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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.
Charles Taylor announces Board & leadership changes, CEO Marock to depart
21st April 2020
Charles Taylor, a provider of services and technology solutions to the insurance sector, has announced numerous changes to its Board and Executive Committee, including the departure of Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), David Marock. At the same time, Edward Creasy has been appointed Executive Chairman for the Group from his previous ... Read the full article
Swiss Re CorSo appoints Matthias Grass as CFO
21st April 2020
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (Swiss Re CorSo), the commercial insurance arm of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, has revealed that Matthias Grass is to succeed Martin Mueller as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective July 1st, 2020. In his new role, Grass takes responsibility for the oversight of Swiss Re CorSo's Finance function, ... Read the full article
Piiq Risk adds WTW’s Neil Maynard as Senior Partner
20th April 2020
Piiq Risk Partners, the recently branded global aerospace brokerage of BGC Insurance Group, has appointed Neil Maynard as Senior Partner. Maynard will join the business next year and will be based in London, reporting to Marcel Chad, President. He brings extensive broking expertise, having spent more than 25 years at Willis Towers ... Read the full article
Brit Global Specialty adds Shana Stodolski as Assistant VP, Cyber
20th April 2020
Specialty re/insurer Brit has announced the appointment of Shana Stodolski as Assistant Vice President, Cyber, for Brit Global Specialty USA (BGSU). Stodolski will be based in Glastonbury, CT and reports to Jeff Norton, Senior Vice President, Cyber Liability. She will be responsible for supporting the continued growth and underwriting of Cyber for ... Read the full article
Pacific Life names Chief Marketing Officer of Retirement Solutions Division
17th April 2020
US life insurer Pacific Life has announced the appointment of Kevin Kennedy as Senior Vice President, Sales and Chief Marketing Officer of the company’s Retirement Solutions Division. Kennedy joins Pacific Life from AXA Equitable Holdings (EQH), where he served as Managing Director and head of the company's largest business unit, individual ... Read the full article
Chris Flint named President of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company
17th April 2020
US primary insurer Farmers Insurance has announced the appointment of Chris Flint as President of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. Flint will join the company and take up his new position on April 20, 2020. He will report directly to Steve McAnena, President of Distribution, Life and Financial Services, and will ... Read the full article
Argo Group announces new board members
17th April 2020
Specialty reinsurer Argo Group has announced the election of three new board members at its Annual General Meeting. Appointments include Bernard C. Bailey, Fred R. Donner and Argo Group Chief Executive Officer Kevin J. Rehnberg. Five former directors are retiring from the board, including former Board Chairman Gary V. Woods, F. Sedgwick ... Read the full article
AXIS Capital appoints McCormick CEO of Irish reinsurance legal entity
17th April 2020
Bermudian re/insurer AXIS Capital has appointed Mark McCormick as Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Re SE (ARe). ARe is AXIS Capital’s reinsurance legal entity domiciled in Ireland and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, with a Zurich branch. McCormick will be responsible for ARe and the legal entity aspects of its ... Read the full article
James Kelley named President of Hanover Specialty Industrial Property
17th April 2020
The Hanover Insurance Group has named James Kelley as President of Hanover Specialty Industrial Property, replacing James Abraham, who is retiring from the firm in April. In his new role, Kelley will take responsibility for enhancing the company's board portfolio of insurance solutions for complex high hazard industrial business. Most recently, Kelley ... Read the full article
Allianz Partners add Vinay Surana as CEO, Asia Pacific
17th April 2020
Allianz Partners has announced the appointment of Vinay Surana as Regional Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, Surana will lead the Asia Pacific business with responsibility for Australasia, China, Japan, India and South East Asia. He reports directly to Dan Assouline, Global Head of Markets and Board Member, Allianz Partners. Surana ... Read the full article
AXIS Insurance hires Daniel Stevens as Risk Engineer, Renewable Energy
16th April 2020
AXIS Insurance, the insurance arm of Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has announced the hiring of Daniel Stevens to the newly created role of Risk Engineer within its Renewable Energy team. In his new role, Stevens will work closely with the firm's Renewable Energy underwriters and also external parties involved in ... Read the full article
Beazley names Bethany Greenwood as Head of Cyber & Exec Risk
16th April 2020
Specialist insurer Beazley has announced the appointment of Bethany Greenwood as Global Head of Cyber & Executive Risk (CyEx) from July 2020. Greenwood, who will also become part of Beazley’s executive committee, joined the company last September to lead the London market and US-based executive risk team. In this role she was ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine HCC adds adds Nick Pastor as SVP, Chief Actuary
16th April 2020
Tokio Marine HCC, a member of Tokio Marine Group, has appointed Nick Pastor as senior vice president and Chief Actuary. He reports to Tom Weist, Tokio Marine HCC’s Co-Chief Financial Officer. Pastor brings more than 25 years of actuarial experience to the role and most recently served as Deputy Chief Actuary at ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets appoints Casualty Manager for Continental Europe
16th April 2020
Liberty Specialty Markets, a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Katja Bobrowski to the newly created position of Casualty Manager, Continental Europe. Based in Cologne, Bobrowski will report to Head of Liberty Specialty Markets Central Region, Kadidja Sinz. In her new role, she takes responsibility for developing ... Read the full article
Chartered Insurance Institute extends president, chair term amid COVID-19
16th April 2020
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has decided to extend the term of the current serving President and Chair of the Board amid disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Nick Turner, Sales and Agency Director at NFU mutual, was appointed as President in 2019. The CII usually appoints a new president and chair ... Read the full article
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