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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.
McGriff promotes Erik Zentler to lead its Aviation practice
29th January 2024
McGriff, one of the largest retail insurance brokers in the U.S., has announced the promotion of Erik Zentler to the position of Practice Leader for its Aviation practice based in Seattle. Zentler, with nearly two decades of experience in aviation insurance, has spent the past eight years with McGriff and an ... Read the full article
Phillip Titolo joins HPC as Head of Insurance Solutions
26th January 2024
Hunter Point Capital (HPC), an independent investment firm providing capital solutions to alternative asset managers, has hired Phillip Titolo as a Managing Director and Head of Insurance Solutions, effective January 29, 2024. In his new role, Titolo will be responsible for helping HPC and the firm’s GP partners build strategic relationships ... Read the full article
Howden strengthens Cyber leadership team with new hires
26th January 2024
Global insurance group Howden, has added two new hires to its Cyber team, Kristoffer Haleen as Head of Cyber, Northern Europe and Manuel Perez Martín de la Hinojosa as Head of Cyber, Southern Europe and LATAM. Based in Sweden, Haleen joins Howden from WTW, where he served for close to nine ... Read the full article
Aon adds former Santander CEO Jose Antonio Álvarez to Board
26th January 2024
Insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has added Jose Antonio Álvarez, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Santander, to its Board of Directors, effective January 24th, 2024. Lester B. Knight, Chair of Aon's board, commented on the appointment, "We are pleased to welcome Jose Antonio to Aon's Board of Directors. His ... Read the full article
Carbon Underwriting appoints Sompo’s Dale Willetts as Head of Specialty
25th January 2024
Carbon Underwriting, a specialist independent managing general underwriter (MGA) and Lloyd’s syndicate, has appointed Dale Willetts as Head of Specialty. Willetts's priority in 2024 will be to spearhead the development and growth of Carbon’s Accident & Health (A&H) proposition, in addition to supporting the development of Carbon’s technology capabilities. He brings a ... Read the full article
Everest Insurance launches dedicated Private Equity practice
25th January 2024
Everest Insurance, the insurance division of Everest Group, Ltd., has launched a dedicated Private Equity practice, which will expand the organisation's offerings across property and casualty (P&C) lines to serve the needs of private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies across North America. The company has hired Dan Reinert as Private ... Read the full article
London Market Group appoints two new board members
25th January 2024
The London Market Group has announced the appointment of two new board members, Jane Warren and Claire McDonald, as representatives of the different market Associations for 2024. Warren is an Active Underwriter for Liberty Specialty Markets’ Syndicate 4472 and UK Branch Manager for its European business. She will step onto the ... Read the full article
Chubb hires WTW’s Anna Källs as Country Manager for Sweden & Finland
25th January 2024
Chubb, the property and casualty (P&C) insurer, has hired Anna Källs as Country Manager for Sweden and Finland, effective from February 1, 2024. Källs joins the firm from global re/insurance broker WTW, where she served as Head of Large & Complex Business and Practice Leader for Liability since 2022. She succeeds Margaretha ... Read the full article
Hannover Re names Olaf Brock as MD of Hannover ReTakaful and Bahrain Branch
25th January 2024
Hannover Re appointed Olaf Brock as Managing Director of Hannover ReTakaful and the Bahrain Branch in Manama, effective January 1, 2024. Brock, most recently in the role of Managing Director Group Finance at Hannover Re, began his tenure with the company in 1999 as Vice President Group Auditing. Over the years, he ... Read the full article
Aventum promotes John Eldridge to Managing Director
25th January 2024
International re/insurance group Aventum has promoted John Eldridge to the role of Managing Director. Eldridge was most recently Chief Commercial Officer of the group, having joined Aventum in 2020. Before this, he held leadership roles at a range of firms, including Managing Director of Canopius UK Specialty, Managing Director of Coleman Insurance ... Read the full article
RGA names Sunil Sharma as India CEO
25th January 2024
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA) has named Sunil Sharma as the country Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for RGA Life Reinsurance Company of Canada India Branch (RGA India). The appointment is subject to approval from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India. Arthur Ozeki, Executive Vice President, Head of Asia Pacific, ... Read the full article
Katy Murray becomes VP of client success for INSTANDA
25th January 2024
INSTANDA, a no-code, digital platform for insurance carriers and managing general agents, has announced the promotion of Katy Murray to vice president of client success, where she will oversee all client relationships in North America. In her new role, Murray will provide guidance and mentorship to all client success managers in ... Read the full article
AssuredPartners makes Regional President announcements for Retail Division
25th January 2024
Florida-based broker AssuredPartners (AP) is expanding its leadership team with four new Regional Presidents named to run operations throughout the retail division of the global insurance brokerage, effective January 1, 2024. These include Jon Taylor and Cassondra Hustrulid, who will report into Retail President; as well as Brian Bair, Mike Ross ... Read the full article
ABIR names Aspen CEO Mark Cloutier as Deputy Chair
24th January 2024
Mark Cloutier, the Executive Chair and Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at insurer and reinsurer Aspen, takes over as First Deputy Chair of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) from Christopher Schaper. Cloutier has over 35 years of re/insurance industry experience in numerous jurisdictions and has served as Bermuda-based ... Read the full article
Crum & Forster names Henriques SVP and Chief Actuary
24th January 2024
Property, casualty, and accident & health insurer, Crum & Forster, has announced the promotion of John Henriques to Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary of A&H. In his new role, Henriques will continue to lead the actuarial team in addition to taking on leadership of the Division's Enterprise Risk Management function, ... Read the full article