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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.
HDI Global unveils comprehensive energy unit, headed by Franz Adamczyk
18th September 2024
HDI Global, a provider of industrial insurance solutions, is addressing the rapid changes in the energy sector by creating a comprehensive Energy Unit, consolidating its expertise in managing energy-related risks. This move allows the company to support clients and broker partners navigating both general energy risks and those arising from or ... Read the full article
MSIG USA names Mark Thorogood Head of Reinsurance
17th September 2024
MSIG USA, an insurance subsidiary under MSIG Holdings, has announced the appointment of Mark Thorogood as its new Head of Reinsurance. In his new role, Thorogood will be responsible for leading the company's reinsurance strategy, encompassing both the placement and management of reinsurance coverage for domestic and international operations. He will also ... Read the full article
Lila Granda promoted to Head of Political Risk and Credit at Vantage
17th September 2024
Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., a provider of insurance and reinsurance solutions, has announced the promotion of Lila Granda to Head of Political Risk and Credit (PRC). Effective immediately, Granda will join the group's Insurance leadership team and report directly to Alex Blanco, Chief Executive of Insurance. In her new role, Granda will ... Read the full article
AXIS appoints Sara Mitchell as Head of Global Markets, Mark Gregory to retire
17th September 2024
Global specialty underwriter and provider of re/insurance, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has announced the appointment of Sara Mitchell as its future Head of Global Markets, succeeding Mark Gregory who will retire from the company in March of 2025. Having previously served as Divisional President of Chubb’s Continental Europe and MENA business, ... Read the full article
Kewsong Lee named Chairman of Ascot’s Board of Directors
17th September 2024
Bermuda-based global specialty insurance company Ascot Group Limited has revealed that Kewsong Lee, the Founder and CEO of BellTower Partners, will be appointed Chairman of the Ascot Board of Directors. Lee will succeed Neill Currie, Ascot's Executive Chairman, who will assume the role of Independent Director. BellTower is additionally making a minority ... Read the full article
Aon appoints Mona Barnes as Global Chief Claims Officer
17th September 2024
Aon, the global re/insurance broking group, has appointed Mona Barnes as Global Chief Claims Officer, effective immediately, reporting to Joe Peiser, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Commercial Risk. As Global Chief Claims Officer, Barnes will be expected to lead claims across Aon’s practice worldwide, working closely with the firm’s global leaders. In ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter appoints Heather Legg as Managing Director of Canadian broking team
17th September 2024
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking division of Marsh McLennan, has announced the appointment of Heather Legg as Managing Director (MD) of its Canadian broking team. In her new role, Legg will be based in the firm's Toronto, Canada office. In a recent post, Guy Carpenter stated, “Heather’s extensive experience in reinsurance underwriting ... Read the full article
Price Forbes Re adds Fred Few Brown and Gerken to Fac team
17th September 2024
Price Forbes Re, an independent specialist risk strategy and reinsurance broker, is expanding its facultative team across all product lines with the appointments of Fred Few Brown and Jonathan Gerken. In his new role, based in London, Few Brown will be responsible for property fac. He joins Price Forbes Re from ... Read the full article
Takuya Aibe to lead Howden Japan’s retail business following Foresight acquisition
17th September 2024
Global insurance intermediary group Howden has launched into the Japanese retail insurance broking and captive consulting and management markets with the acquisition of Foresight Holdings Co. Ltd, appointing Takuya Aibe as CEO of its Japanese retail business. Founded in 2005, Foresight is a group of companies licensed to offer retail brokerage ... Read the full article
ICA Board names Suncorp’s CEO Steve Johnston as Chair
17th September 2024
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has appointed Steve Johnston, Suncorp's Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, as Chair of the ICA Board, effective January 1st, 2025. Johnston joined the ICA Board as a Director in August 2021, and succeeds Nick Hawkins, IAG Managing Director and CEO, who has served as ... Read the full article
Brit adds Mithal, Lynch & Lewis to Private Client team
17th September 2024
Brit Ltd, the global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has expanded its Private Client team with the appointments of Vijay Mithal, Billy Lynch and Chris Lewis. They each bring a deep degree of experience within the High Net Worth (HNW) market along with well-established broker relationships across the sector. Both Mithal and Lynch ... Read the full article
Anthony Lamb promoted to Global Underwriting Manager, Marine, AXA XL
16th September 2024
AXA XL, the property & casualty (P&C) and specialty risk division of global insurer AXA, has promoted Anthony Lamb to Global Underwriting Manager, Marine, as part of the firm's Global Chief Underwriting Office. An experienced veteran across the sector, Lamb has been with AXA XL for over a decade working within ... Read the full article
Lillelund to takeover as CEO of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty in early 2025
16th September 2024
Allianz has revealed that Thomas Lillelund will be joining Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) as CEO in early 2025. He will also reportedly assume leadership of Allianz Commercial, Allianz Group’s integrated global model for serving the Commercial Property & Casualty insurance segment (Mid Corporate, Large Corporate and Specialty customers). Lillelund ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual Re hires Manja Kollmann from Generali Germany as COO
16th September 2024
Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (LM Re), the reinsurance arm of Boston headquartered Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has hired Manja Kollmann from Generali Germany as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), based in London. In her new role, Kollmann has a dual reporting line to Sue Figueredo Cook, COO, Global Risk Solutions (GRS), ... Read the full article
AXA XL names Caponigro Head of Reinsurance Capital Management
16th September 2024
AXA XL, the property & casualty (P&C) and specialty risk division of global insurer AXA, has announced the appointment of Chris Caponigro as Head of Reinsurance Capital Management. For over a decade, AXA XL has been an active participant in the alternative capital market, leveraging its expertise in alternative reinsurance capital ... Read the full article
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