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News on insurance and reinsurance industry hiring, appointments and people moves. News and announcements covering key hires and people moves across the global reinsurance, commercial and specialty insurance markets.
SiriusPoint appoints Xander Butcher as Senior Underwriter, Energy Liabilities
19th August 2024
SiriusPoint, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Xander Butcher as Senior Underwriter, Energy Liabilities for its London Energy team. John Hopper, Head of Energy at SiriusPoint, expressed enthusiasm about Butcher’s appointment, stating, “With over 37 years of experience in the market, Xander will be a brilliant ... Read the full article
SCOR merges L&H APAC divisions into unified entity and appoints new Head
19th August 2024
French reinsurer SCOR plans to centralise its operations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region by merging its existing Life and Health (L&H) divisions—L&H Fast Growth Markets APAC and L&H Mature Markets APAC—into a single entity, SCOR L&H APAC. Additionally, SCOR has appointed Chloe Wang as the Head of SCOR L&H APAC. Thierry Léger, ... Read the full article
Helvetia appoints Bernhard Kaufmann as Group Chief Risk Officer
19th August 2024
Helvetia, a Swiss insurance group, has named Bernhard Kaufmann as the Group's Chief Risk Officer, who will also join the Group's Executive Board at the beginning of November. In May 2024, Helvetia merged its Group Risk Management into the Group Executive Management as a new Group function, which Kaufmann will lead ... Read the full article
Zurich Singapore names Nixon Ooi as Head of Accident & Health
19th August 2024
Zurich Singapore has appointed Nixon Ooi as Head of Accident and Health, reporting to Alexandra Cowley, Chief Underwriting Officer, Singapore. Ooi's remit in this role will include leading underwriting, portfolio management and proposition development for Accident & Health. With over 12 years of industry experience, Ooi joins Zurich from Chubb, where he ... Read the full article
NormanMax hires Turgel as CUO, Gabin joins as General Counsel
19th August 2024
NormanMax Insurance Holdings, the specialist parametric underwriter and operator of the only dedicated parametric syndicate at Lloyd's, has bolstered its leadership team with two key appointments, with Daniel Turgel joining the firm as Chief Underwriting Officer, and Matthew Gabin joining as General Counsel. A highly experienced veteran across the sector, Turgel ... Read the full article
Skyward Specialty boosts regional Contract Surety teams with key hires
16th August 2024
Property and casualty (P&C) insurer Skyward Specialty has bolstered its regional Contract Surety teams with a number of key appointments. Firstly, in its Northeast region, the P&C insurer has appointed Gregg Callahan as regional vice president in New England, who has spent the last 27 years working at Liberty Mutual Insurance, ... Read the full article
Rokstone appoints Laurence Burrows to lead new US Excess Casualty division
16th August 2024
Rokstone, a speciality re/insurance MGA and part of Aventum Group, has announced the appointment of Laurence (Larry) Burrows as Head of its newly established US Excess Casualty division. Rokstone's U.S. Excess Casualty division will cover a wide range of sectors, including Construction, Transportation, Energy and US & Global Fortune 1,000 risk-managed ... Read the full article
Aon expands EMEA Transportation and Logistics team with key appointments
16th August 2024
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has announced three senior appointments to strengthen its EMEA Transportation and Logistics team. Jan Steven Kelder has been named Industry Specialty Leader, Transportation and Logistics, EMEA. In this role, he will report to Luca Tassarotti, Head of Commercial Risk for EMEA, and Lee Meyrick, ... Read the full article
Cardona to lead UIB’s Latin America & Caribbean treaty reinsurance in Miami
16th August 2024
United Insurance Brokers Limited (UIB) has hired Hugo Cardona to lead its Latin America and Caribbean treaty reinsurance business out of Miami. Cardona joins from Wind Field International LLC, where he served for over six years, chiefly as Managing Director. At Wind Field, he was tasked with providing international brokers, reinsurers and ... Read the full article
ATL appoints Álvaro Mier as joint COO and CFO to strengthen leadership team
16th August 2024
ATL, a broker specialising in commercial (re)insurance solutions, has strengthened its leadership team by appointing Álvaro Mier as joint Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mier brings over 15 years of experience in global financial services, having most recently held the dual roles of CFO and COO at Riddle&Code, an ... Read the full article
DUAL welcomes Scott Noerr as Chief Information Officer
16th August 2024
DUAL, the specialist underwriting arm of Howden Group Holdings, has announced the appointment of Scott Noerr as Chief Information Officer (CIO) to drive the company’s technology initiatives. In his new role, Noerr will primarily focus on driving innovation and implementing advanced technology solutions to ensure seamless operation of critical systems that ... Read the full article
Ricard named APAC Head of Insurance and Asset Management at Oliver Wyman
16th August 2024
Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm and a business of Marsh McLennan, has announced the appointment of Paul Ricard as the new Asia-Pacific (APAC) Head of Insurance and Asset Management, effective immediately. In his new role, Ricard will aim to drive the growth of Oliver Wyman’s Insurance and Asset Management ... Read the full article
Supercede names Sarah Pearson senior operations manager
15th August 2024
Reinsurance technology platform Supercede has announced the appointment of Sarah Pearson as its first senior operations manager, with immediate effect. Pearson’s hire is one of the first results of the USD$15 million Series A funding secured by Supercede in June. According to the firm, one of the purposes of these funds ... Read the full article
Markel names Grant Smith as Head of Marine & Energy Liability for International Specialty
15th August 2024
Markel Group has announced that Grant Smith has been appointed as Director of Marine & Energy Liability for International Specialty, effective immediately. This appointment is part of Markel's ongoing efforts to strengthen its international specialty underwriting capabilities and expertise, following the establishment of its International Specialty practice last December. In his new ... Read the full article
Lara Mowery to join Gallagher Re from Guy Carpenter
15th August 2024
Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has confirmed that Guy Carpenter's Global Head of Distribution, Lara Mowery, is joining the firm in a senior role. Mowery joined Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking arm of Marsh McLennan, in 1997 to lead the firm's global property reinsurance business. Most recently, she worked as Guy Carpenter's ... Read the full article
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