Reinsurance News
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.
12th July 2019
The Philippines Insurance Commission has announced the appointment of Dennis B. Funa as Chairman of the Asian Reinsurance Corporation (Asian Re). Funa, who was unanimously elected on June 28 for a period of two years, replaces Abdolnaser Hemmati, who departed to serve as Governor of the Central Bank of Iran. Asian Re ... Read the full article
12th July 2019
Arcus Syndicate 1856 at Lloyd’s has appointed Alex Shepherd as an Active Underwriter, effective immediately. Shepherd joins from RenaissanceRe Syndicate 1458, where he served as Head of Property. Before this he worked as a Deputy Property Underwriter at Canopius as well as at ACE Global Markets. Shepherd replaces David Booth, Director of Underwriting ... Read the full article
11th July 2019
Bermuda domiciled reinsurer RenaissanceRe (RenRe) has announced the promotion of Matthew Neuber to the position of Corporate Treasurer, subject to Bermuda Immigration approval. Neuber has been promoted from his role as Senior Vice President (SVP), Ventures & Corporate Finance, and will now report to Robert Qutub, Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He replaces ... Read the full article
11th July 2019
Jon Dye, Chief Executive at Allianz Insurance, has been named as the new Chair of the Association of British Insurers’s (ABI). He replaces Amanda Blanc, whose surprise resignation as CEO EMEA at Zurich last week also resulted in her stepping down from her position as ABI Chair. The Association requires that ... Read the full article
11th July 2019
Global specialty re/insurer Canopius has announced that Jamie Jeffers has joined the firm from Willis Towers Watson (WTW) as Underwriter, Credit & Political Risk, Canopius Asia Pacific. Effective September 9th, 2019 Jeffers will support the firm's growth ambitions in the Asia Pacific region by targeting both bank and corporate business. He joins ... Read the full article
11th July 2019
Specialty P&C insurer and reinsurer, Sompo International Holdings Ltd. has announced that together, Michael Chang, Graham Evans, and Christopher Sparro will co-lead the firm's Commercial Property and Casualty Insurance (SI Commercial P&C) business. The latest announcement is a continuation of the transformation of Sompo International's Commercial P&C Insurance business, which represents ... Read the full article
10th July 2019
Property and Casualty (P&C) insurer the Hartford has named Matt Scott as Head of the northeast division for the firm’s large commercial insurance business. Scott joined in 1997 and has held a number of leadership positions with the company’s Claims organisation. Most recently, he was head of the Hartford’s Claims Solutions organisation ... Read the full article
10th July 2019
Lloyd's of London headquartered commercial lines broker, EC3 Brokers, has expanded its U.S. operations with the addition of James Norris as Chief Actuary and Terry Holley as Senior Vice President (SVP). The pair will report to President of EC3 Brokers US, Chris Hilton and will work closely with Danny Driscoll, the ... Read the full article
10th July 2019
Bermudian reinsurance firm PartnerRe Ltd. has announced the appointment of Chris Shanahan as President of its U.S Life operations, effective July 1, 2019. Shanahan joined PartnerRe in May 2018 as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, North America Life, where he led the development of strategy for PartnerRe’s U.S life reinsurance business. He ... Read the full article
10th July 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett’s global re/insurance company, has appointed Andreas Krause as Country Manager for Germany and announced the establishment of a new office in Cologne. Krause joins with close to 20 years’ industry experience and was most recently a General Manager at QBE ... Read the full article
10th July 2019
Global specialty re/insurer Brit has appointed Garick Zillgitt, Vice President, Primary General Liability and Justin Magee, Vice President, Excess Casualty to Brit Global Specialty USA (BGSU). Zillgitt, who reports to SVP, General liability Mark Richards, will be based in Walnut Creek, California. He brings over 35 years of underwriting experience across various ... Read the full article
10th July 2019
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) has made a number of changes to its Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) and Liability Lines business, including the promotion of Christof Bentele to Head of Global Client Management, a newly-created role. Bentele previously served as Head of Global Crisis Management,a role which has been ... Read the full article
10th July 2019
Zurich Insurance Group has announced the appointment of Alison Martin to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Bank Distribution, effective immediately. She succeeds Amanda Blanc, whose surprise departure from Zurich was announced last week after less than nine months in the ... Read the full article
9th July 2019
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, a division of global reinsurer Swiss Re, has announced the appointment of Conor Smith as Head of Contract Surety Canada, effective July 15th, 2019. He will be based in Toronto and will have responsibility for the growth, strategy and underwriting for the new local surety business across ... Read the full article
9th July 2019
Re/insurance brokerage Ed has announced the appointment of Carrie Kelley as Executive Vice President, Head of Property Insurance, Bermuda. Kelley joins Ed from Barbican Underwriting Bermuda, where she most recently served as underwriter of the Property D&F portfolio. She has more than 16 years’ industry experience, with previous roles including Senior Vice ... Read the full article
