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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.
Xceedance names Peter Flynn as SVP, Personal Lines, Americas
17th January 2024
Xceedance, a prominent global provider of strategic operations support, technology, and data services for insurance organisations, has announced the appointment of Peter Flynn as Senior Vice President, Personal Lines, Americas. This strategic move underlines Xceedance's dedication to delivering exceptional value to personal lines insurance organisations. Flynn, with an impressive 25 years of ... Read the full article
WTW introduces new 5-member team of Strategic Client Engagement Leaders
17th January 2024
Global re/insurance broker WTW has announced the formation of its Strategic Client Engagement Leaders (SCELs) team, which will focus on driving growth of large, complex clients within the company’s twelve industry vertical divisions of Corporate Risk & Broking, North America (CRB NA). According to the announcement, the SCEL role, which is ... Read the full article
Great American Insurance Group names Gene J. Simpson President of subsidiary
17th January 2024
Property and casualty insurer, Great American Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Gene J. Simpson as President of its California-based workers’ compensation subsidiary, Republic Indemnity. Simpson brings with more than 26 years of insurance experience and is to start his new role with immediate effect. He joins the company from a ... Read the full article
Liberty (LSM) announces new appointments naming Bolaños as CUO
17th January 2024
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Ronald Bolaños to the role of Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), and Manuel Moreno as President, LSM, US and Latin America. Bolaños and Moreno are to remain based in Miami and the appointments are effective immediately. In his new position Bolaños ... Read the full article
Everest Insurance appoints Bill Hazelton as Head of US Retail Casualty, NA
17th January 2024
Everest Insurance, the insurance arm of Bermuda-based Everest Group, Ltd., has appointed Bill Hazelton as Head of US Retail Casualty in North America. He replaces David Sandler who will be leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Hazelton will be based in Everest’s Warren, New Jersey headquarters and will report directly ... Read the full article
Aspen Insurance names Sarah Stanford as Interim CEO of Aspen UK
17th January 2024
Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited has announced the appointment of Sarah Stanford as the interim CEO of Aspen UK, effective immediately. Stanford, currently serving as the Active Underwriter of Lloyd's Syndicate 4711, representing approximately 75% of Aspen's UK business, steps into the role with over 25 years of industry experience. In 2023, Stanford ... Read the full article
Miller hires Guy Carpenter’s Shaun Sinniah as Head of Reinsurance & Capital
17th January 2024
Independent specialist re/insurance broker, Miller, has hired Guy Carpenter’s Shaun Sinniah as Head of Reinsurance and Capital, in a move that is set to bolster the company's reinsurance offering and international presence. In his new role, Sinniah will be based in London. In his previous role at Guy Carpenter, Sinniah served as ... Read the full article
Chaucer appoints Aspen’s Richard Milner as Group CEO
17th January 2024
Global specialty insurer and reinsurer Chaucer has appointed Richard Milner as its new Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), subject to local regulatory approval. As the Group CEO, Milner's remit will include being responsible for the general oversight, management, and strategic development of the business which includes composite Syndicate 1084, specialty nuclear ... Read the full article
Arch Insurance names Prabhu Venkataraman as CIO to drive technology transformation
17th January 2024
In a strategic move to bolster its technological capabilities, Arch Insurance North America has appointed Prabhu Venkataraman as Chief Information Officer (CIO). In his new role, Venkataraman will spearhead the implementation of technology and services throughout the segment, emphasising strategic alignment, data enablement, and business empowerment. Reporting directly to Prashant Nema, Executive ... Read the full article
Former Argo CEO, Thomas Bradley, appointed to CopperPoint Board
17th January 2024
CopperPoint Insurance Companies has announced the appointment of Thomas Bradley to the CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Holding Company Board of Directors. Bradley, a seasoned veteran with over 40 years of experience in the insurance industry, most recently served as the Chairman and CEO of Argo Group until his retirement in November 2023. During ... Read the full article
Powell opts to stay at Marsh as Global Chief Claims Officer
17th January 2024
Marsh, the insurance broker and risk advisory business of Marsh McLennan, has announced that Rob Powell has resumed his role as Global Chief Claims Officer, based in London and reporting to Pat Donnelly, President, Marsh Specialty and Global Placement. In October 2023, it was announced that Powell would be leaving ... Read the full article
DUAL NA launches Specialty Healthcare program with new hire
16th January 2024
DUAL North America, a specialty program administrator and part of the DUAL Group, has appointed Dwain Chamberlain as Executive Vice President and Head of Specialty Healthcare, as the company launches its new Specialty Healthcare program. Chamberlain will be reporting to Chief Casualty Officer, Connie Germano. His remit will include being responsible ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter hires Keith Wolfe as Chief Commercial Officer, NA
16th January 2024
Guy Carpenter, the global risk and reinsurance specialist, and business of Marsh McLennan, has appointed Keith Wolfe to the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer, North America, effective immediately. Wolfe joins the firm following a 27 year tenure with reinsurance giant, Swiss Re and its predecessor companies. During his time at ... Read the full article
QBE Re promotes Amanda Lupkin to VP and Head NA Health Practice
16th January 2024
QBE Re, the reinsurance arm of QBE Insurance Group, has announced the promotion of Amanda Lupkin to the position of Vice President (VP) and Head of the North America Health Practice. The promotion marks Lupkin's continued ascent within the organisation, having joined QBE in 2021 with an impressive track record of ... Read the full article
MSL Captive Solutions appoints David Sykes as CFO
16th January 2024
Managing general underwriter MSL Captive Solutions, Inc. has appointed former Managing Director of Strategic Risk Solutions Bermuda (SRS), David Sykes, as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), with immediate effect. At SRS, Sykes led the insurance management operations for over a decade before relocating to the US. He is a market veteran ... Read the full article