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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.
Gallagher hires Regional Managing Director for UK Midlands
26th November 2020
Insurance broker Gallagher has announced that Gareth Parry-Jones has been appointed Regional Managing Director of the Midlands, UK. In his new role, Parry-Jones is responsible for leading over 200 colleagues across branches in Birmingham, Coventry and Leicester. He will report into Peter Matthews, Managing Director of the North in Gallagher’s UK Retail ... Read the full article
AGCS names Karina Suarez as Chief Actuary
26th November 2020
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), Allianz’s specialist carrier for corporate insurance business, has announced the appointments of Karina Suarez as Chief Actuary and Christian Kortebein as Chief Pricing Actuary. Suarez Rodriguez took up her new Munich-based role earlier this month, reporting to AGCS Chief Financial Officer Claire-Marie Coste-Lepoutre. She succeeds Christian ... Read the full article
Charles Taylor appoints Head of Canada
25th November 2020
Technology solutions provider Charles Taylor has promoted Michael Guy and Dallas Hirsche to the positions of Managing Director and Regional Head of Canada, and Deputy Managing Director and Deputy Regional Head of Canada, respectively. These appointments are the result of the continued growth of Charles Taylor’s Canadian Adjusting business and its ... Read the full article
Strategic Risk Solutions names COO of Fund Services & ILS
25th November 2020
Insurance management and consulting services provider Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) has appointed Matthew Charleson as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Fund Services and ILS, effective December 7th. Based in Bermuda, Charleson will be responsible for further developing and implementing SRS’s services within the ILS sector in key jurisdictions, including Bermuda, Cayman, ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) appoints Lauren Finnis to new VP role
25th November 2020
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company, the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, has appointed Lauren Finnis as Vice President, Customer & Broker Engagement, for the Central Region based in Chicago. Previously, she was Vice President of Customer & Broker Engagement for the Eastern Region. Finnis, who has over ... Read the full article
Kovrr adds Lorenzo Sargenti to advisory board
25th November 2020
Cyber risk modelling firm Kovrr has announced the addition of Lorenzo Sargenti to its advisory board. Sargent formerly served as Managing Director of Client Development at RMS. As part of the advisory board, he will play an instrumental role in guiding Kovrr through client and market development initiatives, providing cyber risk modelling ... Read the full article
Willis Re adds Hick as a Director within Australian business
25th November 2020
Willis Re has announced the appointment of Cameron Hick as a Director in its Australian business. Hick will focus on client advocacy, delivering strategic advice, structuring assistance. He will also work towards strengthening Willis Re's relationships with the global reinsurance community. Commenting on the appointment, John Philipsz, CEO of Willis Re Australia said, ... Read the full article
Sompo Int. adds AXA XL’s Paul Shedden to Insurance Executive Leadership Team
24th November 2020
Bermuda-based, global specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, Sompo International Holdings, Ltd., has announced the hiring of Paul Shedden from AXA XL as Head of Portfolio Design, Pricing and Analytics for Global Insurance. In his new role, Shedden will be based in London and will report to Chris ... Read the full article
Markel adds Mark Besca to Board of Directors
24th November 2020
Financial holding company Markel Corporation has announced the appointment of Mark M. Besca to its board of directors. Besca served as a consultant to Ernst & Young, having retired from the company in June 2020 after a 42-year career with the multinational professional services firm. From 2009 to 2011, he served as ... Read the full article
Universal Insurance Holdings hires Matthew J. Palmieri as president
24th November 2020
Universal Insurance Holdings has announced that Matthew J. Palmieri has been appointed as President of Universal Property and Casualty Insurance Company. Palmieri previously served as President of Blue Atlantic Reinsurance Corporation, a wholly-owned reinsurance intermediary subsidiary of Universal Insurance Holdings. He began his career with UVE in 2006, working beside Jon W. ... Read the full article
BHSI makes two promotions within exec, professional lines claims group
24th November 2020
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced two promotions within its Executive & Professional Lines Claims group. Shelby Rootenberg has been named Senior Vice President, Head of U.S. Commercial Lines (Public) and Financial Institutions Claims. Rootenberg came to BHSI in 2014 as Assistant Vice President and Head of Financial Lines Claims. Prior ... Read the full article
Swiss Re CorSo names Tina Baacke as Global Head Risk Engineering Services
24th November 2020
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (Swiss Re CorSo), the commercial insurance arm of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, has announced that Tina Baacke is set to succeed Martin Schürz as Global Head Risk Engineering Services, effective January 1st, 2021. In her new role, Baacke takes on responsibility for leading a global team of ... Read the full article
CoreLogic replaces three directors in Board shakeup
23rd November 2020
Property information and analytics provider CoreLogic has confirmed the addition of three new directors, following pressure from investors Senator and Cannae to replace the majority of its board. Back in July, the two investors initiated a process to call a Special Meeting of shareholders with the aim of removing and ... Read the full article
Sompo Int. names Balthazard Head of APAC Reinsurance, Deputy CEO Singapore
23rd November 2020
Sompo International Holdings, a Bermuda-based global specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and part of Sompo Holdings, Inc., has announced the promotion of Pierre Balthazard. Formerly Senior Vice President (SVP), Head of Asia Pacific Property Catastrophe Reinsurance at Sompo International, Balthazard has been named as the company's new ... Read the full article
BMS appoints Chris Madell to lead new FI division as director
23rd November 2020
Independent specialist re/insurance broker BMS Group has appointed Chris Madell to serve as director of its new financial lines division. Madell joins immediately and will be based in London, reporting to Ian Gormley, managing director of the BMS Global Risks division. He brings over 33 years’ insurance experience in both the London ... Read the full article