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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.
QBE Re hires Jamie Cook as Head of Client Management
19th April 2021
QBE Re, the reinsurance arm of the Australian insurer, has appointed Jamie Cook as Head of Client Management. In this newly created role, Cook will be responsible for rolling out a consistent client model across all of QBE Re’s offices, as well as leading and co-ordinating interactions with key global clients. He ... Read the full article
Pacific Life Re names Justin LaHood as Head of Tax
16th April 2021
Life reinsurer Pacific Life Re has announced the appointment of Justin LaHood as its new Head of Tax. Based in London, LaHood will be responsible for managing tax activities across Pacific Life Re globally, with a focus on strategy, coordination, and compliance. He has more than 20 years’ experience as a tax ... Read the full article
Swiss Re shareholders elect Ermotti as Chair; Kielholz named Honorary Chairman
16th April 2021
Shareholders of reinsurance giant Swiss Re today approved all proposals put forward by the company's Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Zurich; marking the election of Sergio P. Ermotti as successor to Walter B. Kielholz as Chairman of the Board. Swiss Re announced in early ... Read the full article
Miller adds Paula Smith to Political Violence and Terrorism team
16th April 2021
Re/insurance broker Miller has appointed Paula Smith to join its Political Violence and Terrorism team within Property and Casualty Facultative Reinsurance. Smith brings over 25 years’ experience in the insurance industry, and was most recently Head of Political Violence and Terrorism at GC FAC. Her appointment is Miller’s latest investment in the ... Read the full article
Chaucer hires Jaime Taylor as class underwriter
16th April 2021
Specialty re/insurance group Chaucer has appointed Jaime Taylor as class underwriter. Taylor joins from Talbot Risk Services and will work in Chaucer’s Political Risks and Credit team, bringing just under 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. She spent six years at Talbot Risk Services, part of AIG, where she served ... Read the full article
Resilience hires Eduard Alpin as Chief Actuary
16th April 2021
Resilience Cyber Insurance Solutions has appointed Eduard Alpin as Chief Actuary. Alpin most recently served as the Director of Cyber Solutions at Verisk Analytics, a data analytics and risk assessment firm. At Verisk he led the ISO Cyber Rating Plan development and launched the Cyber Data Exchange, a first-of-its-kind global data-sharing platform. Over ... Read the full article
Argus Group adds ex-CEO of PartnerRe to board of directors
15th April 2021
Argus Group Holdings has appointed former President and CEO of PartnerRe, Constantinos Miranthis and Garrett Curran to its board of directors. Miranthis is a non-executive director of the global specialty insurer Hiscox and of the life reinsurer PacificLife Re. Curran is an adviser and investor specialising in financial services, technology and real ... Read the full article
AGCS appoints David Brown to succeed Boyd as Capital Solutions lead
15th April 2021
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has recruited insurance linked markets head David Brown to lead its capital solutions unit, succeeding long-term colleague Richard Boyd in the role. He's expected to officially start on July 1, subject to local regulatory approval. Boyd, meanwhile, is leaving Allianz and moving back to the United ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s announces Manchester hub, consults on historic underwriting room redesign
15th April 2021
Lloyd’s has announced plans to establish a hub in Manchester in an effort to recruit talent and enhance its digitalisation capabilities. The historic insurance and reinsurance marketplace says Manchester was selected for its high density of talent, and that it should be up and running by January 2022. There’s expected to be ... Read the full article
Pro Global bolsters German market leadership team
15th April 2021
Global re/insurance outsourcing and consulting specialist Pro Global has announced the appointment of Roman Claren as Managing Director and Stilianos Kalaitzidis as its new Head of Technical Claims for German businesses/entities. Claren joins from a subsidiary of Provinzial Rheinland Versicherung AG, where he served as managing director. He brings over 15 years’ ... Read the full article
Jupiter hires Elizabeth Barnes as Science Advisor
15th April 2021
Jupiter, a provider of predictive data and analytics for climate risk and resilience, has appointed Dr. Elizabeth Barnes as an advisor to help its science team further refine their physics-informed machine learning and explainable AI for atmospheric science ... Read the full article
Chubb makes two senior leadership appointments
14th April 2021
Global re/insurer Chubb has announced two leadership appointments within its North America Accident and Health (A&H) business. Suresh Krishnan, Chubb's current Chief Operating Officer, North America Accident and Health, has been named Executive Vice President, Head of North America Specialty Accident and Health. In this expanded role, he will look to grow ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty names Jane Warren as Active Underwriter
14th April 2021
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Jane Warren as Active Underwriter, effective immediately. Based in London, Warren reports to Phil Hobbs, Deputy Managing Director and Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for LSM. She brings over 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry, joining Liberty in 2019 from ... Read the full article
Hippo adds Munich Re’s Laura Hoensch to Spinnaker leadership
14th April 2021
California-headquartered, homeowners focused-insurtech Hippo has recruited Laura Hoensch as the new General Counsel for Spinnaker Insurance Company, which was acquired by Hippo last year. Hoensch most recently served as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs for Digital Partners, a Munich Re company. At the same time, ... Read the full article
Chubb hires Lyndsey Christofer as EVP
14th April 2021
Global re/insurer Chubb has appointed Lyndsey Christofer as Executive Vice President, Construction Industry Practice Leader for its large account segment. She will oversee strategic direction whilst leading a broad team of dedicated construction underwriting and service specialists across multiple lines of business to deliver customised and innovative insurance solutions to Chubb's ... Read the full article