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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.
IGI hires Neon’s James as Class Underwriter for Cargo
18th August 2020
International General Insurance Holdings Ltd. has announced the appointment of Brian James as Class Underwriter for Cargo. James will be bringing more than 30 years of experience in the cargo insurance industry, and joins from his most recent position with re/insurer Neon Underwriting, where his role was also a Class Underwriter. Prior ... Read the full article
Previsico hires Business Development Manager
18th August 2020
Live flood forecasting specialist, Previsico, has announced that Lucy Coutts has been appointed as its latest Business Development Manager. This move is to support the company’s insurance expansion that’s being planned in the UK, US and beyond. The Insurtech company is currently based in the UK with a recent launch in the ... Read the full article
Cincinnati announces officer changes at CFC Investment subsidiary
18th August 2020
Primary insurer, Cincinnati Financial Corporation has announced a series of officer changes at its subsidiary company, CFC Investment Company. The changes were approved by the board of CFC Investment Company at its regular meeting held on August 14th, 2020 and includes the appointment of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Steven ... Read the full article
RLI hires new Vice President of E&S Property
18th August 2020
US property and casualty insurer, RLI Corp., has announced the promotion of Jonathan Ward to Vice President, E&S Property. In this role, Ward takes on responsibility for leading RLI’s E&S Property Group, which offers comprehensive commercial property and difference in conditions coverages for commercial risks. He will be succeeding John Stenhouse, who ... Read the full article
Ironshore Environmental hires head of wholesale
18th August 2020
Ironshore Environmental, a division of Ironshore, has announced that Kelly Killimett will lead its newly established wholesale team. She will be responsible for the development and execution of integrated underwriting and sales strategy, dedicated to serving wholesale brokerages in the United States. In her new role, Killimett will be based in Atlanta ... Read the full article
AXIS Re hires underwriters from Hiscox & Guy Carpenter in Bermuda
17th August 2020
AXIS Re, the reinsurance underwriting arm of the global AXIS Capital Holdings re/insurance group, has added two new hires in Bermuda, coming from Hiscox and Guy Carpenter. AXIS Re has announced today the hires of two underwriters in Sue Ringold and Bill Orendorf. Effective immediately, Ringold joins AXIS Re as a Senior ... Read the full article
Marsh adds Scott Leney as Risk Management Leader for Asia, Pacific regions
17th August 2020
Insurance broker and risk adviser Marsh has announced the appointment of Scott Leney as Risk Management (RMP) Leader for both its Asia and Pacific regions. Leney will oversee Marsh’s regional Risk Management teams as they build on existing capabilities and develop strategic solutions that will enable Marsh’s largest clients to navigate ... Read the full article
Elementum Advisors hires SVP of Investments from Aon
17th August 2020
Alternative investment manager, Elementum Advisors, has announced the strategic new hire of Jeff Davis, who will join Elementum in September 2020 as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Investments. Davis, who is joining from Aon Securities, a division of re/insurance broker Aon, has nearly 10 years of experience. He most recently co-led the organization's credit ... Read the full article
BGC President Lynn to transition to Vice Chairman role
17th August 2020
Global brokerage and financial technology firm, BGC Partners, Inc., has revealed that Shaun Lynn is set to transition from his role as President to become Vice Chairman of the company, effective October 1st, 2020. In his new role, Lynn will continue to work for the firm on matters including both strategy ... Read the full article
New Dawn Risk adds Charlie Mills as Senior Broker
14th August 2020
Specialist insurance intermediary New Dawn Risk Group has announced the appointment of Charlie Mills as Senior Broker in its Management Liability and Financial Institutions team. Mills joins from The Hartford where he was a Financial Institutions Underwriter. Before that he served in roles at Tokio Marine HCC and Sompo Japan Nipponkoa. “At this ... Read the full article
Former Willis Re EVP Grant Owens joins Openly in lead role
14th August 2020
Premium homeowners insurance platform Openly, has added Grant Owens as Chief Product & Underwriting Officer. Most recently an executive vice president at Willis Re, Owens will lead Openly's product team and spearhead product development as the company looks to drive growth and expand nationwide. Openly aims to simplify the homeowner's insurance process ... Read the full article
QBE to add Eric Smith, Tan Le as Non-Exec Directors
14th August 2020
Australian insurer QBE has announced the appointment of Eric Smith and Tan Le as Non-Executive Directors of the Group Board, effective September 1. Smith joins with over 40 years of experience in insurance and financial services and most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Re Americas, and a ... Read the full article
Mike Hoffman joins Everest Insurance as Head of Risk & Ceded Reinsurance
13th August 2020
Everest Insurance, a division of Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Everest Re Group, has announced the appointment of Mike Hoffmann as Head of Risk & Ceded Reinsurance. In this newly created role, Hoffman will lead a team with responsibility for all aspects of the global ceded reinsurance strategy for the Insurance Division. Based ... Read the full article
Swiss Re CorSo bolsters customer & distribution leadership in North America
13th August 2020
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (Swiss Re CorSo), the commercial insurance division of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, has named Allen Kwan as Head Customer Management, North America and Daniel Combes as Head Distribution Management, North America. Both Kwan and Combes will assume their newly-created roles on August 17th, 2020. In his new role, ... Read the full article
AIG promotes McElroy to CEO of General Insurance & EVP, AIG
13th August 2020
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has announced that David McElroy has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), General Insurance, and Executive Vice President (EVP), AIG, effective immediately. Prior to his promotion, McElroy served as President and CEO of the North American operations of the insurer and reinsurer's General Insurance division. In ... Read the full article
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