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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.
Swiss Re’s Wiest named CEO of MS Amlin AG
21st September 2021
Robert Wiest has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MS Amlin AG (MS AAG), MS Amlin’s reinsurance company operations, effective January 3rd, 2022. Wiest currently serves as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Reinsurance at Swiss Re, where he has worked for over two decades. He took up his ... Read the full article
Everest Insurance names Andrew McBride as Global Head of Claims
21st September 2021
The primary insurance arm of global reinsurer Everest Re Group, Ltd., Everest Insurance, has announced the appointment of Andrew McBride as Senior Vice President, Global Head of Claims. In his new role, McBride will be based in London and will report directly to Mike Karmilowicz, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ... Read the full article
ARPC welcomes new Board appointment
21st September 2021
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) has welcomed the Australian Government’s appointment of Julie-Anne Schafer to its Board as a part-time Member for a three-year term commencing 14 September 2021. ARPC administers the national terrorism reinsurance pool. Schafer is currently a Non-Executive Director at Queensland Urban Utilities, C S Energy, and Av Super. She ... Read the full article
BMS Re adds EVP Jerry Farrell to origination team
20th September 2021
Independent reinsurance broker BMS Re has announced the appointment of Jerry Farrell as an Executive Vice President (EVP) in its origination team. Farrell previously spent 10 years at Toa Reinsurance Company where he was executive vice president and chief underwriting officer, with responsibility for P&C underwriting results for North America Prior to ... Read the full article
Acrisure Re names leaders within corporate advisory & solutions division
20th September 2021
Acrisure Re, the reinsurance business of Acrisure, has announced several senior appointments within its corporate advisory and solutions division (ARCAS), all of which will report to Managing Director, Ben Canagaretna. Firstly, Nick Godfrey has been named as Head of Capital Markets, with responsibility for capital raising activities across ILS, funds at Lloyd’s ... Read the full article
IRB Brasil RE names Raphael Carvalho as CEO
20th September 2021
Brazilian reinsurer IRB Brasil Re has announced the appointment of Raphael Afonso Godinho de Carvalho as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective October 1st, 2021. Carvalho takes over from Wilson Toneto, who has held the CEO role in the interim since March 2021 and who will remain as Chief Technical ... Read the full article
Apollo expands into casualty treaty with Paul Sandi hire
20th September 2021
Apollo Syndicate Management, the independent specialist insurer and reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Paul Sandi to head the build-up of a casualty treaty team within Syndicate 1969, subject to Lloyd’s approval. Sandi has nearly 20 years of industry experience and joins Apollo from Canopius, where he was head of casualty ... Read the full article
Gallagher adds Martin Rossiter as partner within aerospace practice
20th September 2021
Global reinsurance broker Gallagher has named Martin Rossiter partner within its aerospace practice, a role which will see him focus on further evolving the firm’s industry value proposition while supporting clients with their wider risk management needs. Rossiter joins from Etihad with 35 years’ experience in aviation risk. His final five years ... Read the full article
Lockton Re adds Monica Tigleanu to Cyber Practice
20th September 2021
Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of the global broker, has announced the addition of Monica Tigleanu to its Specialty Division as part of the Cyber Practice. Tigleanu most recently served as Senior Vice President (SVP) Cyber, Media & Technology at Marsh Specialty, having joined the firm in 2018. Earlier in her career, ... Read the full article
Chris Schaper named CEO of AIG’s ILS manager AlphaCat
20th September 2021
Chris Schaper, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AIG Re and Validus Re, will assume direct CEO leadership of insurer AIG's insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager, AlphaCat. This appointment aligns all core businesses of AIG's assumed reinsurer directly under the leadership of Schaper. Current CEO of AlphaCat, Paschal Brooks, is set to depart AIG ... Read the full article
wefox hires former Zurich Intl. head Huber as Chief Insurance Officer
20th September 2021
wefox, a full-stack digital insurance company based in Berlin, has announced the appointment of Peter Huber, formerly Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Zurich International, as its Chief Insurance Officer, effective September 20th, 2021. wefox was founded in 2015 by Julian Teicke, Fabian Wesemann, and Dario Fazlic. The company’s goal is to ... Read the full article
Hamilton appoints Kevin Marzec to lead US E&S management liability
17th September 2021
Hamilton Insurance Group has added Kevin Marzec to its US Excess and Surplus (E&S) business as Head of Management Liability. Marzec joins from Ironshore having served for 12 years as Assistant Vice President, US Wholesale D&O Division. He reports to President of US E&S, Clay Rhoades, and is focused primarily on building ... Read the full article
Fortegra promotes Mark Davies to SVP, Alternative Risk
17th September 2021
The Fortegra Group, a global specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree, has promoted Mark Davies to Senior Vice President of Fortegra's Alternative Risk Team. In his expanded role, Davies will support programs with bespoke needs and demands. Davies has been with Fortegra since 2017, most recently serving as Vice President of Specialty ... Read the full article
Resilience hires Chubb’s Kyle Bryant as International CUO
17th September 2021
Resilience Cyber Insurance Solutions has appointed Kyle Bryant as International Chief Underwriting Officer to lead its overseas expansion. Bryant joins Resilience from Chubb Overseas General Insurance where he was responsible for the strategy, development, and financial performance of the Cyber and Technology lines of business in international markets. Prior to joining Resilience, ... Read the full article
Pool Re names Angela Knight as non-executive chair
17th September 2021
UK government-backed terrorism reinsurer Pool Re has appointed Angela Knight CBE to its board of directors as non-executive chair. Knight has previously held roles including economic secretary to the Treasury, chief executive of the British Bankers Association at a critical time in financial services, chair of the Office of Tax ... Read the full article