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News on insurance and reinsurance industry hiring, appointments and people moves. News and announcements covering key hires and people moves across the global reinsurance, commercial and specialty insurance markets.
W. R. Berkley creates Berkley Specialty Excess to focus on environmental and energy industries
1st June 2023
W. R. Berkley Corporation has announced the formation of Berkley Specialty Excess. The subsidiary is created to offer excess liability coverages in specialized markets, with an initial focus on the environmental and energy industries. John Termini has been named President of the new business, effective immediately. W. Robert Berkley, Jr., the President and ... Read the full article
RiverStone International makes hires for Non-Executive Directors for UK
1st June 2023
RiverStone International, the largest provider of legacy solutions in Lloyd’s market, has announced the appointments of Heather Thomas and Jose Vazquez as independent Non-Executive Directors of its UK subsidiaries RiverStone Insurance UK Limited and Riverstone Managing Agency Limited. Luke Tanzer, the Chief Executive Officer of RiverStone International said, “We are delighted ... Read the full article
The Hartford announces Henderson’s promotion among a number of leadership appointments
1st June 2023
Property and casualty insurer, The Hartford has announced new leadership appointments in Group Benefits, Small Commercial and Personal lines. Hayes Henderson has been promoted to head of sales and relationship management for Group Benefits, succeeding Lori High who is retiring after 10 years with the company. He will be responsible for developing ... Read the full article
Brown & Brown appoints Pattysue Rauh as chief audit officer
1st June 2023
Insurance brokerage Brown & Brown has appointed Pattysue Rauh as chief audit officer, effective July 2023. In this new role, Rauh will lead Brown & Brown's internal audit and compliance operations, overseeing internal controls. She will also serve on the senior leadership team. Rauh will transition from her current role as executive ... Read the full article
Fortegra hires Abigail Taylor as Chief Operating Officer
1st June 2023
The Fortegra Group, a specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree Inc., has appointed Abigail Taylor as Chief Operating Officer. At the same time, the company has also named Joe Lettween as Chief Innovation, Data Science, and Technology Officer. According to Fortegra, both hires bring a level of expertise and experience amongst Fortegra’s senior leadership across ... Read the full article
Stephen Dzury joins Premia Reinsurance as Senior Vice President, Claims
1st June 2023
Stephen Dzury has joined reinsurance run-off group Premia Holdings Ltd.'s subsidiary, Premia Reinsurance Ltd., as Senior Vice President of Claims. Previously, Dzury served as Senior Vice President of Casualty Claims at IAT Insurance Group. Dzury has also served as Senior Vice President of Claims at Berkley Public Entity (a Berkley Company), Vice ... Read the full article
Duck Creek names Chris McCloskey as Chief Operating Officer
31st May 2023
Duck Creek Technologies has announced the addition of Chris McCloskey to its leadership team as Chief Operating Officer. Duck Creek states that the addition of McCloskey will be instrumental in driving key strategy, operational and transformation initiatives across the entire business, particularly within its customer and professional services organisations. McCloskey joins Duck ... Read the full article
Chaucer names Andrew Pearce as Independent Non-Executive Director
31st May 2023
Specialty re/insurance group Chaucer appointed Andrew Pearce as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the CSL Board. Pearce will also serve on the Audit Committee, Risk and Capital Committee, and Remuneration and Nominations Committee. The necessary regulatory formalities have been completed to support his appointment. Pearce previously served as Managing Director at Accenture ... Read the full article
Inigo hires James Creasy as Head of Cyber Insurance
31st May 2023
Specialty insurer and reinsurer Inigo Limited has appointed James Creasy as its Head of Cyber Insurance. With a well-established background in cyber & technology insurance, Creasy will provide strategic insights that are necessary to protect Inigo's clients. He brings a strong level of expertise in underwriting from Axis Capital, one of the ... Read the full article
Swiss Re’s Oehy to succeed Hitz as PERILS CEO
31st May 2023
Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider, PERILS has announced the appointment of Christoph Oehy as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding current CEO Luzi Hitz who is stepping down from the role. Oehy’s appointment will be effective 1 November 2023. As CEO he will be responsible for leading the PERILS teams across Europe, ... Read the full article
Fidelis MGU promotes Beckert & Adams to lead International & US reinsurance
31st May 2023
Fidelis Managing General Underwriter has promoted Nadia Beckert to the Head of International Reinsurance and Kevin Adams to the Head of US Reinsurance. Beckert is a market veteran who has been with Fidelis Insurance for about two years, she served as the Senior Underwriter for the company while having started as ... Read the full article
McGill and Partners hires former Aon GRS CEO Stubbings as Partner in Bermuda
31st May 2023
Specialist re/insurance broker McGill and Partners has appointed Peter Stubbings as Partner in Bermuda. Stubbings was most recently Aon Reinsurance Solutions’ Chief Executive Officer of Global ReSpecialty. Global ReSpecialty is the division of Aon that is focused on specialty property, other reinsurance and retrocession broking. Stubbings previously worked at Guy Carpenter, where ... Read the full article
FWD Group hires former SiriusPoint CEO Sid Sankaran as its CFO
31st May 2023
Pan-Asian life insurance company FWD Group Holdings Limited has announced the hiring of former SiriusPoint CEO Sid Sankaran as Managing Director and Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Sankaran will take on his new role at FWD Group from September 1st 2023, subject to regulatory approval, but joins the company as a ... Read the full article
Seema Bradbury joins Asta Capital as Chief Risk Officer and Executive Director
31st May 2023
Seema Bradbury has joined Asta Capital Limited, a third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s, as Chief Risk Officer and Executive Director. Bradbury joins this newly created role in Asta Capital from AXIS (AXIS Capital), where she served as the Group Risk Director and Chief Risk Officer. Prior to this, Bradbury held various senior ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re names new CEO for China & Hong Kong, and Head of Beijing
31st May 2023
Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has made senior appointments in China, with a new CEO for the Mainland China and Hong Kong business, as it hired Jia Lou from rival Guy Carpenter to take on the role. Jia Lou is a well-known figure in the China insurance and reinsurance marketplace, and has ... Read the full article
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