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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.
New Paradigm recruits Matthew Grunewald from Greenlight Re
14th January 2020
New Paradigm Underwriters, a specialist managing general underwriter and insurtech platform focused on parametric risk transfer, has appointed Matthew Grunewald as Executive Vice President (EVP) for Underwriting and Risk Capital. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for developing and underwriting parametric reinsurance and alternative risk transfer solutions, sourcing ... Read the full article
Catalina Holdings adds Old Mutual & Guardian Life execs to board
14th January 2020
Catalina Holdings, the Bermuda-headquartered non-life run-off and legacy insurance and reinsurance specialist, has appointed Bruce Hemphill and Thomas Sorell to its board of directors. Effective from December 2019, the two senior insurance executives will become Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) on the board. Hemphill was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Old Mutual PLC, ... Read the full article
Robin Sidders named Head of Investor Relations at IGI
14th January 2020
International commercial insurer and reinsurer, International General Insurance Holdings Limited (IGI), has hired Robin Sidders as Head of Investor Relations, effective January 13th, 2020. In her new role, Sidders will be based in London and will work closely with IGI's executive team and senior management, as well as the company's Board ... Read the full article
KPMG appoints Erik Bleekrode as Head of Insurance for APAC
14th January 2020
KPMG has announced the appointment of Erik Bleekrode as its new Head of Insurance for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, taking over from Simon Donowho. Bleekrode, who has 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry, also serves as Head of Insurance for KPMG in China and leads KPMG China's Insurance ... Read the full article
BMS names Alejandro Ceron as COO, Latin America & Caribbean
13th January 2020
Alejandro Ceron has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, BMS Group's Latin American & Caribbean division, effective immediately. In his new role, Ceron will be based in Miami, U.S. and will report to the CEO of BMS Latin America & Caribbean, Jose ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual names Practice Leader for Private Equity and M&A
13th January 2020
Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced the appointment of Amy Gross to the newly created role of Practice Leader, Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). In this role, she will collaborate with teams across Liberty Mutual’s Global Risk Solutions (GRS) division to drive growth in this segment. Gross has 15 years of ... Read the full article
Chaucer expands political violence team
13th January 2020
Specialist insurer and reinsurer, Chaucer, has announced the expansion of its political violence team with the appointment of Craig Curtiss as Class Underwriter, and Callum Bennett as Deputy Class Underwriter. Both Curtiss and Bennett join the firm in order to support the growth of its leading Political Violence team, which offers ... Read the full article
QIC names new group CEO
13th January 2020
Qatar Insurance Group has announced the appointment of Salem Khalaf Al Mannai as its Chief Executive Officer. Mannai has occupied a number of key positions within the group since joining its retail department in 2001. He most recently served as the group’s deputy president & CEO and before that held the role ... Read the full article
Former RSA CEO Steve Lewis to lead Pro Global
13th January 2020
Re/insurance consultancy firm Pro Global Insurance Solutions has appointed Steve Lewis as its Chief Executive Officer, effective February 1. Lewis most recently served as UK and International CEO at Multinational insurance group RSA and has previously worked as UKGI CEO at Zurich. Andrew Donnelly, who stepped in for an interim period following ... Read the full article
Swiss Re’s Susan Burke joins Liberty Mutual Re
13th January 2020
Liberty Mutual Re, the reinsurance arm of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Susan Burke to the role of vice president and director of assumed reinsurance within its casualty treaty department. Based in Stamford, Connecticut she will report to Thomas Greene, head of US casualty for LM Re. Burke will be responsible ... Read the full article
Ken Randall to depart R&Q, William Spiegel named successor
13th January 2020
Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (R&Q) has announced that William Spiegel will assume the position of Executive Group Chairman when the firm's co-founder, Ken Randall, steps down in roughly 12 months. Effective immediately, Spiegel has been appointed as Executive Director and Deputy Group Chairman, which forms part of R&Q's management ... Read the full article
Sarah Stephens named Head of Cyber, International at Marsh JLT Specialty
10th January 2020
Global re/insurance brokerage Marsh has announced the appointment of Sarah Stephens as Head of Cyber, International, within Marsh JLT Specialty, effective immediately. Stephens will serve in this newly created role in addition to her current position as Cyber, Media & Technology Leader within the UK FINPRO Practice. She will take responsibility for ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets promotes Meghan Walker to Head of Aviation
10th January 2020
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Meghan Walker as Head of Aviation for the London Market Specialty division. In this role, Walker will be responsible for delivering LSM’s global Aviation strategy, and for leading and developing aviation underwriting team. Meanwhile, Bill Halligan, ... Read the full article
New Dawn Risk recruits Head of Management Liability & Financial Institutions
10th January 2020
New Dawn Risk Group Limited, an independent specialist intermediary for non-marine liability and specialty insurance and reinsurance, has announced the appointment of Nicky Stokes as Head of Management Liability and Financial Institutions. Stokes joins the company from Liberty Specialty Markets in Dubai, where she was AVP, Professional Indemnity. In this role, she ... Read the full article
Dale launches accident & health underwriting offering
10th January 2020
Dale Underwriting Partners has launched its new accident and health (A&H) offering with the appointments of Steve Lawson and Lauren Meredith. Lawson and Meredith, who both join Dale from HDI Specialty, will comprise the new A&H underwriting team. Together, the two new hires bring 45 years of experience in underwriting A&H business. The ... Read the full article
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