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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.
Carbon Underwriting announces two Data Analytics hires
29th October 2021
Carbon Underwriting has appointed Madu Gadzama as Data Analytics Engineer and Edward Saunders as Data Services Associate as the company continues to develop its data analytics capabilities. Saunders was previously an Assistant Accountant with Creaseys Group and prior to that, he was an IT project coordinator with AXA PPP Healthcare. These hires ... Read the full article
Claire O’Neill joins Hymans Robertson’s Risk Transfer team
29th October 2021
Hymans Robertson, the pensions and financial services consultancy, has appointed Claire O’Neill to further expand its Risk Transfer team. O’Neill joins from Mercer’s Risk Transfer team, where she focused on helping clients reduce the risk in their defined benefit pension schemes through a range of de-risking strategies, including both risk transfer ... Read the full article
Daniel Smyrl named president of Admiral Insurance Group
29th October 2021
W. R. Berkley Corporation has appointed Daniel Smyrl as president of Admiral Insurance Group. He succeeds Curtis Fletcher, who has been named chairman of Admiral. Smyrl joined Admiral in 2002 and most recently served as executive vice president of underwriting. He has nearly 40 years of commercial property and casualty insurance experience in ... Read the full article
Catalina Holdings makes new senior appointments
28th October 2021
Catalina Holdings has made senior appointments as part of its business reorganisation over the past 2 years. Bruce Hemphill, who was appointed CEO of Catalina in February 2021 after serving as chair of the Catalina board, will carry on leading the company as it reviews its operations, capabilities and market position. Dean ... Read the full article
James River adds trio to expanded board
28th October 2021
James River Group Holdings, Ltd. has announced that Patricia H. Roberts and Thomas L. Brown have been elected to its Board of Directors, alongside the additional appointment of Kirstin M. Gould to the Board. With the appointment of Gould, the Board has increased in size from 10 to 11 directors. “We are ... Read the full article
WTW names Chuck Shay as Risk & Broking Leader for West Region
27th October 2021
Re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has announced that Chuck Shay has been appointed as Head of Risk & Broking for the Western region of North America. Shay is an industry veteran with over 25 years experience who previously led the WTW FINEX practice in both the Midwest and West regions. Prior ... Read the full article
Hippo to add Hiscox’s Grace Hanson as Chief Claims Officer
27th October 2021
Home insurance group Hippo has appointed Grace Hanson to serve as its first Chief Claims Officer, effective January 2022. Hanson will oversee the growth of Hippo’s claims organisation as the company expands to reach more than 90% of US homeowners this year. She was previously the Chief Claims Officer for Hiscox and ... Read the full article
Everest names Jill Beggs SVP, Head of North America Reinsurance
27th October 2021
Everest Re Group has named Jill Beggs as Senior Vice President and Head of North America Reinsurance, effective November 15. Beggs will oversee Everest’s reinsurance business in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, and will report directly to Jim Williamson, Everest Group COO and Head of Reinsurance. She steps into a newly ... Read the full article
Vesttoo names former Swiss Re CEO Aigrain as Chairman of the Advisory Board
27th October 2021
Vesttoo, a technology firm that leverages proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions with the goal of helping companies assess and transfer risks to the capital markets, has hired Jacques Aigrain as Chairman of the Advisory Board. Aigrain is an insurance, reinsurance, and capital markets veteran with nearly three decades of ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual names new EVP, Major Accounts Casualty, Global Risk Solutions
27th October 2021
Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Neal Bhatnagar as Executive Vice President, Major Accounts Casualty, Global Risk Solutions (GRS). He will leverage his innovative thinking, deep expertise, and strong relationships to drive investments in products, strategies, and tools to address the evolving and complex casualty exposures that large, global businesses face today. Bhatnagar ... Read the full article
AXA XL adds Trinity Pong to Shanghai reinsurance team
27th October 2021
Trinity Pong has joined the AXA XL Reinsurance Asia Team in its Shanghai office as a Senior Underwriter. Pong has spent the previous nine years at Peak Re in Hong Kong. Most recently, she served as a Vice President for Markets, before which she was a Vice President for Analytics. Prior to this, ... Read the full article
Oneglobal names Christina Allen as Head of Financial Lines, Bermuda
26th October 2021
Oneglobal Broking has appointed Christina Allen as Head of Financial Lines in Bermuda, where she will report to Group CEO, Mike Reynolds and will officially join on 4th January 2022. Allen is an experienced Financial Lines broker who recently held the position of Director at Tysers (Bermuda). Prior to this, she ... Read the full article
Equitable Holdings names new chair
26th October 2021
Equitable Holdings has appointed Joan Lamm-Tennant as independent Chair of the Equitable Holdings Board of Directors. In addition, she has also been elected to the AllianceBernstein Board of Directors as independent Chair, succeeding Ramon de Oliveira, who served as Chair of the Equitable Holdings and AllianceBernstein Boards since March 2019. Lamm-Tennant has ... Read the full article
Sompo Intl. appoints Peter Buckley as Areospace VP
26th October 2021
Bermuda-based specialty re/insurer Sompo International is set to expand its general aviation offering with the appointment of Peter Buckley as Vice President, Aerospace. Buckley brings over 20 years’ experience in the aviation insurance industry to the role and most recently served at Cincinnati Global Underwriting. “As a long-standing market leader in aerospace ... Read the full article
The Hartford names Michael Garrison as head of Wholesale for Navigators
26th October 2021
The Hartford has named Michael Garrison as head of Wholesale for Navigators, where he will lead the strategic direction, growth, and underwriting for the business. He will report to The Hartford’s head of Global Specialty Adrien Robinson. Garrison brings over 28 years of experience in the insurance industry, having worked in New ... Read the full article