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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.
Aston Lark hires new Retail Managing Director
24th September 2020
Chartered insurance broker, Aston Lark has announced the appointment of Warren Dickson as UK Retail Managing Director. Warren has over 30 years of insurance industry experience in senior Executive and Boardroom positions across all classes of insurance including personal, commercial and employee benefit lines. His previous roles include Sales & Marketing Director ... Read the full article
Marsh appoints Chief Digital, Data & Analytics Officer
24th September 2020
Re/insurance broker, Marsh has announced the appointment of Tamara Simpkins Franklin as Chief Digital, Data, and Analytics Officer. Her position will be effective from 1st October. She will be based in New York, and will report to John Doyle, President & CEO of Marsh. In this role, Franklin will be responsible for ... Read the full article
CAC Specialty adds Matt Movafaghi to Tax Insurance Practice
24th September 2020
Specialty insurance broker and investment banking platform CAC Specialty has announced the appointment of Matt Movafaghi as Senior Vice President within its Tax Insurance Practice. Most recently, Movafaghi was Senior Tax Counsel for Chevron Corporation, the US multinational energy firm. In this role, he was responsible for implementing tax planning strategies and ... Read the full article
BMS adds Jason Stone to lead Canadian Private Equity, M&A team
24th September 2020
Independent specialist re/insurance broker BMS Group has appointed Jason Stone as Managing Director, BMS Canada Private Equity, M&A division. Effective immediately, Stone will report to Brian Gomes, President & CEO of BMS Canada, and will be based in Toronto. He will lead the Canadian Private Equity and M&A team and focus on ... Read the full article
RAA appoints Markel’s Jed Rhoads as Chair
24th September 2020
The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) has announced that Jed Rhoads, President and Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) at Markel Global Reinsurance, has been appointed as the new Chair of the RAA Board of Directors. Rhoads has worked for Markel for over 18 years, whilst holding the position of President and CUO ... Read the full article
Beazley expands US executive risk team
23rd September 2020
Specialist insurer Beazley has expanded its underwriting and claims presence in the US with a series of new hires within the executive risk team. Elizabeth Cassarino joins Beazley’s Boston team as an underwriter. She most recently served as an executive risk underwriter at Chubb. Before that, she spent six years at Ace ... Read the full article
Fidelis makes senior appointments within pricing team
23rd September 2020
Fidelis Insurance has announced the promotions of David Woods to Head of Property Pricing, and John-Paul O'Hare to Head of Specialty Pricing. Woods has been with the insurer for four years working as their pricing actuary. Previously he worked at RSA where he was an actuarial analyst for over five years. ... Read the full article
Everest Insurance bolsters underwriting leadership with three exec hires
23rd September 2020
Everest Insurance, a division of Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Everest Re Group, has announced three new executive appointments within its underwriting leadership team. Mike Harnett has been named Chief Underwriting Officer in North America. He joined Everest in 2017 as deputy CUO after 13 years with ACE. Harnett will report to Everest Insurance COO ... Read the full article
AXA XL promotes Jonathan Salter to Head of Risk Consulting
23rd September 2020
AXA XL, the property & casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has announced the promotion of Jonathan Salter to Head of Risk Consulting, effective October 1st, 2020. In his new role, Salter will be responsible for driving the Risk Consulting strategy and value proposition across the globe, working closely with ... Read the full article
Peak Re names Pioneer’s Andrew Souter as Director of Markets
23rd September 2020
Hong Kong domiciled reinsurer, Peak Reinsurance Company Limited (Peak Re), has named Andrew Souter as its Director of Markets, effective early November 2020. In his new role, Souter will take oversight of the clients' portfolio in Global Markets and will be responsible for developing Peak Re's Property & Casualty (P&C) reinsurance ... Read the full article
PartnerRe bolsters retrocession team with three new hires
22nd September 2020
Bermuda-based reinsurer PartnerRe has appointed Nicholas Hughes as head of retrocession, as well as two additional new hires within its retrocession team. Based in PartnerRe’s Bermuda office, Hughes will continue to report to Greg Haft, CEO global catastrophe. He most recently served as head of global catastrophe at PartnerRe, having joined the company ... Read the full article
CAC Specialty makes senior appointments to Natural Resources Practice
22nd September 2020
Insurance broker, CAC Specialty (CAC) has announced the appointments of Lisa Harris as Executive Vice President of Client Service and Gary King as Executive Chairman for its newly formed Natural Resources Practice. The Natural Resources Practice will warehouse CAC’s key resources focused on serving clients in the energy, mining, power, and ... Read the full article
BHSI to enter Exec & Professional Lines in France
22nd September 2020
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global re/insurance company, is set to enter the Executive & Professional Lines market in France. To spearhead BHSI's range of products in the country, the company has appointed Olivier Hamon as Head of Financial Institutions and Management Liabilities and ... Read the full article
Enstar adds former XL Chief Actuary, Susan Cross to Board
21st September 2020
Enstar Group Limited has announced the addition of Susan Cross to its Board of Directors as a Class III director, serving on the firm's Audit Committee and Risk Committee, effective October 1st, 2020. Cross currently serves on the board of Unum Group, a Fortune 500 publicly held insurer. Previously, she served ... Read the full article
IAG appoints Nick Hawkins to lead as CEO
21st September 2020
Australian insurer IAG has announced the appointment of Nick Hawkins as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, effective November 2. Hawkins succeeds Peter Harmer, who is set to depart the company after announcing his retirement in April. He joined IAG in 2001 and was appointed Deputy CEO in April this year after 12 ... Read the full article