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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.
QBE names Ashley Irwin SVP, Underwriting Leader, E&S Property in NA
17th January 2025
Australian insurer QBE has appointed Ashley Irwin as a Senior Vice President (SVP) and Underwriting Leader for excess and surplus (E&S) Property in North America. This appointment follows the recent hire of Claire Lill as Portfolio Manager to lead and strengthen the firm’s US Casualty offering. Irwin brings a wealth of ... Read the full article
Markel names Scott Jordan as Casualty Claims Manager in Australia
17th January 2025
Markel, the insurance arm of global re/insurer Markel Group Inc., has appointed Scott Jordan as Claims Manager, Casualty – Australia, based in Sydney reporting to Lisa Mitchell, Head of Claims for Australia. In his new role, Jordan will focus on providing customer service while aiming to achieve the best claims outcomes ... Read the full article
Juniper Re enters London market, appoints Nick Hawke Head of Office
16th January 2025
Juniper Re, the specialist reinsurance broking arm of The Baldwin Group, has announced its entry into the London market and the appointment of industry veteran Nick Hawke as Head of Office. Leveraging his extensive four decades of reinsurance expertise in the London market, Hawke has been hired to lead Juniper Re's ... Read the full article
Zurich NA establishes new Specialties business unit led by Kelly Kinzer
16th January 2025
Zurich North America has created a Specialties business unit encompassing its Construction, Surety and Financial Lines businesses, placing Kelly Kinzer, previously Head of Construction, to lead it. Kinzer started her career at Zurich in the Construction Underwriting Training Program and later worked in various roles at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty ... Read the full article
Philipp Kusche named Chairman of Howden Capital Markets & Advisory Europe in expanded role
16th January 2025
Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA), the capital markets and insurance-linked securities (ILS) arm of the re/insurance broker, has announced that Philipp Kusche will expand his role as Global Head of ILS to include Chairman of HCMA Europe. In this expanded role, Kusche will further support both global and local expertise ... Read the full article
SRS Altitude expands into North America with Milan Pavlik appointment
16th January 2025
SRS Altitude, a Managing General Underwriter (MGU) specialising in Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) solutions and part of Strategic Risk Solutions group, has expanded into North America with the appointment of Milan Pavlik as Head of Business Development, North America. This move highlights SRS Altitude's long-term commitment to providing ART insurance solutions ... Read the full article
PIB Group appoints Michael Hendriks as Chief Commercial Officer for Europe
16th January 2025
PIB Group Ltd (PIB), an international insurance intermediary group, has appointed Michael Hendriks as Chief Commercial Officer for Europe to further strengthen its regional leadership team. PIB's international division is focused on expanding its retail brokerage while growing its reinsurance, wholesale, and underwriting operations, providing opportunities for regional consolidation and long-term ... Read the full article
Arch Insurance International strengthens leadership with key promotions in casualty division
16th January 2025
Arch Insurance International, a provider of specialty insurance solutions, has announced a series of senior promotions within its Casualty division, effective immediately. Robin Hamilton has been appointed as the Head of Energy and Marine Liability. In his expanded role, Hamilton will lead the integration of the Energy Liability and Marine Liability ... Read the full article
WTW appoints regional and global leaders to enhance risk and broking strategy
16th January 2025
WTW, an advisory, broking, and solutions firm, has announced two key leadership appointments: Hugo Wegbrans as Head of Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) Europe and Simon Delchar as Global Head of Placement, both reporting to Lucy Clarke, President of Risk and Broking. Wegbrans, who joined WTW in 2021 as Head of ... Read the full article
Richard Coyle becomes MD of parametric specialist Arbol Re/Insurance UK
16th January 2025
Richard Coyle has joined global climate risk solutions platform Arbol as Managing Director of Arbol Re/Insurance UK. Arbol specializes in parametric financial products, offering businesses a streamlined approach to managing climate risks. The company launched its London-based Managing General Agent (MGA) back in November 2023 to service the international insurance market ... Read the full article
Trisura appoints Richard Grant as President & CEO
16th January 2025
Specialty insurer Trisura Guarantee Insurance Company (Trisura) has announced the appointment of Richard Grant as President & CEO, in addition to his role as Chief Underwriting Officer of Trisura Group. Grant has been with Trisura since its founding in 2006, starting as Senior Vice President of Specialty Insurance Solutions. He most ... Read the full article
Westfield Specialty adds Craig Nugent and Joseph Beltran to its PI team
16th January 2025
Westfield Specialty International, a global insurance provider, has announced the appointments of Craig Nugent as Senior Underwriter and Joseph Beltran as Underwriter for its Professional Indemnity (PI) team. Both will be based in London and will report to Mark Fellows, Head of Financial and Professional Lines. Fellows expressed his enthusiasm for the ... Read the full article
White Bear Group expands into bloodstock underwriting with two key hires
16th January 2025
White Bear Group, a specialist MGA trading platform, has expanded into the bloodstock insurance market with the addition of Tara Woodward as Bloodstock Underwriter and Madeline Long as Bloodstock Underwriting Assistant. Woodward and Long bring a combined 35 years of experience to White Bear, specialising in the mortality of breeding and ... Read the full article
Pain joins AXA UK & Ireland as Chief Communications, Customer, Brand and Sustainability Officer
16th January 2025
AXA UK & Ireland has consolidated its external communications, internal communications, customer, and brand functions, along with its sustainability agenda, into a new leadership role: Chief Communications, Customer, Brand and Sustainability Officer. This position will be filled by Sally Pain, who will also become a member of AXA UK & Ireland’s ... Read the full article
Protecdiv appoints Steve Skowronski as EVP & CFO
15th January 2025
Protecdiv has named Steve Skowronski as the Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), a role he has held on a part-time consulting basis for the past five years. In the new roles, Skowronski is responsible for all finance, treasury and accounting functions, compliance, and human resources. He is an ... Read the full article
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