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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.
Westfield Specialty expands its WestfieldPro team
19th August 2022
Westfield Specialty is expanding its roster with a host of new hires for its WestfieldPro team. The firm said that it was looking to expand its E&O and cyber liability offerings while looking to enter the primary space. The Pro team will be led by Dan Wadley, executive vice president and head ... Read the full article
Tensorflight appoints Jakub Dryjas as CEO
19th August 2022
Tensorflight has appointed Jakub Dryjas as its new chief executive officer (CEO). Dryjas is moving into the role to follow Zbigniew Wojna after serving as the firm’s chief of growth. He joined the company in 2018. Dryjas said: “This is a really exciting time to be leading a company like Tensorflight which ... Read the full article
AIG announces new additions to Board of Corebridge
19th August 2022
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has announced the appointments of Alan Colberg and Trish Walsh to the Board of Directors of Corebridge Financial, Inc. (Corebridge) effective from the 1st of September 2022. Colberg previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Assurant, Inc. from January 2015 until his ... Read the full article
Catalina appoints Andrew Diaz-Matos as Chief Commercial Officer & Chief Legal Officer
18th August 2022
Legacy specialist Catalina Holdings has appointed Andrew Diaz-Matos as Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Legal Officer, where he will report to Group Chief Executive Officer Ian Parker, effective 15 August, 2022. Andrew takes over the Chief Commercial Officer role from Steve Ryland, who has moved internally to Head of Global Distribution. ... Read the full article
Zurich announce new appointments to Commercial Underwriting
18th August 2022
Zurich Insurance Group has announced two new appointments to its Commercial Insurance Underwriting team. Stephen Moss joins as Group Head of Financial Lines and Cyber, and Andreas Schmitt joins as Group Cyber Underwriting Manager. Moss first began serving Zurich in 2017, as Head of Specialties, UK. He has more than two decades ... Read the full article
OdysseyRe appoints Humberto Contasta to new role
18th August 2022
OdysseyRe has gained a new vice president of treaty underwriting in Humberto Contasta. The announcement was made on LinkedIn and stated that Contasta would be joining the firm at its Miami office. He comes to OdysseyRe after nearly five years at TRANSRE where he was assistant vice president for property treaty ... Read the full article
Descartes looks to expand its parametric offering with new German office
18th August 2022
Descartes Underwriting, an insurtech company specialising in corporate insurance solutions to address climate and emerging risks, has opened its office in Frankfurt to drive collaboration with DACH based brokers and clients. With this launch, Descartes seeks to expand its parametric offering to markets throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Tanguy Touffut, Descartes’ CEO ... Read the full article
QBE Re to make Chris Killourhy managing director from September
18th August 2022
QBE Re has said that Chris Killourhy is to become the new managing director of the firm from the beginning of September. The move, still subject to regulatory approval, will see Killourhy move from his current role as chief financial officer for QBE International. Jason Harris, CEO of QBE International, said: “We ... Read the full article
McGill and Partners adds Jacqueline Tovey to Fac Reinsurance Team
18th August 2022
Specialist re/insurance broker McGill and Partners has appointed Jacqueline Tovey to be a partner in its Facultative Reinsurance team. Tovey brings 25 years of experience in the insurance industry and has developed an extensive knowledge of operations and policy documentation. She is passionate about modernisation of the placement process using technology to ... Read the full article
Lockton makes two senior appointments in Nashville & Tennessee
18th August 2022
Insurance and reinsurance broker Lockton has made two senior appointments in Nashville & Tennessee. The company has announced that Barry Boster has been appointed Vice President and Producer to the firm's Nashville office, as well as Jay Brown who has been appointed to the firm's Nashville and Memphis offices as President, ... Read the full article
Chubb’s Combined Insurance appoints VP of Distribution, Canada
18th August 2022
Chubb’s Combined Insurance has appointed Michael Milos as Vice President of Distribution Expansion for Combined’s Canadian branch. He is based at Combined’s Markham, Ontario offices. As Vice President of Distribution Expansion Milos will be instrumental in diversifying the organization’s distribution strategies, as well as strengthening and forming new relationships in the broker ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual Re appoints Nick Noguera as business development manager
18th August 2022
Liberty Mutual Re has appointed Nick Noguera as a business development manager for the London Broker market. The firm said that Noguera will report to Miguel Martinez Alvarez with what it calls ‘a dotted line’ to Max Mallen and the portfolio team that is based in London. According to his LinkedIn profile, ... Read the full article
AXA XL appoints Lahrmann as Senior Underwriter, Intl Property, Insurance UK & Lloyd’s
18th August 2022
AXA XL Insurance has appointed Sabrina Lahrmann as Senior Underwriter, International Property, UK & Lloyd’s, with immediate effect. Within her new role, Lahrmann will be responsible for helping to deliver the strategic and profitable growth of AXA XL’s International Property book of business in the UK, as well as establishing and ... Read the full article
Nationwide names Hespe Head of Underwriting Performance for E&S/Specialty
17th August 2022
Ohio-based insurer Nationwide has appointed Julie Hespe as the head of Underwriting Performance for the company’s Excess & Surplus/Specialty team. Hespe’s team - the Underwriting & Product Performance Center of Excellence, will have a direct focus on portfolio profitability, underwriting governance and best practices, product management strategy, regulatory compliance and performance. Hespe ... Read the full article
Moody’s Analytics and RMS name Andrew Hare as APAC Managing Director
17th August 2022
Andrew Hare has been appointed Managing Director, Asia Pacific at RMS, a Moody's Analytics company that provides risk modelling and solutions. Bringing almost 25 years of experience in the industry, Hare will be responsible for integrating and leading the strategy and execution across the combined RMS and Moody’s Analytics Insurance Vertical, ... Read the full article