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.
22nd January 2021
The specialist Lloyd's of London insurance and reinsurance marketplace has appointed Aviva's Patrick Tiernan to the newly created role of Chief of Markets, which will see him take oversight of market performance and distribution.
Tiernan joins the market from Aviva where he currently serves as Managing Director, UK Commercial Lines & ...
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22nd January 2021
Specialty insurance carrier Core Specialty Insurance Holdings has appointed Van Spanos as Vice President.
He will be leading its newly formed excess & surplus (E&S) primary Product Liability group and will be responsible for managing all facets of this business.
This will include direct oversight over the underwriting team dedicated to the ...
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21st January 2021
AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings, has hired two additional underwriters within its renewable energy business.
Nicholas Boswell Brown and Claire Whelan will join in April in order to support the expansion of the company’s renewable energy business in Spain, Portugal and Latin America.
Boswell Brown joins ...
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21st January 2021
BMS Group, the specialist insurance and reinsurance brokerage, has continued its expansion in the U.S. treaty reinsurance marketplace with the addition of Kevin Gordon as Senior Vice President (SVP), Treaty Reinsurance, effective immediately.
In his new role, Gordon joins the broker's Chicago office and will report to Bred Nebel, Branch Manager ...
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21st January 2021
US insurance broker Alliant Insurance Services has appointed Lauren Gregory as Senior Vice President for its Alliant Specialty Group.
She will be located in New York, serving as a leader in Alliant Public Entity, with a focus on public entity and infrastructure.
Gregory expands Alliant’s expertise in public entity to the East Coast ...
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21st January 2021
Global re/insurer Chubb has named Shane Guerin as Head of Travel for UK and Ireland, and Ruben Rivero as Head of Travel for Continental Europe.
Guerin currently serves as Accident and Health Manager for Ireland, and now takes on the additional responsibilities for the strategic development and growth of the firm's ...
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21st January 2021
US investment giant Blackstone has appointed Michael Hovey to the role of senior managing director.
Hovey will lead acquisitions and strategic partnerships for Blackstone Insurance Solutions and reports to Gilles Dellaert, global head of the unit.
He joins from Morgan Stanley, where he was a managing director and most recently served as ...
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21st January 2021
Global specialty insurance and reinsurance underwriter Ascot has appointed Joy LaHuta as its Senior Vice President, Head of Claims in Bermuda.
She brings over 15 years of claims leadership experience with specialisation in Excess Casualty, Financial Lines, and Healthcare.
LaHuta joins from RenaissanceRe where she was Vice President, Head of Claims for ...
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21st January 2021
RT Specialty, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group, has created a new leadership team for its national binding authority operations, RT Binding Authority.
As previously announced, Seth Johnson will be leading RT Binding Authority as President.
Prior to his appointment as President of RT Binding Authority, Johnson served as ...
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20th January 2021
Risk management company Astaara has employed three new senior members of staff as part of the company's expansion.
Victoria Knowles has joined as Chief of Staff, while Asti Rogers and Gemma Smyth take on the roles of Head of Operations and Head of Analytics.
Knowles has over 20 years of experience in ...
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20th January 2021
Global Indemnity Group's Chief Executive Officer Cynthia Valko is set to retire from the company on January 31.
She will continue to serve the in an advisory capacity.
The company’s board of directors will be undertaking a search process to identify the successor for Valko.
“It has been my great privilege to serve ...
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20th January 2021
QBE has announced the addition of two new Non-Executive Directors to the board of its subsidiary, QBE North America.
The new appointments are Shamla Naidoo and Sharon Ritchey.
Both new directors will serve on the Audit, Investment, People & Remuneration and Risk & Capital Committees.
There are also plans for Ritchey to Chair ...
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20th January 2021
Constellation Affiliated Partners has acquired INSUREtrust, a specialty wholesale broker and MGA headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
INSUREtrust distributes cyber liability, technology errors & omissions, and miscellaneous professional liability coverages.
Alongside its acquisition by Constellation, a New York-based insurance consolidator platform, the INSUREtrust team also announced the promotion of Christiaan Durdaller to President ...
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20th January 2021
Re/insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced the acquisition of San Diego-based multiline program manager and managing general agency Atlas.
Founded in 2009 by Bill Trzos, Atlas offers workers compensation, commercial lines and specialty property programs nationwide, with expertise in the California workers compensation market.
Mike Mathews, Charles Lasher and ...
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19th January 2021
The Donegal Insurance Group has named Jeffery Hay, previously of re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW), as Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO).
Hay is expected to play a vital underwriting oversight role at the company as it looks to expand its capabilities to maximise the value it ...
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