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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.
BHSI promotes Mohammed Hannoun to Head of Casualty, Middle East
31st August 2022
The insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), has appointed Mohammed Hannoun Head of Casualty for the Middle East. With more than 12 years of industry experience in the region, Hannoun will be based in Dubai and is taking over BHSI’s Middle ... Read the full article
Everest Re hires Bogardus to lead APAC business development
30th August 2022
Everest Reinsurance, the reinsurance division of Everest Re Group, has announced the appointment of Kevin Bogardus as Senior Vice President, Head of Business Development Asia Pacific, effective September 8, 2022. In this newly created role, he will lead the expansion into the Asia Pacific region, focused on growing Everest Re’s reinsurance ... Read the full article
Aon hires Sarah Freitag from Gallagher Re
30th August 2022
Sarah Freitag has joined insurance and reinsurance broker Aon from Gallagher Re, taking on the role of Executive Managing Director, Head of E&S Specialty P&C. Based in New York, Freitag joins Aon after spending roughly 10 months with reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, initially as Executive Vice President, Specialty Property Segment Leader, ... Read the full article
Gen Re makes Regional & Specialty Unit hire from Munich Re
30th August 2022
Gen Re, the global reinsurance subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has appointed Himanshu Shah as Senior Vice President (SVP) for its Regional & Specialty Unit. Shah joins from Munich Re US, where he most recently served as SVP, Senior Client Manager, based in Chicago. He previously worked at Gen Re from 1990 to ... Read the full article
AXA XL names Bertrand Romagne as CEO for XLRE Europe
30th August 2022
AXA XL has appointed Bertrand Romagne to the role of CEO for XLRE Europe. The firm said in a LinkedIn post that it was proud that Romagne, with thirty years’ experience, was taking on the role. It said: “In addition to his international region leadership responsibilities, Bertrand will now be CEO for ... Read the full article
Everest Insurance appoints Casey Hartley and Danielle Stewart to new roles
30th August 2022
Everest Insurance has made two appointments to its US wholesale division. The firm said in a statement that it had appointed Casey Hartley as senior vice president and head of US wholesale casualty and Danielle Stewart as vice president and national head of whole sale distribution. It said that the appointments ... Read the full article
Ace Insurance Brokers makes three appointments
26th August 2022
Ace Insurance Brokers has made three new appointments. A LinkedIn post from the firm said that Palak Sharma had been appointed to the role of assistant manager for directinsurance; Aditya Nigam as manager of direct insurance; and Akshay Kasare as executive of reinsurance. The post read: “A warm welcome and lots of ... Read the full article
Allianz Holdings appoints Alison Rayner to new role
26th August 2022
Allianz Holdings has appointed Alison Rayner to the newly created position of chief compliance and corporate affairs officer, effective from February 2023. In this role, she will be responsible for setting a clear strategy for the organisation in terms of compliance and conduct relating to customer, clients, reputation, assets, and the ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets appoints new senior underwriter in Ankita Dutta
26th August 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets has appointed Ankita Dutta to the role of senior underwriter for financial risk solutions. Dutta is joining the firm with immediate effect, will be based in London, and will report to Sam Wilde, head of London markets. Wilde, meanwhile, assumed his role in February as part of ... Read the full article
Kuwait Re hires Szeles as Regional Manager CEE/CIS
26th August 2022
Kuwait Re has appointed Mark Szeles as Regional Manager central and eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Within this role, Szeles will be based in Budapest, Hungary. All in all, Szeles brings over 14 years of experience within the industry towards the role. He joins Kuwait Re from re/insurance broker ... Read the full article
BMS Re makes senior Caribbean fac hire
25th August 2022
BMS Group (BMS), the independent specialist re/insurance broker, has announced the appointment of Germán Torres-Ortíz as managing director and head of Caribbean facultative business for BMS Re Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), effective August 29th 2022. Based in Miami, he will report to Aidan Pope, CEO and executive chairman for LAC ... Read the full article
CNA Hardy appoints Crew and Devenish to Management Liability team
25th August 2022
Specialist commercial re/insurer, CNA Hardy has added two new members to its London/Lloyd’s Management Liability team. Edward Crew was appointed Senior Technical Underwriter, and Oliver Devenish, Underwriter. Crew and Devenish will be based in London and will be working across both Lloyd’s and Company platforms. Crew has nine years of experience in ... Read the full article
Aon beefs up its ReSolutions structured finance team
25th August 2022
Aon has made three appointments to its ReSolutions structured finance team. The team, which sits within the Capital Advisory unit in the firm’s Reinsurance Solutions division, will be joined by Sherman Power, who becomes global head of innovation alongside his role as head of ReSolutions US; Barry Gale, who becomes global ... Read the full article
Aspida Life Re names Sheetal Chhiba Deputy Chief Risk Officer
25th August 2022
Bermuda-based life and annuity reinsurance company, Aspida Life Re has appointed Sheetal Chhiba as Deputy Chief Risk Officer. Chhiba has over ten years of insurance experience across Bermuda, the UK, and South Africa. Having consulted in Bermuda previously, she will bring specialised expertise to the risk function of Aspida Re. Before joining ... Read the full article
Swiss Re CorSo appoints Annemarie Büttner as Lead Climate Risk Solutions
25th August 2022
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Annemarie Büttner as Lead Climate Risk Solutions. Making the announcement on LinkedIn, Büttner said: “In my new role, I work with corporations that need to understand how they will be impacted by climate change and how to manage the risks that they face.” Moreover, as part ... Read the full article