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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.
Zywave appoints Rob Stavrou as group vice president for carrier sales
24th October 2022
Insurtech provider Zywave has appointed Rob Stavrou as group vice president for carrier sales. The firm said in a statement that Stavrou had moved to his new position at the beginning of the month and will be based in the US. Most recently, Stavrou was chief commercial officer (USA and APAC) ... Read the full article
APCIA announces approval of new Board Chair and Chair-Elect
21st October 2022
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) has approved new officers to its Board of Directors, with Alan Schnitzer, chairman and CEO of Travelers elected chair, and Dino E. Robusto, chairman and CEO of CNA Financial Corporation elected chair-elect, both effective January 1, 2023. Since becoming CEO in 2015, Schnitzer has ... Read the full article
WTW names Michael Machin Head of Broking for FINEX North America
21st October 2022
Global advisory, broking and solutions company, WTW, has announced the appointment of Michael Machin as Head of Broking for FINEX North America, Corporate Risk & Broking (CRB). Machin will also join the FINEX NA leadership team and partner with the FINEX segment leaders to advance strategic priorities for the business. In his ... Read the full article
QBE expands Canada office with new hires
21st October 2022
QBE has announced the appointment of Troy Wiebe as Casualty Underwriter and Jasper Hageman as Property Underwriter, as well as the promotion of Fiona Bui to Underwriting Support Team Lead. According to QBE with these new hires it expands its Vancouver office, which opened in 2015, to grow its Western Canada ... Read the full article
Paul Gatutha named Director of SRS Bermuda
21st October 2022
Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS), a provider of insurance management and consulting services, has announced the appointment of veteran Paul Gatutha as Director in its Hamilton office. In his new role, Gatutha will be responsible for a broad portfolio of insurance and reinsurance clients and will be a key member of the ... Read the full article
Westland Insurance names Jamie Lyons as new CEO
21st October 2022
Westland Insurance has announced that Jamie Lyons will assume the role of President & CEO effective January 1, 2023, with current CEO Jason Wubs transitioning to the newly created role of Vice Chair, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategic Initiatives. Lyons joined Westland in 2016 as Executive Vice President Insurance, ... Read the full article
Accelerant names Jay Green as new global CFO
21st October 2022
Insurtech firm Accelerant has hired Jay Green to be its new global chief financial officer. Green will begin in his new role at the start of November and will lead the company’s worldwide financial planning and analysis as well as investor relations and capital markets. He joins from Goldman Sachs, where he ... Read the full article
LMA adds three senior market leaders to its Board
21st October 2022
The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has appointed three senior market leaders to its Board. The three new Board members are Jane Warren, Chief Underwriting Officer, Liberty Specialty Markets, Alex Powell, CEO, AEGIS London, and Richard Milner, CEO, Aspen Insurance UK Ltd & Aspen Managing Agency Ltd. Warren has over twenty years of ... Read the full article
Allianz (AGCS) names Mark Whayling Entertainment Global Product Lead
21st October 2022
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has announced the appointment of Mark Whayling as the new Entertainment Global Product Lead for the Live sector, effective immediately. Whayling was most recently Senior Underwriter, Live Entertainment, for AGCS’ London & Nordics region, having joined Allianz in 2017. In his new role, Whayling will be ... Read the full article
Skyward Specialty elects two new members for Board of Directors
21st October 2022
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. has announced that it has elected Kate Terry and Marcia Dall to its Board of Directors effective immediately. Terry is the co-founder and chief operating officer of Surround Group Inc., a property and casualty (P&C) insurance entity, and has more than 20 years of leadership and ... Read the full article
Fusion makes senior hires in Singapore & Hong Kong
21st October 2022
Specialty insurer Fusion has announced the appointments of Hui Ling Wong as Senior Partner, and Yen Lin Ee as Partner, in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Underwriting. Hui Ling joins the Fusion team in Hong Kong as Senior Partner and is well regarded as an industry leader in the Asian M&A insurance ... Read the full article
Chubb names Bill Hazelton Head of North America Industry Practices
20th October 2022
P&C insurance company Chubb has appointed Bill Hazelton as Executive Vice President, Head of North America Industry Practices. In this newly created role Hazelton will focus on providing extensive industry-focused insurance coverages, risk engineering and claims services to customers across targeted practices in North America. These include Real Estate & Hospitality, ... Read the full article
Inver Re names Chris Carney as Head of Commercial Operations
20th October 2022
Inver Re, The Ardonagh Group’s reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of Chris Carney to the new role of Head of Commercial Operations. Carney holds over three decades of insurance experience, including time spent at Marsh UK as COO of the Markets Division, and at Willis UK as Executive Director of ... Read the full article
Blunck to succeed Jeworrek as Chair of Munich Re’s Reinsurance Committee
20th October 2022
The Supervisory Board of Munich Re has announced that it has appointed Dr Thomas Blunck as the Chair of the Reinsurance Committee of the Group’s Board of Management with effect from January 1, 2023. Blunck will succeed Dr Torsten Jeworrek, who will be stepping down from the Board of Management of ... Read the full article
William Degnan named Chief Claims Officer at Universal
20th October 2022
Universal Insurance Holdings has announced the appointment of William Degnan as Chief Claims Officer. Degnan was previously Executive Vice President, Claims of Alder Adjusting Corporation, Universal’s wholly owned claims adjusting subsidiary. As Chief Claims Officer, Degnan will continue to lead enterprise-wide claims processing and adjusting, overseeing over 300 professionals and multiple third-party ... Read the full article