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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.
Consilium appoints Suzanne Bazire as COO
5th December 2022
Broker firm Consilium has appointed Suzanne Bazire to be its new COO. The company, part of The Aventum Group, said that this was its third new senior leadership appointment in as many months. Bazire will be responsible for leading the operations for Consilium across all of its people and processes. She will ... Read the full article
GNP Seguros names Alejandro Padilla Head of Reinsurance
5th December 2022
Mexico-based insurer Grupo Nacional Provincial (GNP), has appointed Alejandro Padilla Mariscal as Head of Reinsurance. GNP Seguros is one of the largest insurers in Mexico providing insurance policies that cover life, damage and accidents among others. In addition, the company is also active in the provision of reinsurance services. Padilla Mariscal has ... Read the full article
ICAT names Cashman Interim Leader as CEO Butler departs
5th December 2022
Catastrophe focused underwriting manager ICAT (International Catastrophe Insurance Managers LLC), has appointed Ashleigh Cashman as Interim Leader of ICAT, effective immediately. While she steps into this role, Cashman will also be keeping her responsibilities as Chief Underwriting Officer. Cashman replaces President and CEO, Greg Butler. At this time ICAT has not confirmed ... Read the full article
Jencap names Ben Beazley EVP of National Accounts, Property
2nd December 2022
Jencap, an U.S. wholesaler specialising in Workers’ Compensation, has announced the appointment of Ben Beazley as Executive Vice President of National Accounts, Property. In his new role, Beazley will focus on the development and recruitment of talent along with the overall growth of Jencap’s property capabilities and revenue. He will report to ... Read the full article
Brian First named President of Arch Insurance North America
2nd December 2022
Arch has announced the promotion of Brian First to President of Arch Insurance North America from Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of Programs, Property and Specialty. In this newly created role, First will now have executive oversight over Arch Insurance’s business units and certain operations teams. He will continue to report to Matt ... Read the full article
Worldwide Broker Network hires Gyulaffyova as Global Network Coordinator
2nd December 2022
The Worldwide Broker Network (WBN), the world’s largest network of independent insurance brokers and employee benefits consultants, has appointed Alzbeta Gyulaffyova as Global Network Coordinator. Gyulaffyova, who will report to Global Operations, will help strengthen WBN’s leadership team, and add another level of dedication to the culture of care provided by ... Read the full article
Aon hires John Morley as APAC growth leader in strategy & tech team
2nd December 2022
Aon has hired John Morley to be its Asia Pacific growth leader in its strategy and technology team. Morley’s role will become effective on 5 December and is joining the firm from EY, where he was an insurance consulting partner, having previously held roles at Accenture, KPMG, and Willis Towers Watson. He ... Read the full article
Corvus appoints Angela Singhal Whiteford as new Chief Marketing Officer
2nd December 2022
Specialty insurance MGA Corvus Insurance has appointed Angela Singhal Whiteford as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Whiteford holds more than twenty years of marketing and product management experience spanning several technology verticals, including telecommunications, identity management, and robotics. She also has a track record of driving category leadership and brand authority for ... Read the full article
Verisk names Shavel to the role of President
2nd December 2022
Global data analytics provider Verisk has named Lee Shavel to the role of President, following the announcement that incumbent Mark Anquillare is to step down in the middle of January. Shavel, said the firm in a statement, will take on the role of President in addition to his current position as ... Read the full article
Chubb names Carene Madden Financial Lines Manager for UKISA region
2nd December 2022
P&C insurance company Chubb has appointed Carene Madden as Financial Lines Manager for the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa (UKISA.) Based in London, Madden will report to Hilda Toh - Property and Casualty Chief Underwriting Officer for UKISA. Madden’s appointment is effective in the second quarter of 2023. Within this role, Madden will be responsible for managing and ... Read the full article
Mosaic makes two hires to build out its global tax liability team
2nd December 2022
Mosaic Insurance has announced that Tax specialists Will Gay and Ze’ev Deutsch have joined the company’s transactional liability team, boosting the firm’s tax-risk capability. Based in London, Gay will be Head of International Tax, Transactional Liability for Mosaic, where he will lead the development of tax insurance underwriting on risks arising ... Read the full article
Newfront names Marsh veteran John Newell as Chief Commercial Officer
2nd December 2022
San Francisco-based tech-driven broker Newfront has hired industry veteran John Newell as Chief Commercial Officer. Newell holds over two decades of experience as a leader focused on delivering client experiences and building culture. Before joining Newfront, Newell spent twenty years at Marsh, where he began his career as a producer before moving ... Read the full article
West P&I Club promotes two underwriting leaders in Asia
2nd December 2022
West P&I Club, an insurance provider to the global maritime and offshore industries, has announced the promotions of David Griffiths and Xuanlun Cai as Regional Heads of Underwriting for Singapore and Hong Kong respectively. According to the firm, the new appointments will strengthen two of its key regional offices, building on ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re adds EVP Scott Fest from FedNat
1st December 2022
Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance broking and advisory firm, has added Scott Fest as an Executive Vice President (EVP) to its team in Tampa, Florida. The role will see him focus predominantly on SE property carriers, with additional expertise in Workers Comp and Auto carriers, Gallagher Re said. Fest joins the broker ... Read the full article
Reask appoints David Schmid Head of Parametric Products
1st December 2022
Climate analytics and technology driven risk modelling firm Reask, has appointed David Schmid as Head of Parametric Products to expand its global parametric insurance product offering. Schmid is an expert in natural catastrophe risk modelling and parametric insurance. Additionally, he has a deep technical knowledge of modelling, structuring, and underwriting parametric ... Read the full article
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