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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.
Pacific Life Re appoints Sujin Park as Head of Underwriting and Claims, Asia
13th October 2023
Life and Health reinsurer, Pacific Life Re, has appointed Sujin Park as its new Head of Underwriting and Claims for its Asia business, based out of the company's Singapore office. This is in line with the company's commitment to grow in the region and provide the highest reinsurance expertise and service ... Read the full article
InsurAngels Suisse adds Freuler-Büchel and Michaud to Board of Directors
13th October 2023
InsurAngels Suisse, an angel investor network devoted to insurance opportunities, has expanded its Board of Directors with the addition of Massimo Michaud and the appointment of Ursula Freuler-Büchel as Director of the association. The non-profit association, founded August 2023, aims to promote the creation, development, financing and transfer of companies whose ... Read the full article
Vagenende re-joins Allianz as Commercial Managing Director Benelux & Nordics
12th October 2023
Allianz Commercial has announced the appointment of Elke Vagenende to the role of Commercial Managing Director for its ‘Benelux and Nordics’ region. According to the announcement, Vagenende will re-join Allianz during the first quarter of 2024 to lead this newly established region. She will also represent Allianz’s full set of Property ... Read the full article
Marsh McLennan names Pat Tomlinson as President of Mercer
12th October 2023
Marsh McLennan has appointed Pat Tomlinson as the President of Mercer, a key division of the global insurance and reinsurance broker. In this newly assumed role, Tomlinson will report to Martine Ferland, who continues to serve as Mercer CEO and Vice Chair of Marsh McLennan. Ferland will oversee Mercer's regional leadership until ... Read the full article
Erik Keller appointed Head of Liability at QBE Europe
12th October 2023
QBE Europe has announced the appointment of Erik Keller as Head of Liability, effective 1 January 2024. Keller brings to his new role three decades of experience in commercial insurance, having spent most of his career in multinational business. His most recent, and current, role is as Regional Underwriting Manager for ... Read the full article
Aventum names Robert Moorehead-Lane as Chief Risk Officer
12th October 2023
Aventum, a (re)insurance group, announced the appointment of Robert Moorehead-Lane as its Chief Risk Officer. This newly established role underscores Aventum's unwavering commitment to efficient risk management and delivering value to its employees, partners, and clients, as the company continues to thrive in an ever-evolving industry landscape, the company said. Moorehead-Lane brings ... Read the full article
SI Re promotes Dr. Robert Salzmann to Head of Underwriting
12th October 2023
Swiss reinsurer SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re), headquartered in Zug, has recently announced the promotion of Dr. Robert Salzmann to the position of Head of Underwriting, effective from 1 October 2023. In his new role, Dr. Salzmann will report directly to the company's CEO and will also assume responsibility for ... Read the full article
AIG names McElroy Chair of GI, Bailey CEO NA Insurance, Hancock CEO International
12th October 2023
Insurer American International Group (AIG) has made several changes in its general and international insurance senior management, as it reorganises to position itself for further growth. The current Chief Executive Officer, of General Insurance, David McElroy, will assume the newly created role of Chairman, General Insurance. Don Bailey, who currently serves as ... Read the full article
PIB appoints new CEO and Chair for Specialty Division
12th October 2023
PIB Group Ltd has appointed Zach Gray as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Specialty Division, along with Steve Redgwell taking on the role of Chair. Both of the hires will continue to work closely together with the Specialty team to continue to develop the client proposition in the UK, and ... Read the full article
Aioi Nissay Dowa Europe names Adrian Steele as Chief Reinsurance Officer, UK & Europe
11th October 2023
The Aioi Nissay Dowa Europe Group (AND-E), a provider of mobility insurance and European subsidiary of Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company Limited, has appointed Adrian Steele as the Group's Chief Reinsurance Officer for its operations in the UK and across Europe. Prior to this role, Steele was Head of Insurance Solutions ... Read the full article
Jensten London Markets strengthens its team with three new senior hires
11th October 2023
Jensten, a UK broking and underwriting businesses, has announced further investment into its Lloyd's broking division, Jensten London Markets, with three senior hires in Marie Thomas-White, Steve Murphy and Ally Templeton. The business was launched last year, formed through the bringing together of well-known broking firms Senior Wright and Tasker & ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual Re appoints Alex Koh as Senior Underwriter
11th October 2023
Liberty Mutual Reinsurance, a subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Alex Koh as Senior Underwriter, effective immediately, based in Singapore and reporting to Annie Leong, Regional Underwriting Manager. Koh’s remit in the role will include being responsible for maintaining and expanding the company’s existing reinsurance portfolio in the region. Leong ... Read the full article
WTW to re-focus climate practice led by Peter Carter
11th October 2023
Insurance broker WTW, has announced it is bringing its climate and Risk & Analytics capabilities more closely together under common leadership. Climate risk represents a significant and growing concern for businesses globally and moving forward WTW will focus on bringing the company’s core risk and analytics strengths, combined with extensive climate ... Read the full article
DUAL appoints David Harries as Group Director of Underwriting
11th October 2023
DUAL, the specialist underwriting arm of Howden Group Holdings, has announced that David Harries is joining the company in January 2024 as Group Director of Underwriting. Harries will be working closely with DUAL’s Group Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), Alan Telford, who is leaving the company next year. Richard Clapham, CEO, DUAL Group, ... Read the full article
Chaucer’s Zak Mallen joins Aon as MD, Head of Strategic Growth, Casualty Re in Bermuda
11th October 2023
Chaucer's Zak Mallen has joined global re/insurance broker Aon, as Managing Director and the Head of Strategic Growth, Casualty Reinsurance, in Bermuda. He joins Aon following a decade of service at Chaucer, where he most recently served as a US casualty reinsurance underwriter. He first joined the firm in June 2013, taking ... Read the full article
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