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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.
Munich Re bolsters P&C underwriting teams in APAC MEA with revised set-up
18th April 2024
Munich Re is to strengthen its P&C underwriting teams in Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APAC MEA) with a revised set-up, which includes two regional divisions and personnel changes at the senior executive level. As Chief Executive, Hitesh Kotak will lead Munich Re's P&C business in Japan, India, Korea and ... Read the full article
McGill and Partners promotes Faye Adamou as Partner in Financial Lines team
18th April 2024
McGill and Partners, a global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of Faye Adamou as a Partner in its Financial Lines team. Adamou has been with McGill and Partners since 2020, initially serving as an Associate in the Financial Lines team for four years before her recent promotion. Prior ... Read the full article
AIG names Ryan Thomas as Head of Financial Lines, APAC
18th April 2024
American International Group, Inc. (AIG), a global insurer, has appointed Ryan Thomas as the Head of Financial Lines, Asia Pacific, based out of Singapore. Thomas has over 20 years of underwriting experience. The insurer stated that, “Ryan brings a wealth of technical expertise and leadership skills that will be critical in ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual reveals new International Insurance division, Phil Hobbs to lead
17th April 2024
Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced that it has formed a new international insurance business division, set to be led by Phil Hobbs, who serves as President and Managing Director, Liberty Specialty Markets. The new division, dubbed Liberty International Insurance (LII), is the unification of two business operations in Asia. Read the full article
AIG’s David Ho joins Everest Insurance Intl. as Head of Financial Lines, Asia
17th April 2024
Everest Insurance International, a division of Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, Everest Group, Ltd. has hired American International Group's (AIG) David Ho as Head of Financial Lines, Asia. Overall, Ho brings over 25 years of financial lines underwriting and management experience towards his new role. Previously, he spent 20 years working at AIG, ... Read the full article
Fiona Kiernan joins Swiss Re’s Life and Health Continental Europe team
17th April 2024
Swiss Re is welcoming Fiona Kiernan to its Life & Heath Continental Europe team as the new Regional Head of Underwriting and Claims, effective July, 2024. In her new role, based in Zurich, Kiernan will be responsible for the development of the Life and Health Underwriting and Claims initiatives in close ... Read the full article
SPG names Jennifer Spindler Chief Product Officer for the US market
17th April 2024
Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), an operator of specialty insurance brokerage, underwriting and consulting facilities, has appointed Jennifer Spindler as Chief Product Officer in the US. In her new role, based in New Jersey, Spindler will be in charge of leading the design and construction of new insurance products and capabilities ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) appoints Louis du Ché as Country Manager, France
17th April 2024
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has recently appointed Louis du Ché to the additional role of Country Manager for France, alongside his current position as Country Manager, Belgium. Alessandro Cerase, Head of Europe at BHSI, remarks, “Louis has been instrumental in establishing our stellar team and growing our presence in Belgium.” Cerase ... Read the full article
Beckham to lead Amwins Program Underwriters, Francavilla to retire
17th April 2024
Amwins, the global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has hired Jon Beckham to lead Amwins Program Underwriters (APU), succeeding Ben Francavilla who has served as president of APU since 2009, and recently announced his retirement scheduled for later this year. APU is a managing general agent (MGA) ... Read the full article
Raphael Borrel named Chief Risk Officer of PoloWorks
16th April 2024
PoloWorks, a Lloyd’s and London Market insurance services business, has announced the appointment of Raphael Borrel to the role of Chief Risk Officer (CRO). In his new position, Borrel will be responsible for leading the risk and compliance functions, providing oversight across Polo Management Agency and PoloWorks’ business advisory and outsourced ... Read the full article
BHSI expands US marine business, hires new Head of Marine & Head of Marine Claims
16th April 2024
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the property & casualty insurer, is expanding its global marine capabilities in the US by launching Ocean Marine Insurance. The firm has also appointed Ben Wyatt as Head of Marine, and Chris Frick as Head of Marine Claims, in the US. As well as this, BHSI has ... Read the full article
Adrian Saunders joins iprism board as Non-Exec Director
16th April 2024
MGA iprism, a specialist in Construction, Property, Commercial and High Net Worth, has announced the appointment of Adrian Saunders to its board as Non-Executive Director. Saunders brings a wealth of experience to iprism, boasting over 24 years of expertise across various roles. He was most recently Commercial Director at Ecclesiastical Insurance ... Read the full article
Patricia Puerta appointed Head of GC&C Mediterranean & Latin America
16th April 2024
Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C), subsidiary of the Italian insurance giant, has hired Patricia Puerta as the firm's new GC&C Head of Mediterranean & Latin America, effective May 2, 2024. She joins the company with over 20 years of experience from working across the insurance sector. Puerta began her career by ... Read the full article
Beat to launch new credit insurance business with Stephen Pike as CEO
16th April 2024
Beat Capital Partners, a long duration investor specialising in the insurance industry, has announced its plans to launch a specialty and tech enabled credit non-payment insurance underwriter, Convergence. With an initial focus on Europe and North America, the business is expected to underwrite through a Lloyd’s consortium, led by Beat Syndicate ... Read the full article
Chaucer names Wright CFO, Joubert becomes CRO
16th April 2024
Chaucer, the global specialty re/insurance firm has bolstered it's leadership team, with the appointments of James Wright, the company's current Chief Risk Officer (CRO), who has been named the firm's new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Werner Joubert, who has been promoted to the role of CRO. Both these appointments follow ... Read the full article
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