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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.
Goosehead appoints Justin Ricketts to executive vice president role
25th October 2022
Personal lines insurance agency Goosehead has appointed Justin Ricketts as executive vice president for technology and partnerships. In his role, Ricketts will lead all aspects of the company’s technology. He will be responsible for propelling the evolution of Goosehead’s Digital Agent Platform, a direct-to-consumer platform that provides home and auto insurance ... Read the full article
Canada Life Re appoints Wil Chong as Executive Advisor, Asia Pacific
24th October 2022
Canada Life Reinsurance has appointed Wil Chong as Executive Advisor, Asia Pacific. Within this role he will based in Singapore, where he will work closely with Canada Life Re to support the development of their reinsurance propositions and strengthen their engagement with clients in the Asia-Pacific region. Overall, Chong brings more than ... Read the full article
Nexus Underwriting appoints Bentele to lead new Specialty Casualty Division
24th October 2022
Independent specialty MGA, Nexus Underwriting, has appointed Christof Bentele as President of their new Specialty Casualty business. A global market leader, Bentele has previously run specialty casualty teams at Aon, JLT group and, most recently, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty where he was a director within the Alternative Risk business. During his ... Read the full article
MS Amlin adds Paul Evans as senior marine underwriter
24th October 2022
MS Amlin has appointed Paul Evans as senior underwriter of marine insurance. Evans, the firm said in a statement, will begin his new role at the beginning of November and will report into Malcolm Barnes, head of marine insurance. He joins from Tokio Marine Kiln, where he most recently held the role ... Read the full article
Howden Re sets up new L&H reinsurance division, names leaders
24th October 2022
Howden RE, the reinsurance arm of international insurance intermediary, Howden Group, has announced the establishment of a new Disability, Life & Health Reinsurance division. Richard Vuurman, Theo Lutgendorff and Thomas Trompert have been appointed to set up and lead the new division, effective 1 October 2022. Based in the Netherlands and reporting ... Read the full article
WTW hires Robert Lasovski as Head of P&C for Australasia
24th October 2022
WTW has appointed Robert Lasovski as Head of property & casualty (P&C) for its Corporate Risk & Broking (CRB) business in Australasia. Based in Sydney, Lasovski joins WTW from Marsh McLennan in Australia where he was the National Corporate & Commercial Leader. Overall, Lasovski brings 29 years of extensive experience in P&C ... Read the full article
Global Indemnity names new CEO, appoints Director
24th October 2022
Property and casualty insurer Global Indemnity Group (GBLI) has named Joseph W. Brown as its new CEO after announcing that David S. Charlton, former CEO, and Reiner R. Mauer, former COO, are no longer officers or directors of GBLI, including its subsidiaries. Brown has close to five decades of insurance industry ... Read the full article
Allianz Trade announces CEO leadership change
24th October 2022
Allianz Trade has announced that Aylin Somersan Coqui, currently Group Chief Risk Officer of Allianz SE, will become CEO and Chairperson of the Board of Management of Allianz Trade following the departure of Clarisse Kopff, who has decided to pursue a new leadership role outside of Allianz. Coqui joined the Allianz ... Read the full article
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