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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.
Andy Higginson named Chairman of Ardonagh Retail
2nd December 2021
Global insurance brokerage and service provider, The Ardonagh Group, has announced the appointment of Andy Higginson as Chairman of Ardonagh Retail, its online consumer business which caters for 3 million customers in the UK and Ireland. Ardonagh Retail trades under a number of brands including Swinton, Carole Nash and Autonet, and ... Read the full article
AGCS appoints Jody Yee as TMT Global Industry Solution Director
2nd December 2021
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has appointed Jody Yee to serve as Global Industry Solution Director for Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT). Yee brings 18 years' experience in corporate insurance and alternative risks transfer to the role, working across both the traditional insurance underwriting space as well as alternative risk ... Read the full article
MS Amlin Business Services to welcome Matt Pasterfield as CEO
2nd December 2021
MS Amlin Corporate Services has announced the appointment of Matt Pasterfield as the new CEO of MS Amlin Business Services (MS ABS). Effective next year, Pasterfield's appointment is the latest in a career that spans over 20 years. He has successfully led IT and Operations for several multi-national insurers and most recently ... Read the full article
HFW appoints Margo Black to bolster LatAm re/insurance practice
2nd December 2021
Law firm HFW has moved to bolster its Latin America insurance and reinsurance practice with the hire of Margo Black, a market veteran with over 40 years’ experience. Black has led the Brazilian operations of some of the world's top reinsurers. Previous roles include President of Swiss Re Brazil, Brazil CEO of ... Read the full article
Canopius Group names Lindsay Astor as Chief of Staff
1st December 2021
Global specialty re/insurer, Canopius Group has appointed Lindsay Astor to the newly-created role of Chief of Staff, and Head of Strategic Development. Astor joins Canopius from AXA XL, where she was most recently Head of Underwriting Management, UK & Lloyd’s, with responsibility for leading a team of business managers, and overseeing ... Read the full article
McGriff makes two senior leadership appointments
1st December 2021
McGriff, an insurance broking subsidiary of the Truist Insurance Holdings group, has appointed Crystal Sanderson as National Personal Lines & Small Business Practice Leader. Sanderson’s previous position was Senior Vice President and Director of McGriff’s Sales Center. Sanderson, who joined McGriff in 2006, will be responsible for all main street and premier ... Read the full article
Marty Schafer joins Ethos as First Distribution Officer
1st December 2021
Life insurtech Ethos has announced the appointment of Marty Schafer as its first Chief Distribution Officer to bolster the company's channel distribution. He will be responsible for building a team to focus on enabling partnerships specifically with third party life insurance distributors and life, property and casualty insurance agents. Schafer joins Ethos ... Read the full article
Toa Re America makes three leadership appointments
1st December 2021
Toa Re America (TRA) has appointed David Kavula and Kim Brown as Senior Vice Presidents Treaty Underwriting. Both positions report to Brian Sabia, Executive Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer. Kavula joins TRA from Everest Re where he recently held the position of Vice President Treaty Underwriting Casualty. Prior to Everest Re, he ... Read the full article
MS AUL appoints Head of Sustainability & ESG
1st December 2021
MS Amlin Underwriting Limited (MS AUL), the Lloyd’s global specialty re/insurer, has announced the appointment of Amir Sethu as Head of Sustainability & ESG, a newly created role. Sethu takes up the role later this month and reports directly to Martyn Rodden, Director of Strategy & Transformation. As Head of Sustainability & ... Read the full article
WTW appoints Anthony Monaghan to Industry Transportation Leader role
1st December 2021
Global re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has named Anthony Monaghan as GB Industry Transportation Leader for its Risk & Broking Division in GB. Monaghan joins from Marsh, where he most recently led their Manufacturing & Automotive Industry. Prior to MMC’s acquisition of JLT, he was Marsh’s Transportation Leader for the UK and ... Read the full article
Charles Lee to lead AXA XL’s US South West Global Risk Management business
30th November 2021
AXA XL has appointed Charles Lee to lead its Global Risk Management business in the South West Region of the US. Lee joins AXA XL from Chubb where he was Senior Vice President, Global Client Executive and led the Global Casualty Pacific South Region in Los Angeles. He has also been ... Read the full article
Alliant appoints O’Malley to senior cyber position
30th November 2021
Alliant Insurance Services has announced the appointment of Meghan O’Malley as First Vice President. She will lead the Western region, providing cyber solutions for Alliant clients located west of the Mississippi River. Prior to joining Alliant, O’Malley served as Divisional Director for Cyber and Technology Solutions at Howden Specialty in London where ... Read the full article
Amwins Global Risks adds Tom Graham to lead casualty division
30th November 2021
Amwins Global Risks, the international arm of global specialty insurance broker Amwins, has added Tom Graham to serve as director of its casualty division. Graham joins from Apollo Syndicate Management having most recently held the position of US casualty underwriter. He will now focus on business emanating from the US, Canada and ... Read the full article
Lockton New Zealand names Peter Lowe as CEO
30th November 2021
Independent insurance broker Lockton New Zealand has appointed Peter Lowe as Chief Executive Officer. A qualified Chartered Accountant, Lowe has a background in alternative risk financing and reinsurance design, and has managed large global insurance programmes, including the design and placement of risk financing programmes. Previously the CEO, Director and Senior Vice President ... Read the full article
MS Amlin names PartnerRe’s Jörg Bruniecki CUO, EMEA
30th November 2021
Global reinsurer MS Amlin AG has appointed Jörg Bruniecki as Chief Underwriting Officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), a Zurich-based role. Effective 2022 Bruniecki will report to Charles Goldie, CUO of the wider MS Amlin AG group With over 24 years’ experience across a range of executive leadership positions, ... Read the full article