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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.
Georgette Nicholas named as Midwest Holding CEO
22nd November 2021
Georgette Nicholas has been named as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Midwest Holding Inc, following the resignation of Co-CEO A. Michael Salem. She will take over as the sole CEO of the company effective immediately, as former Co-CEO Mike Minnich transitions into the role of President, while retaining his responsibilities as ... Read the full article
Gallagher hires Adam Finch as Managing Director of Rentguard
22nd November 2021
Gallagher has appointed Adam Finch as Managing Director of landlord and property specialist Rentguard. Rentguard, part of Gallagher’s SME and personal lines offering within its UK Retail division, was acquired by Gallagher in 2019 and provides property insurance products and services primarily to the residential and commercial lettings market. In his new ... Read the full article
Jillian Slyfield takes Chief Innovation Officer role at Aon
22nd November 2021
Re/insurance broker Aon has announced the appointment of Jillian Slyfield as its new Chief Innovation Officer, effective December 1st. Slyfield joined Aon in 2015 and most recently served as Digital Economy Practice Leader, where she addressed digital disruption of traditional industries and the on-demand economy. Prior to this, she served as an ... Read the full article
K2 Insurance hires Scott Carpinteri to lead new parametric MGA
22nd November 2021
K2 Insurance Services has launched a new MGA, K2 Parametric which will be led by Scott Carpinteri, a well-known expert in the Parametric Insurance space. Carpinteri brings over 25 years of insurance experience, with the last 6 having been spent with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions where he has helped advance the ... Read the full article
Pool Re’s Enoizi to step down as CEO
22nd November 2021
UK government-backed terrorism reinsurer Pool Re has announced that its current Chief Executive Officer Julian Enoizi will step down from his position in the spring of 2022. Enoizi has spent the past eight years leading the company and has spearheaded global collaboration through the foundation of the International Forum of Terrorism ... Read the full article
Hiscox hires Buchanan as London market casualty Director
19th November 2021
Hiscox, the specialist global insurer, has appointed Colin Buchanan as the new Divisional Director of Casualty for its London Market business, effective November 22nd. Reporting to Paul Lawrence, Chief Underwriting Officer at Hiscox London Market, Buchanan joins from Starr where he was Director and Head of International Casualty. He has over 35 ... Read the full article
AmRisc Group appoints Molly Nickoles as Waypoint Wholesale CEO
19th November 2021
AmRisc Group, the US catastrophe-focused managing general agent, has appointed Molly Nickoles as CEO of Waypoint Wholesale, the company’s wholesale brand. Nickoles previously served as the chief underwriting officer for the Builders Risk product. Based in Birmingham, she started her career as a senior underwriter with AmRisc Group in 2003. “Molly embodies our ... Read the full article
Former Hiscox director Chris Sharpe joins Inver Re
19th November 2021
Inver Reinsurance Brokers Limited (Inver Re), The Ardonagh Group's recently launched reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of Chris Sharpe as Strategy, Innovation and Business Development Director. Sharpe previously helped to set up Hiscox’s business in Bermuda, before going on to create Hiscox Re by bringing together the company’s reinsurance operations ... Read the full article
Lemonade appoints USAA’s Sean Burgess as Chief Claims Officer
19th November 2021
Auto insurtech Lemonade has appointed Sean Burgess as Chief Claims Officer, a role he takes on after more than 25 years serving the military community and their families at USAA. Burgess will oversee all of Lemonade's key claims functions across the US and EU, reporting to Gavin Blair, SVP, Customer Operations. As ... Read the full article
Alta Signa welcomes opening of Bordeaux office
19th November 2021
Alta Signa, a European boutique Managing General Agent, has announced the opening of a new office in Bordeaux, following a regulatory breakthrough. The office, first established in December 2020, was Intended to facilitate the offering of financial lines products such as Commercial Directors & Officers (D&O), Commercial Professional Indemnity, Cyber, Crime, and ... Read the full article
Oneglobal hires former RFIB Director Lisa Siggery
18th November 2021
Oneglobal Broking, the commercial re/insurance brokerage owned by investor JC Flowers, has appointed Lisa Siggery as Executive Director, Risk and Compliance. Siggery will report to Mike Reynolds, Group CEO, and brings over 30 years of experience in the insurance sector, over 20 of which in internal audit, risk management and compliance. During ... Read the full article
New York Life names Craig DeSanto as CEO
18th November 2021
US domiciled mutual life insurer, New York Life has appointed Craig DeSanto as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), subject to regulatory approvals. DeSanto, who is currently the company’s president, will succeed Ted Mathas, who has served as CEO for nearly fourteen years. He will remain chairman of the board in a non-executive capacity ... Read the full article
WTW adds four to Board as succession process continues
18th November 2021
International insurance and reinsurance broker, Willis Towers Watson (WTW), has announced that Inga Beale, Fumbi Chima, Michael Hammond, and Michelle Swanback will all join its Board of Directors in 2022. These additions to its Board follow on from WTW's announcement in August that Carl Hess will succeed John Haley as ... Read the full article
Dean Klisura named Guy Carpenter CEO amid major MMC leadership re-shuffle
18th November 2021
Dean Klisura, currently the president of Guy Carpenter, has been appointed to lead the company as Chief Executive Officer, a role that will be taken up alongside his current duties. This appointment comes amid a broader shake up of the Marsh McLennan group's leadership, one that includes Marsh CEO and president ... Read the full article
Markel adds Morgan Housel to board of directors
18th November 2021
Specialist insurer Markel Corporation has appointed Morgan Housel to its board of directors. Housel serves as a partner of The Collaborative Fund, a multi-stage private investment fund. He is also a frequent presenter discussing matters related to risk, investor psychology and business history, and author of the book The Psychology of Money. Housel ... Read the full article