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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.
Aviva Singlife hires Pearlyn Phau as Executive Director and Group CEO
24th May 2021
Aviva Singlife Holdings has appointed Pearlyn Phau as Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, which will come into place in August. This follows the closure of last year’s transaction when Singapore Life (Singlife) announced it would combine with Aviva Singapore in one of the Singapore’s largest insurance deals, valuing the ... Read the full article
Willis Re hires Kassali as Regional Director for MENA
24th May 2021
Willis Re, the reinsurance broking division of Willis Towers Watson, has announced the appointment of Chems-Eddine Kassali as Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Kassali previously spent nearly 14 years at United Insurance Brokers Ltd, most recently as Associate Director. In his new role, he will be responsible for ... Read the full article
Acacia hires Lawrence Cheng as CUO
24th May 2021
Acacia Holdings, the specialist reinsurance and retrocession investment company backed by Oaktree Capital Management, has appointed Lawrence Cheng as Chief Underwriting Officer. Cheng previously served as Managing Director and Head of Property & Casualty at Peak Re, where he was also a founding member of its leadership team. He led the firm’s ... Read the full article
Trust Re hires Yassir Albaharna as Managing Director and CEO
24th May 2021
Trust International Insurance and Reinsurance Company (Trust Re) has appointed Yassir Albaharna as Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer. With over 34 years of industry experience, Albaharna was previously Chief Executive Officer of Arab Insurance Group and has served as Vice Chairman of Trust Re since 2019. Trust Re Board Chairman ... Read the full article
Randall & Quilter announces new Group Head of Data Strategy and Technology
21st May 2021
Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings has appointed Robert Thomas as Group Head of Data Strategy and Technology. With his appointment taking place next month, Thomas will report directly to Executive Chairman William Spiegel. He will be responsible for leading and developing R&Q's data strategy, automation strategy as well as overseeing the Group's ... Read the full article
Sompo International names SVP, Agency Management for agri unit
21st May 2021
Bermuda-based specialty P&C re/insurer Sompo International Holdings has announced the appointment of Billy Moore as Senior Vice President of Agency Management for AgriSompo North America, Sompo International’s North American crop insurance platform. In this role, Moore will be responsible for the overall management of agency relationships and the marketing of the ... Read the full article
Acrisure hires Mark McIlquham as President of UK Retail
21st May 2021
Insurance broker and fintech services provider Acrisure has appointed Mark McIlquham as President of UK Retail, bringing over twenty years of experience to its international operation. McIlquham was most recently a Deloitte financial services executive, where he was responsible for leading complex audit, M&A, restructuring and regulatory projects. He has been a ... Read the full article
AGCS names Jenise Klein NA Regional Head of Property
20th May 2021
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has added Jenise Klein as its new North America Regional Head of Property. Klein replaces Jill Knecht, who is set to depart the company after 17 years. Klein joined Allianz in 2015 as a member of the AGCS Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) team based in New ... Read the full article
Markel promotes Castriotta to Managing Director, Global Cyber Underwriting Executive
20th May 2021
Financial holding company Markel Corporation has appointed Kelly Castriotta as Managing Director, Global Cyber Underwriting Executive. Castriotta will lead the global underwriting strategy for affirmative cyber products as well as cyber risks impacting various lines of business for Markel. She joined Markel last year to help strengthen cyber underwriting best practices and ... Read the full article
Chubb hires Richard Williams as President of Combined Insurance
20th May 2021
Global insurer and reinsurer Chubb has appointed Richard Williams as President of Combined Insurance. Williams appointment takes place effective immediately, and will oversee all Combined business operations, management, and growth strategies. He will report to Joe Vasquez, who has been leading Combined since late 2019. Vasquez will continue in his role as Senior ... Read the full article
IGI appoints Emily Clapham as senior contingency underwriter
20th May 2021
International General Insurance has announced the appointment of Emily Clapham as Senior Underwriter for its recently-announced Contingency line of business. An experienced contingency underwriter, Clapham joins from Fidelis’ London office. Prior to that she served as Contingency Underwriter for Beazley, where she joined after completing the Lloyd’s Generalist Graduate Programme in 2014. Reporting ... Read the full article
Ariel Re appoints Allstate’s Mike Pedraja CFO
20th May 2021
Bermudian reinsurer Ariel Re has announced two key appointments to its senior management team, including Mike Pedraja as group Chief Financial Officer. Pedraja, who previously served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Allstate, will be responsible for leading the finance function as well as capital management and investor relations. He has ... Read the full article
Amwins American Equity appoints Hapworth to CEO role
20th May 2021
Amwins subsidiary The American Equity Underwriters has appointed Adele Hapworth to succeed Michael Lapeyrouse as the company's Chief Executive Officer. Lapeyrouse will assume the role of Chairman for AEU. Hapworth joined AEU in 2007 and has served in leadership roles including Director of Product Development, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Lapeyrouse ... Read the full article
Pacific Life Re creates Medical Analytics team
20th May 2021
Life reinsurer Pacific Life Re has created a new Medical Analytics team to further strengthen the company’s analytics and emerging risk capabilities. The team will be led by Ian Collins who has over 20 years of experience in the ... Read the full article
Huw Evans to leave ABI Director General role for KPMG
19th May 2021
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has announced that its Director General, Huw Evans, will be leaving the organisation at the end of the year to join KPMG. Effective January 2022, Evans will join KPMG as a Partner within its insurance and long-term savings practice. He has served as Director General of ... Read the full article