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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.
Beazley reports growth in premiums to $971mn; 16% rate increase
13th May 2021
Specialist insurer Beazley has reported a 16% rise in gross premiums written (GPW) to $971 million for the first quarter of 2021, alongside premium rates on renewal business that came in above expectation. Rate momentum on renewal business saw an increase of 16% during Q1 2021, compared with 8% for the ... Read the full article
SCOR promotes Emmanuel Grandjean to Head of P&C Risks
12th May 2021
Global reinsurer SCOR has promoted its Deputy Chief Retrocession Officer, Emmanuel Grandjean, to a new position as Head of Property and Casualty (P&C) Risks, based in Paris. Grandjean has 15 years of experience in re/insurance industry, with experience across Life, P&C and Asset business. Notably, he has been one of the key ... Read the full article
Allianz (AGCS) names Exec Underwriter for NA Environmental practice
12th May 2021
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), Allianz Group’s specialist carrier for corporate insurance business, has announced the appointment of Thomas Keating as an Executive Underwriter, Environmental Impairment Liability (EIL) for North America. In this role, Keating will report to Steve Tagert, Regional Environmental Practice Leader – North America. Effective immediately, he will ... Read the full article
Stephen Redmond joins Asta Managing Agency’s board as non-exec director
12th May 2021
Third-party Lloyd’s managing agent Asta has announced the appointment of Stephen Redmond to the board of Asta Managing Agency as independent non-executive director. Redmond joins from Antares/QIC Global where he served as active underwriter, managing director and most recently, chief transformation officer. He played a key role in establishing Antares as an ... Read the full article
MS Amlin strengthens US reinsurance team with senior hires
12th May 2021
MS Amlin AG, the reinsurance unit of MS Amlin group, has appointed Louis De Segonzac as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) and Maria Amelio as a Lead Casualty Underwriter within its US business, operating out of New Jersey and Miami. Amelio will report to De Segonzac whilst De Segonzac will report to ... Read the full article
Carbon Underwriting hires Fergus Cooney as Data Analytics Engineer
11th May 2021
Specialist independent managing general underwriter Carbon Underwriting has appointed Fergus Cooney as Data Analytics Engineer as it expands further its data analytics capabilities. Cooney joins Carbon from Rails bank where he played an integral role in delivering large scale end-to-end data projects as well as championing the use of data in ... Read the full article
AGCS hires Maria Grace as Global Head of Property
11th May 2021
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), the corporate insurance carrier of Allianz, has appointed Maria Grace as Global Head of Property. She will be reporting directly to Tony Buckle AGCS’s Chief Underwriting Officer Corporate and Board Member. Grace joins from Everest Re Group, where she served as the Chief Underwriting Officer ... Read the full article
PartnerRe adds Swiss Re’s Fiona Mitchell as account exec
11th May 2021
Partner Re has announced the appointment of Fiona Mitchell as an account executive within its Global Clients and Brokers unit. Mitchell is an experienced senior reinsurance professional with 13 years of expertise in areas including client relationship management, negotiation, project management, treaty structuring and placement. She joins from global reinsurer Swiss Re, ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine HCC promotes Boyadjian to VP, Underwriting
11th May 2021
Property & Casualty insurer Tokio Marine HCC has appointed Kareen Boyadjian as Vice President of Underwriting. Boyadjian will report to Michael Palotay, the group’s Chief Underwriting Officer, and be based in Encino, California. She has overseen the healthcare segment of Cyber and manages the personal lines cyber product called NetGuard Select and ... Read the full article
Mosaic bolsters London underwriting team
11th May 2021
Specialty insurer Mosaic has announced the appointment of Anna Jay and Christopher Webb to its London underwriting team. Jay joins as SVP, Head of Professional Liability with 18 years’ experience. She began her career as a specialist-placing broker before moving into underwriting and spending a decade at QBE International. Jay later joined Pembroke ... Read the full article
Everest appoints Williamson to lead reinsurance as Doucette departs
11th May 2021
Bermuda-based reinsurer Everest Re Group, Ltd. has announced that Jim Williamson will takeover as the Head of the Everest Reinsurance Division, effective immediately. Williamson currently serves as the firm's Executive Vice President and Group Chief Operating Officer (COO), and retains this position alongside his new responsibilities leading the reinsurance unit. He succeeds ... Read the full article
MS Amlin Underwriting adds Heike Trilovszky to board
10th May 2021
Lloyd's of London insurer and reinsurer, MS Amlin Underwriting Limited has appointed Heike Trilovszky to its board as a notified independent Non-Executive Director. Trilovszky will also join as Chair of the Underwriting Oversight Committee, assuming the role from Martin Hudson, who will become permanent Chair of the board. After working at Munich ... Read the full article
Pelican Ventures launches Tango Specialty
10th May 2021
Private equity investor Pelican Ventures has launched Tango Specialty, a commercial lines managing general agency (MGA), appointing Greg Wolyniec as President and CEO. Tango Specialty will establish several sizeable programs with leading underwriting expertise supported with insurance capacity partnerships that will serve the complex needs of select specialty market clients and ... Read the full article
AXIS Re names Haugh as President of new Global Property division
10th May 2021
AXIS Re, the reinsurance arm of Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has announced a simplified overall structure, which includes the establishment of a new Property Reinsurance division, led by Ann Haugh. Previously AXIS Re's President of Global Markets, Haugh has been appointed President of the reinsurer's new Global Property unit. In her ... Read the full article
Ariel Re recruits Nephila’s Tim Shreeve to lead Platform Development
10th May 2021
Bermuda-based reinsurer Ariel Re has appointed Tim Shreeve as Head of Platform Development. Shreeve joins the company from Nephila Capital, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist manager, where he served as Head of Platform Planning. He spent nearly 10 years at Nephila in Bermuda, having joined the company in September 2011. Prior to this, ... Read the full article