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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 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
CFC hires George Beattie to be new head of innovation
20th October 2022
Specialist insurance provider CFC has hired George Beattie to be its new head of innovation. The firm said that Beattie, in his new role, will be leveraging its technology and data science. He begins in January 2023 and joins CFC from Beazley where he has lead the incubation underwriting function for ... Read the full article
Actuarial Risk Management recruits Chuck Chacosky as Managing Director
20th October 2022
Actuarial Risk Management (ARM) has announced the addition of Charles (Chuck) Chacosky as managing director consulting actuary. As a senior member of the ARM network of actuaries, Chacosky will work to enhance the financial reporting and regulatory compliance capabilities of the firm’s actuarial services, particularly within the life, annuity, long term ... Read the full article
Russell Group appoints weather analytics veteran as Head of Connected Risk
20th October 2022
Data and analytics company, Russell Group has appointed former CEO of weather analytics and insights modelling firm MetSwift, James Banasik, as Head of Connected Risk. Banasik’s appointment is part of a strategic transformation by Russell Group to provide its re/insurance clients, and corporate working group with the forward-looking data sets that ... Read the full article
David Guest named Head of Crisis Management for SCOR UK & SCOR Syndicate
19th October 2022
French reinsurer SCOR has appointed David Guest as Head of Crisis Management for SCOR UK and the SCOR Syndicate. His remit will include Terrorism and Political Violence and is effective 24 October, 2022. Within this role, Guest will be based in London and he will report to Marie Biggas, Chief Underwriting Officer ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter expands delegated authority capabilities, adds new hires
19th October 2022
Reinsurance broker, Guy Carpenter has announced it has expanded its capabilities in the delegated authority arena. It is welcoming three new members to its GC Access team and forming a new collaboration with Guy Carpenter’s Ratings Advisory Service. Bryan Willingham joins as Managing Director and Co-Head of the Southwest Region. He ... Read the full article
Allianz Commercial appoints Carey as Managing Director, mid-market
19th October 2022
Allianz Commercial has announced that it has appointed David Carey to the newly created position of managing director, mid-market, effective from April 2023, subject to regulatory approval. Within this role, he will hold responsibility for leading Allianz Commercial’s regional trading teams, as well as focusing delivery on key customer segments and ... Read the full article
Aspida Re finds new CEO in PartnerRe’s David Florian
19th October 2022
Aspida Life Re, a Bermuda-based life and annuity reinsurance company, has announced that David Florian has been named as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He brings over three decades of industry experience and over two decades of leadership experience to the Aspida Re team, joining from PartnerRe, where he was ... Read the full article
HDI Global Specialty promotes Fleiser to Managing Director of Australia branch
19th October 2022
HDI Global Specialty (HDI) has announced that Mark Fleiser, former General Manager of its Australian operations, has been promoted to Managing Director of its Australian branch. Fleiser’s appointment is effective immediately. Within his role as General Manager, Fleiser has been able to successfully oversee the growth of the firms Australian operation. HDI’s ... Read the full article
BMS names Alex Tesei as director of European energy reinsurance
19th October 2022
BMS Group has announced further expansion of its specialty energy practice with the hire of Alex Tesei as director of European energy reinsurance. Tesei holds almost two and a half decades of industry experience, having spent ten years building up and leading the reinsurance division of Ribé Salat in Spain, specialising ... Read the full article
Howden names Mike Godfrey as Head of Equine division
19th October 2022
Insurance broker, Howden has appointed Mike Godfrey as Executive Director and Head of its Equine division, part of its Sports & Entertainment practice. Godfrey will commence employment at Howden subject to completion of his contractual obligations. Within this role, he will be based in London and will report to Duncan Fraser, Global ... Read the full article
QBE Intl. makes two senior appointments within US marine team
18th October 2022
QBE International Markets has made two appointments within its US marine insurance team. The company has announced that Sean Dollahon has been appointed as Vice President, US Marine Manager, and Katie McCord has been appointed as Vice President, Senior Marine Underwriter. Dollahon brings nearly twenty years of industry experience towards his new ... Read the full article