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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.
Guy Carpenter hires Quentin Perrot as Managing Director, GC Securities
7th September 2021
Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has appointed Quentin Perrot as Managing Director, GC Securities, where he will report to Shiv Kumar, President, GC Securities. In this role, Perrot will be responsible for the origination and structuring of insurance-linked securities, collateralised structures, and alternative capital, supporting clients from around the world including Bermuda, ... Read the full article
United Insurance hires Brooke Shirazi as CUO
7th September 2021
United Insurance Holdings has appointed Brooke Shirazi as Chief Underwriting Officer. Shirazi will be responsible for directing and leading all aspects of the company's underwriting operations. She brings over 16 years of insurance-related experience, most recently serving as Vice President of Underwriting at IAT Insurance Group (IAT), a property-casualty insurance and surety ... Read the full article
Swiss Re CorSo names Jack See as Head of Malaysia & Principal Officer
7th September 2021
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, a division of the global reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Jack See as Head of Malaysia and Principal Officer of its operations in Malaysia, effective immediately. See, who will relocate from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, takes over from Juerg Stoll, who is set to retire on ... Read the full article
GuideOne adds Michael Hughes to board of directors
7th September 2021
GuideOne Insurance has elected Michael Hughes to the boards of GuideOne Mutual Holding Company and GuideOne Insurance Group. Hughes brings over 30 years of experience as an insurance leader in a variety of underwriting and executive roles. After 29 years at The Hartford, Hughes joined Safeco as head of underwriting for commercial ... Read the full article
Gallagher adds Elizabeth Jenkin as independent non-exec director
6th September 2021
Insurance broker Gallagher has appointed Elizabeth Jenkin as an independent non-executive director of Arthur J Gallagher Holdings (UK) Limited, subject to regulatory approval. Jenkin is the Chief Executive Officer of Nimbla, a chair of the Risk and Capital Committee and non-executive director for Fidelis UK. She is also a non-executive director of ... Read the full article
Whitespace bolsters advisory board with Paul Greensmith, Scott Purviance
6th September 2021
Digital e-trading platform Whitespace has added AIG’s global head of specialty Paul Greensmith and Amwins Chief Executive Officer Scott Purviance to its advisory board. Existing board members include Ascot CEO Andrew Brooks, Convex Chairman and CEO Stephen Catlin and Craig Kingaby of Ardonagh). The board meets quarterly with representation from Whitespace to ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint bolsters underwriting team with Pierre Favre
6th September 2021
International specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint has announced that Pierre Favre has joined the company as a Zurich based Senior Underwriter. Favre will report to Bernard Hoge, Vice President, Manager Credit, Bond & Political Risk Reinsurance while focusing on developing strong relationships with brokers and clients to grow SiriusPoint’s book. He has 25 years' ... Read the full article
Hamilton Re hires Kylie Tomas as SVP, Claims Counsel and Head of Claims
6th September 2021
Hamilton Insurance Group has appointed Kylie Tomas as Senior Vice President, Claims Counsel and Head of Claims at Hamilton Re. In this role, Tomas will manage the insurance and reinsurance claims teams and oversee all claims matters for the reinsurer. She joins Hamilton later this month and will be based in Bermuda, ... Read the full article
James River hires James Gunson as SVP and Chief Claims Officer
6th September 2021
James River Group has appointed James Gunson as Senior Vice President and Chief Claims Officer. He will report into Chief Executive Officer Frank D’Orazio and be based out of the Company’s largest office in Richmond, Virginia. Gunson brings to James River more than 25 years of legal experience as well as technical ... Read the full article
AXIS Insurance promotes Usman Malik to Chief Pricing Actuary
3rd September 2021
AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings has promoted Usman Malik to Chief Pricing Actuary. In this role, Malik will lead pricing strategy across the global Insurance segment, centred around enabling a consistent and global approach for portfolio construction. He will work in partnership with group underwriting and ... Read the full article
Optio promotes Kirby to global head of political violence and terrorism
3rd September 2021
Specialist MGA Optio Group has promoted Chris Kirby to global head of political violence and terrorism (PVT), and his relocation to establish Optio’s PVT underwriting capabilities in the US. Kirby joined Optio early in 2020 as head of political violence and terrorism, following the acquisition of specialist political-violence and terrorism MGA ... Read the full article
Sompo Intl. names new Head of Global Distribution & Product Development for reinsurance business
3rd September 2021
Sompo International has appointed Neville Weston as Head of Global Distribution and Product Development of its reinsurance platform. He will report to Christopher Donelan, CEO of Global Reinsurance, with the responsibility for assessing, devising and implementing key client and broker distribution growth initiatives, focusing on enhancing the reinsurance business’ underwriting deal ... Read the full article
Everest Re names new President of Mt. Logan Re
3rd September 2021
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Everest Re Group has appointed John Modin as President of its subsidiary Mt. Logan Re. Modin joins Mt. Logan from Citigroup where he was a Managing Director in the financial services group and Head of Insurance Solutions. He brings over 30 years of experience in the financial services, ... Read the full article
SCOR shuffles Group Executive Committee
3rd September 2021
Global reinsurer SCOR has announced a number changes to its Group Executive Committee, proposed by Laurent Rousseau, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SCOR and supported by the Nominations Committee of the Board of Directors and approved by the entirety of the Board. SCOR says that the changes reflect the importance of ... Read the full article
FM Global announces senior leadership changes
3rd September 2021
Commercial property insurer FM Global, has announced changes within its senior leadership team. Lyndon Broad has been appointed senior vice president, chief underwriting officer and will manage the company’s underwriting and reinsurance functions. He previously was operations senior vice president of FM Global’s Boston operations. He succeeds Randall Hodge who was recently ... Read the full article