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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.
Saudi Re names Ahmed Ali Al Jabr as Acting CEO
25th March 2024
Saudi Reinsurance Company (Saudi Re) has announced the appointment of Ahmed Al-Jabr as Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective April 1, 2024. The company’s board members greenlighted the appointment on March 15, 2024, while the insurance authority granted its approval on March 21. Al-Jabr, who has more than 25 years ... Read the full article
BMS expands Finpro division with three key hires
25th March 2024
Independent specialist re/insurance broker BMS has bolstered its financial and professional risks (Finpro) division by hiring Tom Spraggs, Richard Austwick, and Tom Woolcott, who will each join the division following the fulfilment of their contractual obligations. The trio will be based in London, where they will report to Drew Harvey, director ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter names Ben Savill CEO of Pacific
25th March 2024
Guy Carpenter, a global risk and reinsurance specialist and business of Marsh McLennan, has appointed Ben Savill as CEO of Pacific, effective from the 1st of April, 2024. Savill holds more than 27 years of market experience, having most recently served as Chief Underwriting Offer of Convex Insurance in Bermuda. Before that, ... Read the full article
Woodruff Sawyer opens New York office with six new team members
22nd March 2024
Woodruff Sawyer, one of the largest independent insurance brokers in the United States, is expanding its East Coast footprint with the addition of six new members, opening the firm’s first office in New York. The new team, formerly with Acrisure's Construction and Commercial Risk Practice, includes Matthew Kelly, who will head ... Read the full article
Liberty (LSM) promotes Anabella Frontado to Head of War & Terrorism, US & LatAm
22nd March 2024
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has recently announced the promotion of Anabella Frontado to the newly established position of Head of War & Terrorism for the US and Latin America (LatAm). In her new role, Frontado will oversee the profitable growth of this line of business ... Read the full article
DLA Piper strengthens insurance team with Carl Hotton as new M&A partner
22nd March 2024
DLA Piper, a global law firm, has just announced the appointment of Carl Hotton as a new mergers and acquisitions (M&A) partner in its insurance team. In his new role, Hotton will primarily focus on advising leading international insurance market clients on intricate and significant transactional matters. Additionally, he will provide ... Read the full article
Dale Holdings makes senior appointments to its Board
22nd March 2024
Dale Holdings Limited, the parent company of Dale Underwriting Partners Syndicate 1729, has appointed John Chambers, John Hastings-Bass, and Clare Hennings as Independent Non-Executive Directors to its Board. The new appointments follow Dale’s October appointment of Preben Prebensen as independent non-executive Chair of the Dale Holdings Limited Board. Chambers will serve ... Read the full article
CLARA adds Jeremy Johnson to its Board of Directors
22nd March 2024
CLARA Analytics has hired Jeremy Johnson, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Protective Insurance, to its Board of Directors. In the role, Johnson is expected to further strengthen the company’s bench of industry veterans. Johnson is the former CEO and board member of Protective Insurance, a publicly traded insurer providing insurance, loss ... Read the full article
Vivace Insurance Partners launches America segment, rebrands ADVA Specialty (HK)
22nd March 2024
Vivace Insurance Partners, a member of the +8 Partners ecosystem has announced the launch of Vivace Americas and the rebranding of ADVA Specialty (HK) Limited as Vivace Asia Pacific. Los Angeles-domiciled, Vivace Americas will be writing business in partnership with A-rated international insurers across North America's logistics sector. This division will be ... Read the full article
Hiscox appoints Leigh Hellrung as COO in the US
21st March 2024
Specialist global insurer Hiscox has appointed Leigh Hellrung as Chief Operating Officer in the US. Hellrung holds over 20 years of industry experience having most recently served in customer experience, service delivery and strategic operations leadership roles with Farmers Insurance and Zurich Financial Services. Before that, she reportedly led enterprise-wide technology transformations ... Read the full article
AXIS names Kyle Freeman Head of ILS
21st March 2024
Global specialty underwriter and provider of re/insurance, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has announced the appointment of Kyle Freeman as Head of AXIS ILS, effective immediately. In his new role, Freeman will be responsible for overseeing AXIS Capital’s activities related to third party assets under management in support of its ambition to ... Read the full article
Westfield names Stuart Rosenberg President of Standard Lines
21st March 2024
US-based property and casualty insurer Westfield has announced the appointment of Stuart Rosenberg to the newly-created position of President of Standard Lines. In his new role, Rosenberg will provide strategic leadership to the personal insurance and commercial insurance to drive the businesses forward. Rosenberg has two decades of experience at Westfield, serving ... Read the full article
VIG appoints Christoph Rath deputy member of its Managing Board
20th March 2024
Vienna Insurance Group (VIG), an insurer in the Central and Eastern European region, has announced the appointment of Christoph Rath as a deputy member of the Managing Board. Rath, who currently is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Czech companies Kooperativa Pojišt'ovna and Ceská Podnikatelská Pojišt'ovna, is to take over ... Read the full article
Holborn appoints Luke Kwiatkowski as new SVP and CFO
20th March 2024
Independent reinsurance broker, Holborn Corporation (Holborn), has recently announced the appointment of Luke Kwiatkowski to Senior Vice President (VP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In his role as CFO, Kwiatkowski will oversee all financial aspects of the firm, including strategic financial planning, corporate accounting, financial reporting, and account services. He will report ... Read the full article
The Hartford names Head of NE division sales & underwriting for middle & large commercial
20th March 2024
Property and casualty insurer, The Hartford, has named Matthew Massaro head of sales and underwriting for its Middle and Large Commercial Businesses’ Northeast Division. Massaro has been with the insurer for more than 25 years, most recently serving as Regional Vice President for the firm's Connecticut and Long Island, New York ... Read the full article
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