Bermuda, Canada, Mexico and the US. In his new role, Bronstein will be a member of the regional insurance executive ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual Re promotes Gilardi to Head of International Treaty Casualty
25th November 2022
Liberty Mutual Reinsurance has promoted Vincent Gilardi to Head of International Treaty Casualty. Within this role, Gilardi will lead all casualty reinsurance international business for Liberty Mutual Re Gilardi joined Liberty Mutual Re in 2019 where he was appointed as a Senior Underwriter for International Casualty. Prior to joining Liberty Mutual Re, Gilardi ... Read the full article
AmTrust welcomes Ryan Rivard to E&S team
25th November 2022
AmTrust Financial Services, a global specialty property and casualty insurer, has appointed Ryan Rivard as Senior Underwriter – Excess and Surplus (E&S) Specialty Casualty. Prior to joining AmTrust, Rivard served as Business Development Manager at Descartes Underwriting, which is described as the largest parametric specialised firm globally. Before that, he spent ... Read the full article
AIG names Lily Claydon APAC Chief Risk Officer
25th November 2022
Global insurance firm AIG has appointed Lily Claydon as Chief Risk Officer for Asia Pacific (APAC). Claydon is a Chartered Financial Analyst with more than two decades of experience in financial services, insurance, regulatory environments and auditing. Her expertise include risk culture and change management, risk governance, Enterprise Risk Management Framework, crisis ... Read the full article