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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.
Gen Re Life names Chandrasena as President & CEO
11th January 2023
Gen Re Life Corporation, the US life and health division of the multinational reinsurance company, has announced that Harindra Chandrasena has been named as its new President and CEO. Chandrasena joined Gen Re in 2021 as a Vice President, when he was tasked with building out the US Life & Health ... Read the full article
Richard Spotswood named Head of Cyber at Newline
11th January 2023
Specialty insurer Newline Group has announced the appointment of Richard Spotswood as the new head of its Cyber Liability product team. In this position, he will oversee and lead the development of Newline’s global cyber portfolio. Spotswood brings 20 years of specialty and financial lines experience to Newline, including more than 10 ... Read the full article
Climate expert Shirel Stedman joins Flood Re board, Paul Leinster steps down
11th January 2023
Shirel Stedman, a flood and climate expert, has been appointed to the board of UK’s government-backed reinsurance scheme, Flood Re as a non-executive director (NED). Her appointment comes at a critical time with climate change on the rise and Flood Re to exit the market in 16 years, according to the ... Read the full article
Arbol names Hector Ibarra as Vice Chairman of LATAM
10th January 2023
Global climate risk solutions platform, Arbol, has announced that insurance-linked securities and parametric insurance expert, Hector Ibarra, has joined the company as Vice Chairman of LATAM. Ibarra holds more than two decades of experience driving market development efforts across the financial industry, including parametric risk transfer products. Most recently, he served as ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets names Head of Digital Strategy for Europe
10th January 2023
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Carl Faulkner to the newly-created role of Head of Digital Strategy for Continental Europe. Faulkner joins LSM from BNP Paribas where he was Head of Digital for five years His new role forms part of LSM’s recently ... Read the full article
WTW names Aon’s Gallina Head of Property Broking
10th January 2023
WTW, a global advisory, broking, and solutions company, has appointed Dominic Gallina as the Head of Property Broking - Real Estate, Hospitality, and Leisure within North American Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB). In this new role Gallina will lead North America’s efforts to deliver custom, analytically driven property solutions for clients ... Read the full article
ABIR announces new officers with Pina Albo elected as new Chair
10th January 2023
Hamilton CEO Pina Albo has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR), becoming the first woman to serve as ABIR Chair in its 30-year history. She succeeded Marc Grandisson, CEO of Arch Capital Group Ltd., in the role, and started her two-year term ... Read the full article
Former MMC CEO Dan Glaser joins CD&R as Operating Partner
10th January 2023
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), a private investment firm, has appointed Dan Glaser, former President and CEO of Marsh McLennan (MMC) as an Operating Partner. According to the announcement, Glaser joins CD&R's Financial Services team and will help source new investments and support portfolio company management teams as they execute their ... Read the full article
Gallagher to launch energy & power risk services in Middle East
10th January 2023
Gallagher has announced that it is launching energy and power risk services for clients in the Middle East, naming Jack Wishart to lead the new practice as Divisional Director & Head of Risk Engineering. Wishart, who is currently Vice President, Risk Engineer, at Marsh in the UAE, will join Gallagher in ... Read the full article
Aston Lark announces two UK senior appointments
10th January 2023
Aston Lark, a Howden company, has today announced two senior appointments following the opening of two new regional offices in the UK. The broker’s new Thames Valley office will be headed by Alistair Matthews, who also joins as a Regional Director with responsibility for a region covering existing offices in ... Read the full article
Allianz Commercial appoints new EC&P Regional Underwriting Manager
10th January 2023
Allianz Commercial announced the promotion of Arshad Rashid to Regional Underwriting Manager for its Engineering, Construction & Power (EC&P) business in London. In his new role, Rashid will help the company to drive EC&P’s growth and lead its technical underwriting activity in England’s capital. He will also be in charge of monitoring ... Read the full article
Keystone names Rhodes new Executive VP of P&C
10th January 2023
Keystone Insurers Group has announced the appointment of Tony Rhodes as its new Executive Vice President of Property & Casualty. Keystone says that in the new role, Rhodes will support the development of P&C opportunities and strategise methods to accommodate growth in all commercial endeavours within the firm. Rhodes most recently served ... Read the full article
Sompo Intl names O’Neill President of Commercial Lines, Insurance, Asia Pacific
9th January 2023
Sompo International, a leading global provider of commercial and consumer P&C re/insurance, has appointed Paul O’Neill as President of Commercial Lines, Insurance, Asia Pacific. Within the role, he will report to Julian James, Sompo International’s CEO, Global Markets, Commercial P&C, and Daniel Neo, CEO, Asia Pacific, Sompo International. Sompo Intl stated that ... Read the full article
AXA XL names Coxall UK Head of Underwriting Management
9th January 2023
AXA XL, the property & casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has announced the promotion of Stephanie Coxall to Head of Underwriting Management, UK & Lloyd’s. In her new role, effective 16 January, Coxall will be responsible for supporting Luis Prato, AXA XL’s Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), UK & Lloyd’s, ... Read the full article
George Hutchings to retire as SVP & COO of Everen Limited
9th January 2023
Everen Limited has announced that George F. Hutchings, Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Operating Officer (COO), will retire at the end of 2023. Robert J. Foskey, SVP and Chief Actuary, will succeed Hutchings as COO on April 1, 2023. Everen has confirmed that Hutchings will remain at the firm for the ... Read the full article
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