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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.
Chubb names Carene Madden Financial Lines Manager for UKISA region
2nd December 2022
P&C insurance company Chubb has appointed Carene Madden as Financial Lines Manager for the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa (UKISA.) Based in London, Madden will report to Hilda Toh - Property and Casualty Chief Underwriting Officer for UKISA. Madden’s appointment is effective in the second quarter of 2023. Within this role, Madden will be responsible for managing and ... Read the full article
Mosaic makes two hires to build out its global tax liability team
2nd December 2022
Mosaic Insurance has announced that Tax specialists Will Gay and Ze’ev Deutsch have joined the company’s transactional liability team, boosting the firm’s tax-risk capability. Based in London, Gay will be Head of International Tax, Transactional Liability for Mosaic, where he will lead the development of tax insurance underwriting on risks arising ... Read the full article
Newfront names Marsh veteran John Newell as Chief Commercial Officer
2nd December 2022
San Francisco-based tech-driven broker Newfront has hired industry veteran John Newell as Chief Commercial Officer. Newell holds over two decades of experience as a leader focused on delivering client experiences and building culture. Before joining Newfront, Newell spent twenty years at Marsh, where he began his career as a producer before moving ... Read the full article
West P&I Club promotes two underwriting leaders in Asia
2nd December 2022
West P&I Club, an insurance provider to the global maritime and offshore industries, has announced the promotions of David Griffiths and Xuanlun Cai as Regional Heads of Underwriting for Singapore and Hong Kong respectively. According to the firm, the new appointments will strengthen two of its key regional offices, building on ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re adds EVP Scott Fest from FedNat
1st December 2022
Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance broking and advisory firm, has added Scott Fest as an Executive Vice President (EVP) to its team in Tampa, Florida. The role will see him focus predominantly on SE property carriers, with additional expertise in Workers Comp and Auto carriers, Gallagher Re said. Fest joins the broker ... Read the full article
Reask appoints David Schmid Head of Parametric Products
1st December 2022
Climate analytics and technology driven risk modelling firm Reask, has appointed David Schmid as Head of Parametric Products to expand its global parametric insurance product offering. Schmid is an expert in natural catastrophe risk modelling and parametric insurance. Additionally, he has a deep technical knowledge of modelling, structuring, and underwriting parametric ... Read the full article
The Hartford names Terence Shields Chief Sustainability Officer
1st December 2022
Property and casualty insurer The Hartford, has appointed Terence Shields to the newly created role of Chief Sustainability Officer. According to the announcement, Shields will lead the Office of Sustainability as it guides The Hartford’s overall ESG strategy, initiatives and disclosures and will oversee the execution of the company’s ESG agenda. He ... Read the full article
Sompo Intl. appoints Ron Willett to new North American role
1st December 2022
Sompo International has appointed Ron Willett to be its executive vice president for field management in the North American region, commercial insurance. The firm said in a statement that Willett will report to Jonathan Monks, executive vice president, head of distribution, business development and client engagement for North America. Willett, the company ... Read the full article
AXA XL promotes Kareen Richardson to head of healthcare in Bermuda
1st December 2022
AXA XL has promoted Kareen Richardson to the role of head of healthcare in its Bermuda office. The firm said in a statement that Richardson would be working in its Bermuda Insurance Excess Casualty business. She will report to Vivienne Moniz, head of excess casualty. Moniz said: “We congratulate Kareen on this ... Read the full article
Core Specialty makes changes to board of directors
1st December 2022
Core Specialty has appointed David Ni to its board of directors with immediate effect. Ni will be replacing Robert Campbell, who has served on the board since the firm recapitalised in November 2020 as one of two directors designated by Enstar. Ni is the chief strategy officer at Enstar, a ... Read the full article
Aon expands Michelle Mason’s role to include UK strategic leadership
1st December 2022
Aon has said that Michelle Mason, current head of enterprise clients (ECG) is to see her role expanded to include the strategic leadership of the UK major complex and enterprise segment (MCE). The firm said in a statement that Mason will lead the segment, which includes some of Aon’s largest and ... Read the full article
Convex Re Bermuda appoints Simons as deputy CEO, promotes Slater to CUO
1st December 2022
Specialty insurer and reinsurer Convex has appointed Paul Simons as deputy chief executive officer and has promoted Richard Slater to chief underwriting officer, subject to regulatory approval, at Convex Re. The firm said in a statement that both men will begin their roles this month and will be based in Bermuda. ... Read the full article
DA Strategy names Paul Uprichard Executive Director
1st December 2022
DA Strategy, a specialist Delegated Authority consultant and MGA Accelerator, has announced it is strengthening the company’s specialist offering to the London market with the appointment of Paul Uprichard as an Executive Director. He is joining the firm after working at Sompo International for six years as Head of Delegated Underwriting. ... Read the full article
Aon appoints head of transaction solutions for Sub-Saharan Africa
1st December 2022
Aon has appointed Maakopi Reason Maredi as head of transaction solutions for the Sub-Saharan Africa region. The firm said in a statement that Reason will be based in Johannesburg and joins the firm from Webber Wentzel, where she was a corporate partner and gained broad corporate and commercial transactional experience. Prior to ... Read the full article
BHSI makes two promotions for its US Executive & Professional Lines Team
30th November 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced a pair of promotions on its US Executive & Professional Lines team. Shelley Norman has been named Senior Vice President, Management Liability, US, and Jason Preston has been named Senior Vice President, Management Liability, Central Region. Norman, brings more than 25 years of experience towards ... Read the full article