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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.
DeNexus appoints industry veteran Isabelle Dumont as Chief Marketing Officer
24th April 2024
DeNexus, a provider of cyber risk modelling solutions, has recently appointed industry veteran Isabelle Dumont as its new Chief Marketing Officer. In her new role, Dumont will lead the company's global marketing initiatives, focusing on enhancing brand awareness, generating demand, and developing effective go-to-market strategies. Additionally, she will play a crucial role ... Read the full article
Aspida appoints new CTO and Director of Digital Product Management
24th April 2024
Aspida, a life insurance and annuity company, has announced the appointment of two new hires, Jason Pedone as Chief Technology Officer and Derek Clinton as Director of Digital Product Management. These “strategic” new hires will play a pivotal role in the continued development and advancement of the company's cutting-edge, in-house technology ... Read the full article
BMS Re names John Canavan as US COO
24th April 2024
Global broker BMS Group's reinsurance division, BMS Re, has hired John Canavan as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) in the US, reporting to Chris Brook, Group COO, and Andrew Wheeler, President of BMS Re. Canavan is a senior reinsurance operations professional with a solid and proven track record, and joins ... Read the full article
Briggs promoted to VP Strategic Innovation & Emerging Markets, AMG Actuary, The Standard
24th April 2024
Julie Briggs has been promoted to the role of vice president of Strategic Innovation and Emerging Markets and Asset Management Group Actuary, at Standard Insurance Company (The Standard). In her new role, she is expected to be responsible for the leadership of all AMG actuarial and finance functions. She will also work ... Read the full article
Supercede promotes Tom Spier to Chief Commercial Officer
24th April 2024
Supercede, a reinsurance tech firm, has announced the promotion of Tom Spier to the role of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) following a year of growth. In his new capacity, Spier will spearhead the expansion of Supercede’s go-to-market teams and operations. Jerad Leigh, CEO of Supercede, expresses his enthusiasm for Spier’s promotion, highlighting, ... Read the full article
Zurich NA names Higginbotham as Head of Professional Liability & Cyber, US National Accounts
24th April 2024
Zurich North America, the commercial property and casualty insurer, has appointed Kara Higginbotham as the Head of Professional Liability and Cyber for U.S. National Accounts. Higginbotham will report to Brian Zink, the Head of Financial Lines, U.S. National Accounts. She will also continue leading the Corporate Accounts team until her successor ... Read the full article
Industry veteran Ginny Inscore joins Topsail Re as a Reinsurance Accountant
23rd April 2024
Cayman Islands-based reinsurer Topsail Re has hired Ginny Inscore as a Reinsurance Accountant. Overall, she brings 18 years of industry expertise working in the reinsurance field as an Assistant Vice President at Willis Re Inc., towards her new role. During her time at Willis Re, she worked in both accounting and claims, as well ... Read the full article
Steve Willett named Head of Development for Nexus Group
23rd April 2024
Specialty Managing General Agent Nexus Group has announced the appointment of Steve Willett as Head of Development. In his new role, Willett will mainly focus on expanding Nexus’ Financial Lines team’s global footprint and broking base, in addition to spearheading the Nexus Lloyd’s box offering. The executive brings significant experience in underwriting, ... Read the full article
Arch Insurance Intl. names Kirsten Valder as Deputy CEO
23rd April 2024
Arch Insurance International, part of Bermuda based re/insurer Arch Capital Group Ltd., has appointed Kirsten Valder as its new Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Valder will be based in London and will continue to report to Hugh Sturgess, CEO of Arch Insurance International. Sturgess commented, "Kirsten has played a leading ... Read the full article
WTW names Danielle Lombardo Chair of REHL Division, CRB NA
23rd April 2024
Global re/insurance broker WTW has announced the appointment of Danielle Lombardo as Chair, Real Estate, Hospitality, and Leisure (REHL) division, Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) North America. With more than fifteen years of experience in the insurance industry focused exclusively on real estate, Lombardo aims to drive WTW’s initiatives to automate ... Read the full article
Applied Underwriters’ United Risk Division hires Jay Cahill as CFO
23rd April 2024
United Risk Global, the international property and casualty insurance underwriting and distribution platform, and division of Applied Underwriters, has appointed Jay Cahill as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective May 1, 2024. The appointment was announced by the firm's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dan Malloy. Malloy commented: "We are growing quite rapidly ... Read the full article
The Fidelis Partnership appoints new Head of Capacity and Ceded Reinsurance
22nd April 2024
The Fidelis Partnership, previously known as Fidelis MGU, has recently appointed Douglas Somerville as its new Head of Capacity and Ceded Reinsurance. Somerville brings 14 years of industry experience to his new role, offering a wealth of expertise. Before joining The Fidelis Partnership, Somerville spent over five years at reinsurance broker Howden ... Read the full article
SCOR promotes Lily Song to Head of P&C China
22nd April 2024
French insurer and reinsurer SCOR has made Lily Song, previously the Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of China Reinsurance, the new Head of Property and Casualty (P&C) for China. Song took on her new Beijing, China based role in April 2024, having previously served as China Reinsurance CUO from January 2020 to ... Read the full article
AIG announces retirement of David McElroy
22nd April 2024
American International Group, Inc. (AIG), a global insurer, has announced that David McElroy will retire from the group effective May 1st, 2024. The company has confirmed that McElroy and AIG have agreed to accelerate his retirement date for personal reasons and will remain available to the Company. Peter Zaffino, Chairman & Chief ... Read the full article
Aon names Hogg Regional MD, EMEA for Captive and Insurance Management
22nd April 2024
Global insurance and reinsurance brokerage Aon has announced the appointment of David Hogg as the new Regional Managing Director, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), for Captive and Insurance Management. Hogg, who has 32 years of experience in the captive industry, has been with Aon since 2008, when he joined as ... Read the full article
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