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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.
Charman promoted to CEO of Overseas Insurance for Sompo Holdings
18th December 2018
Bermuda-based specialty re/insurer Sompo International Holdings has announced the promotion of John Charman, currently Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Sompo International, to CEO of Overseas Insurance Business in Sompo Holdings. The appointment, effective 1 April 2019, will see Charman oversee a segment that represents more ... Read the full article
Global Risk Partners appoints Mike Bruce as Group Managing Director
17th December 2018
Global Risk Partners, an investment vehicle aimed at insurance brokers and managing general agents, has appointed Mike Bruce to the newly-created role of Group Managing Director. Bruce was appointed Chief Executive Officer, Broking in 2015 and has since overseen a a rapid and accelerating growth curve, with the Broking Division completing ... Read the full article
Swiss Re appoints Mark Hodges to lead ReAssure into planned IPO
17th December 2018
Swiss Re has appointed Mark Hodges as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its UK closed book business, ReAssure, as it continues to explore options for a potential initial public offering (IPO) in 2019. Hodges, who is currently CEO of the Consumer division at British energy and services company Centrica, will be tasked ... Read the full article
Hiscox appoints Bob Thaker CEO of UK business
17th December 2018
Specialist global insurer Hiscox has appointed Bob Thaker as its new UK Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective March 2019. Thaker has been with the company since 2010 and held a number of senior roles during that time, having joined as Head of Strategy before going on to serve as Group Chief ... Read the full article
BMS adds George Bowring and Kian Wookey to Bermuda team
17th December 2018
Independent specialist re/insurance broker BMS Group has expanded its Bermuda market operations with the appointments of George Bowring from Price Forbes and Kian Wookey from JLT. The new hires come as part of a build out of BMS’s Bermuda operations and will focus on North American liability and property, respectively. Bowring most ... Read the full article
Former Everest Exec Michael Kerner appointed CEO, Munich Re Specialty Insurance
17th December 2018
The U.S branch of global reinsurance firm Munich Re has appointed Michael Kerner as Chief Executive Officer for Munich Re Specialty Insurance, a new commercial insurance unit in North America. Reporting to Tony Kuczinski, President and CEO, Munich Re, U.S, Kerner will have oversight for uniting several Munich Re Group business ... Read the full article
MarketScout adds Eduardo Crema as a Production Underwriter
14th December 2018
MarketScout, an insurance distribution and underwriting company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has expanded its Private Client Solutions team with the addition of Eduardo Crema as a Production Underwriter. Crema has close to 10 years’ experience in the personal lines insurance business working as a wholesale agent/MGA and brings with him extensive ... Read the full article
Ascot adds Chris Johnson, Jocelyne Factor from Navigators
14th December 2018
Ascot, a Bermuda-headquartered re/insurance firm, has announced the appointment of Chris Johnson and Jocelyne Factor as Underwriters in its U.S marine team. Both Johnson and Factor will be based in the company’s San Francisco office, expanding Ascot’s geographic footprint to the West Coast. Johnson, Senior Vice President, joins from Navigators where he ... Read the full article
Beazley appoints Harry Goh, Jessica Schappell to Singapore office
14th December 2018
Specialist re/insurer Beazley has announced the appointments of Harry Goh and Jessica Schappell to its Singapore office, effective January 2019. Goh brings over 20 years' experience in underwriting professional indemnity and medical malpractice risks in Singapore and joins as an Underwriter of international financial lines. He will be responsible for underwriting a ... Read the full article
WTW adds Bill Creedon as Construction Industry leader, North America
14th December 2018
Global re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has announced the appointment of Bill Creedon as Construction Industry leader, North America, within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment. Creedon holds 30 years’ experience in the insurance and construction risk industry and has previously spent 20 years with WTW in a range of national ... Read the full article
AXIS Insurance appoints Markel’s Andre Maher as Senior Cyber Underwriter
13th December 2018
AXIS Insurance, the insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has appointed Andre Maher as Senior Cyber Underwriter, effective immediately. Maher will be based in London and will report to Dan Trueman, Global Head of Cyber and Technology at AXIS. He joins AXIS from Markel, where he spent two years as ... Read the full article
AIG hires Arch’s Michael Price as Deputy CUO, General Insurance
13th December 2018
Global insurer and reinsurer American International Group (AIG) has appointed Michael Price as Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for General Insurance. He joins AIG from Arch Insurance Group, where he most recently served as its CUO for North America. As AIG's Deputy CUO, Price will work closely with CUO Tom Bolt, Read the full article
Ascent Underwriting adds Alex Smith as head of transactional risk
13th December 2018
Cyber and specialty lines managing general agent (MGA), Ascent Underwriting, has announced the appointment of Alex Smith as head of transactional risk, effective February 2019. He joins from Capital Risks where he served as Underwriting Director and was previously an underwriter at AIG within the mergers and acquisition (M&A) insurance group. Smith ... Read the full article
Philip Willcock named CEO of AIG Life Limited (UK)
13th December 2018
AIG Life Limited (UK), a division of global insurer and reinsurer American International Group, Inc. (AIG), has announced the appointment of Philip Willcock as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective March 1st, 2019. Willcock will be based in London, and will report to Adam Winslow, CEO, International, Life & Retirement, AIG Life ... Read the full article
AkinovA adds Tokio Marine’s Daljitt Barn to Advisory Board
13th December 2018
AkinovA, an electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of insurance risk, has announced the addition of Daljitt Barn to its Advisory Board. Barn is the Global Head of Cyber Risk for Tokio Marine Group and an industry leader in cyber insurance and cyber risk, combining insurance value-chain expertise with a ... Read the full article
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