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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.
Jeff Heine joins Novidea as Chief Revenue Officer
5th April 2024
Insurtech Novidea is further strengthening its global leadership team with the appointment of Betterview and Groundspeed Analytics executive Jeff Heine as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). In his new role, Heine will be in charge of driving global revenue and further aligning Novidea’s sales, marketing, and other revenue-focused functions to achieve the ... Read the full article
Great American promotes Goldman and Nieberding to Divisional Presidents
5th April 2024
Great American Insurance Group has announced the promotions of Jonathan M. Goldman to the role of Divisional President, Strategic Comp; and Kenneth R. Nieberding, to Divisional President, Great American Risk Solutions, both effective July 1, 2024. Goldman will be succeeding Jason Cohen, who was named a Senior Vice President for the ... Read the full article
Tina Semotan to lead Acrisure’s Midwest Region as Managing Partner
5th April 2024
Acrisure, the global Fintech company has announced the formation of its Midwest Region, to be led by Tina Semotan as Managing Partner. According to the announcement, the new region comprises businesses in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. In her role as Managing Partner, Semotan will ... Read the full article
Fortitude Re appoints Jamie Schmerer as SVP, Enterprise Risk
5th April 2024
Fortitude Re has appointed Jamie Schmerer as SVP, Enterprise Risk, where he will lead the firm's regulatory relations efforts in Bermuda and oversee its enterprise risk management framework, including risk governance, risk appetite, and risk reporting. Schmerer is additionally tasked with running Fortitude Re's Operational Risk function to "ensure seamless integration ... Read the full article
Aon names Uri Dallal as New York City market leader
5th April 2024
Aon, the global insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed Uri Dallal as the firm’s New York City market leader, effective immediately. He will report to Christine Williams, Northeast region leader at Aon. In the new role, Dallal will oversee all strategic and tactical operations of the firm’s New York office. Additionally, ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) promotes Ingo Lorber to Head of Claims, DACH
5th April 2024
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced the promotion of Ingo Lorber to Head of Claims for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (DACH). Andreas Krause, Head of DACH at BHSI, emphasises the company's dedication to providing outstanding service, stating, “BHSI’s commitment to consistently excellent service and doing the right thing for our ... Read the full article
Farmers Insurance appoints John Griek as new CFO
5th April 2024
Farmers Insurance has recently announced the appointment of John Griek to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In his new role, Griek will directly report to Raul Vargas, President of Distribution, Life, and Financial Services, and will oversee all financial matters for the organisation. Vargas underscores Griek's extensive experience, stating, "John ... Read the full article
RGA appoints Alison Rand to its Board
5th April 2024
Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), a global life and health reinsurer, recently announced the appointment of Alison Rand to its Board of Directors. Tony Cheng, President and CEO of RGA, praises Rand's leadership, stating, “Throughout Alison’s tenure as an executive leader, she has been a driving force behind achieving financial excellence ... Read the full article
Hadron names Sam Reeder as CEO
4th April 2024
Hadron, a specialty insurer designed to help Managing General Underwriters (MGUs) accelerate their growth with flexible capacity and efficient reinsurance access, has appointed Sam Reeder as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). AS CEO Reeder is to build on Hadron’s momentum, having launched in November 2023 with over $250M in capital support ... Read the full article
Cowbell promotes Sabouni to Chief People Officer, & Palardy to Chief Actuary
4th April 2024
Cowbell, a provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has made two executive promotions, as Sahar Sabouni, Head of Employee Success becomes Chief People Officer, and Dan Palardy, Lead Actuary, becomes Chief Actuary. Sabouni joined the organisation in May 2021 and played a key role in building out ... Read the full article
BHSI adds Chres Lee to Transactional Liability team
4th April 2024
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), has announced the appointment of Chres Lee as Head of Transactional Liability in Canada. Lee brings to her new role 15 years of combined professional experience in Law, Executive Management and Community Engagement. Based in Ontario, Lee is joining BHSI from Liberty Mutual, where she most recently ... Read the full article
MultiStrat deploys $1.75bn in casualty ILS, announces series of key hires
4th April 2024
MultiStrat, the specialist underwriter and reinsurance investment platform, has deployed $1.75 billion in capital through its deals so far and is targeting further “significant growth” in 2024. At the same time, the firm has reached the 10 year anniversary of its formation, and has made a number of senior hires in ... Read the full article
CCR Re adds Maxime Krumholz as a non-life underwriter
4th April 2024
French reinsurer CCR Re has appointed Maxime Krumholz as a Non-Life Underwriter, where he will join the Northern Europe and the Central & Eastern Europe Non-Life teams within the firm's Underwriting Department. Most recently, Krumholz served as a Treaty Casualty Underwriter for Munich Re in Germany. Prior to that, he has served ... Read the full article
Ascot names Charles Craigs Managing Principal, Bermuda Third-Party Capital
4th April 2024
Ascot Group has appointed Charles Craigs as Managing Principal overseeing the firm's Third-Party Capital initiatives in Bermuda. Craigs holds experience across management, underwriting, capital, and operations functions, and joins Ascot from Canopius Re, where he spent 15 years in executive leadership roles in the company’s London and Bermuda offices. He most recently ... Read the full article
Canopius hires AIG’s Soon Keen Lee as CEO of APAC and MENA
4th April 2024
Global specialty and P&C insurer and reinsurer, Canopius Group, has hired Soon Keen Lee as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Asia Pacific (APAC) and Middle East & North Africa (MENA), reporting to Canopius Group CEO Neil Robertson. The appointment, which sees Lee join the Canopius Group Leadership Team, remains subject to ... Read the full article
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