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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.
Beazley names Raf Sanchez as Global Head of Cyber Services
16th September 2021
Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Raf Sanchez as its new Global Head of Cyber Services. Sanchez, currently International Manager of Beazley Breach Response Services, assumes his new Global Head of Cyber Services role next month and will continue to be based in London. Paul Bantick, Global Head of Cyber & Technology at ... Read the full article
BHSI announces two senior leadership hires
16th September 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Beth Freeman as Senior Vice President, Accident & Health Underwriting, and Ken Gumbiner as Senior Vice President, Accident & Health Sales. Freeman joins BHSI with over 25 years of experience underwriting an array of A&H products and was, most recently, AVP, A&H Underwriting and ... Read the full article
Amwins Global Risks appoints new COO and Director of Operations
16th September 2021
Amwins Global Risks, the international arm of the global specialty insurance broker, has announced the appointment of Colm Hensman as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Lindsey Davies as Director of Operations. Hensman joins as COO from specialist insurer Beazley, where he most recently served as the Head of ... Read the full article
Carbon adds Hugo Bashall as Head of Operations
15th September 2021
Specialist managing general underwriter (MGU) Carbon Underwriting Carbon has announced the appointment of Hugo Bashall as Head of Operations with immediate effect. Bashall began his insurance career at MS Amlin, performing a number of roles across operations and strategy, including establishing and running an office overseas. His most recent role was as ... Read the full article
Chubb names Head of Cyber & Tech for Overseas General Insurance
15th September 2021
Chubb has announced the appointment of Raheila Nazir as Head of Cyber & Technology for Overseas General Insurance, the company's international general insurance business. In this role, she will lead Chubb's international Cyber & Technology practice and be responsible for overseeing underwriting, strategy, product and business development, and financial performance. Nazir was ... Read the full article
Price Forbes names William Wood SVP of Insurance Management unit
15th September 2021
Price Forbes & Partners (Bermuda) has appointed William Wood to lead its newly created Insurance Management unit as Senior Vice President. Wood is a 27-year veteran of the Bermuda re/insurance marketplace and joins after a stint as Director of Captives and Commercial Insurers at Artex Risk Solutions (Bermuda). Before that he was CEO of ... Read the full article
Acrisure hires Lowell Singer as CFO
15th September 2021
Insurance broker and fintech services provider Acrisure has appointed Lowell Singer as Chief Financial Officer. He joins Acrisure following 14 years with The Walt Disney Company, where he served as Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Singer will assume responsibility for the planning, management and execution of the company’s finance activities, reporting ... Read the full article
BMS Australia names new claims and technical manager, financial lines
15th September 2021
Independent specialist re/insurance broker, BMS has appointed Guy Van Dugteren as national claims and technical manager, financial lines in Australia. BMS has also hired Andrew McKenzie as head of financial lines, Northern Region in Australia. McKenzie and Van Dugteren are based in Brisbane and report to Stuart Davies, head of financial lines ... Read the full article
Marsh Specialty adds leaders to UK Marine & Cargo Practice
15th September 2021
Insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh has announced the appointments of Sarah Dyer as Head of Logistics and Nick Adams as Business Development Leader within Marsh Specialty’s UK Marine & Cargo Practice. Based in London, Dyer will report to Louise Nevill, CEO, UK Marine & Cargo Practice, and Adams will report ... Read the full article
Markel Intl. hires Janita Leu as senior marine underwriter
14th September 2021
Markel International, a subsidiary of the Markel Corporation, has appointed Janita Leu as a senior marine underwriter focusing on Fine Art and Specie insurance. Based in Singapore, Leu will report to Markel Asia’s Director Colin Fordham and work closely with the marine team, both in Asia Pacific and across the wider ... Read the full article
AXA XL promotes Innes to Global Practice Leader, Products & Airports, Aerospace
14th September 2021
AXA XL has promoted Andrew Innes to Global Practice Leader, Products & Airports, Aerospace. Based out of London, Innes will be responsible for strategically developing AXA XL’s global portfolio of aerospace manufacturers, service providers and airports, while also driving global governance, underwriting guidelines and pricing. He brings over 20 years’ experience of ... Read the full article
Markel eyes French market SMEs with Paris office launch
14th September 2021
Specialist insurer Markel has opened a new branch office in Paris to help support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the French market. The move also helps further the firm's longstanding strategy to expand and scale its global footprint in key specialty insurance markets. As a result Markel will partner with a ... Read the full article
LMA adds six new board members
14th September 2021
The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has appointed six new board members, adding expertise in areas such as digital trading, underwriting leadership, strategy, corporate development, data analysis and syndicate management. The new board members include Hugh Brennan, CEO of RenaissanceRe Syndicate Management; Dominick Hoare, Group CUO of Munich Re Syndicate; and Kate ... Read the full article
Tysers set for Middle East expansion with Dubai hires
14th September 2021
Lloyd’s broker Tysers is expanding its presence in Dubai to meet the Middle East's growing demand for insurance expertise. The expansion forms part of Tysers’ wider strategy to drive growth opportunities in international markets, bringing local expertise and the support of an established global broker to what it considers an underserved ... Read the full article
Coface appoints Marcele Lemos to lead LatAm region
13th September 2021
Credit insurer Coface has announced the appointment of Marcele Lemos as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its Latin America Region. She joins the Executive committee and will report to Xavier Durand, Group CEO. Lemos originally joined the Coface team in 1999 as a Risk Underwriter and was appointed Country Manager ... Read the full article