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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.
Underwriting expert Torres to expand XPT Specialty’s personal insurance lines division
14th May 2024
XPT Specialty, a wholesale broker for commercial and personal insurance, has announced the appointment of Suzette Torres as Vice President of Personal Lines, who joins the business to spearhead the growth for this line of products. Torres’ addition, XPT Specialty stated, will help expand the company’s set of offerings for retail ... Read the full article
Coaction adds Christopher Cavallaro to Board of Directors
14th May 2024
Christopher Cavallaro is joining Coaction’s Board as Independent Board Director, effective in May of 2024. Cavallaro joins the specialty P&C insurer’s Board having built a distinguished career in the professional lines space, including founding ARC Excess & Surplus in 1986. Prior to ARC, he served as Senior Vice President of Management and ... Read the full article
AXA XL Re appoints Ian Sawyer as Head of London Casualty, Reinsurance
14th May 2024
AXA XL Reinsurance has announced the appointment of Ian Sawyer to the newly expanded role of Head of London Casualty, Reinsurance. In his new capacity, Sawyer will be responsible for the US and International Casualty Treaty propositions in London and will spearhead the company’s Cyber Reinsurance offering globally. Marcus Gonzales, Head of ... Read the full article
Hamilton names Wilfred Chin as Group Chief Actuary
14th May 2024
Bermuda-domiciled re/insurer Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. has appointed Wilfred Chin to the newly-created Group Chief Actuary role, effective May 1st, 2024, reporting to Alex Baker, Group Chief Risk Officer. Chin joined Hamilton in late 2023 from Tokio Marine Kiln as Chief Actuary at Hamilton Global Specialty. His remit in his new ... Read the full article
Everest Insurance NA announces key regional executives
14th May 2024
Everest Insurance, the insurance arm of Bermuda-based re/insurer Everest Group, Ltd., has appointed four U.S. regional executives as part of a strategic realignment. The changes see the firm's retail business realign to four distinct regions; Northeast, South, Central, and West. They are part of the insurer’s customer-focused mission and objective to ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine HCC Specialty launches product recall offering team
14th May 2024
Tokio Marine HCC Specialty Group, a member of the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies, has launched a new Product Recall offering in London, with two senior appointments to its Crisis Management team. Mark Hutton has been appointed to the newly created role of Head of Crisis Management, International, effective May ... Read the full article
IUA appoints industry veteran Luis Prato to its Board
13th May 2024
The International Underwriting Association (IUA) has strengthened its Board with the appointment of senior London market veteran Luis Prato, who will join at its next meeting in July. The board, which comprises of 20 senior member representatives, is responsible for governing and overseeing all the association’s work in seeking to secure ... Read the full article
Augment Risk hires legacy expert Paul Corver as Advisor
13th May 2024
Reinsurance broker Augment Risk has announced that Paul Corver, formerly of R&Q Insurance Holdings (R&Q), will join the firm as an Advisor. Corver brings deep experience and insights in the reinsurance industry to the broker as it looks to strengthen its legacy build-out. He retired from his position as Group Head of ... Read the full article
AXA XL Re appoints Alfredo Salcedo as Head of Latin America, Reinsurance
13th May 2024
AXA XL Reinsurance, the property and casualty and specialty risk unit of global insurer AXA, has appointed Alfredo Salcedo as the Head of Latin America, Reinsurance, effective June 1st, 2024. Subsequently, AXA XL has announced that Michael Yeats will be taking on a new opportunity at AXA XL to lead the ... Read the full article
Whiddett to head Arch’s expanded terrorism insurance solution for UK
13th May 2024
Arch Insurance's UK Regional Division has announced the launch of its enhanced standalone terrorism insurance product for businesses across the UK regions, to be led by Jason Whiddett. The expanded terrorism insurance solution includes a series of extensions and benefits available as standard, and key policy features such as prevention of ... Read the full article
Fusion Specialty strengthens London M&A team with two new hires
10th May 2024
Fusion Specialty, a managing general agent (MGA) platform within Pop Group Holdings (POP), is expanding its UK underwriting capabilities with the appointments of Alexander Mackay and Tom Hopkins to its Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) London team. Mackay is joining Fusion UK as a Partner following five years working in M&A insurance ... Read the full article
Cover Whale hires Khurana & Hart as Chief Product Officer & Chief Architect
10th May 2024
Insurtech, Cover Whale Insurance Solutions, Inc., has bolstered its senior leadership team with two new hires, as Barninder Khurana joins the firm as Chief Product Officer and Bill Hart assumes the role of Chief Architect. Khurana takes on the role with a deep degree of experience in product management, program delivery, ... Read the full article
CRC Group grows NA team with two new hires
10th May 2024
CRC Group, a North American wholesale specialty insurance distributor, has announced the appointment of two new underwriting team leaders, Lance Lee and Andrew Weinberg. Lee, who has almost a decade of industry experience, is joining the company’s Clearwater, FL office as a transportation specialist. Prior to joining CRC Group, he served as ... Read the full article
McGill and Partners names Kimber as Partner in Marine and Cargo team
9th May 2024
Insurance and reinsurance broker McGill and Partners has announced the appointment of Amy Kimber to Partner in the firm’s Marine and Cargo team. Kimber has been part of McGill and Partners since 2019, when she joined as an Associate. During this time, she worked closely with the firm’s clients and underwriters ... Read the full article
BMS Re adds six hires to MGA ProLink Solutions
9th May 2024
BMS Group's reinsurance broking arm, BMS Re, has added six new hires to ProLink Solutions, its dedicated MGA business which was founded within the company last year. Launched in mid-2023, ProLink has expanded to become a large broker in the programs sector, with almost $6 billion of premium across more than ... Read the full article
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