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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.
McGill & Partners recruits Dan Bailey from Steadfast Re
16th July 2020
Specialty risk solutions business McGill & Partners has confirmed that Dan Bailey is set to join the company from reinsurance broker Steadfast Re. He will take up his new position after just 9 months with Steadfast Re, having joined the firm in October 2019. Bailey is an experienced London and international broker ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter launches new Fac unit; appoints WTW’s Upton as lead
16th July 2020
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance arm of global brokerage Marsh, has announced the launch of Hybrid Solutions UK, a new facultative operation that will be led by Laurence Upton. The new Hybrid Solutions UK team becomes part of GC Fac, and will focus on developing semi-automatic facultative solutions that sit between traditional ... Read the full article
Chubb names General Counsel for Government & Industry Affairs
16th July 2020
Global insurer and reinsurer Chubb has announced the appointment of John Fielding as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Global Government and Industry Affairs. In this role, Fielding will provide legal, regulatory and policy guidance and advice to Chubb's state, federal and international government affairs team. He will coordinate advocacy throughout Chubb’s government ... Read the full article
LSM promotes Rainer Rieger to Head of Casualty, Germany
16th July 2020
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has promoted Rainer Rieger to the role of Head of Casualty Germany. Rieger has worked with the company since 2015 and is replacing Detlef Offenhau, who recently retired from the role. Commenting on the appointment, Ronan Gerety, General Manager of LSM Germany ... Read the full article
Coverys adds underwriter Xiaohan Fang to Syndicate 1975
15th July 2020
Coverys Managing Agency Limited, the Lloyd’s managing agent of Syndicates 1975 and 1991, has announced the appointment Xiaohan Fang as an underwriter for Syndicate 1975. Fang brings over a decade of actuarial and pricing experience to the role and will primarily focus on underwriting North American medical professional liability business. Prior to ... Read the full article
Allison Elzer named as lead of Markel Specialty’s new Risk Solution Services
15th July 2020
Markel Specialty, part of Markel Corporation, has announced the official launch of its newly expanded loss control department, Risk Solution Services, that will be led by Allison Elzer. This new department, headed by Elzer along with her team, is designed to support clients and production partners by offering risk management solutions ... Read the full article
RSG Transactional Risks Europe adds Will Gay to team
15th July 2020
Ryan Specialty Group Europe (RSG Europe) has announced the addition of Will Gay within RSG Transactional Risks Europe (RSG TRE), as it continues to expand the underwriting capabilities of the unit. RSG TRE operates as a specialised Managing General Underwriter that focuses solely on providing transactional insurance solutions to the mergers ... Read the full article
MNK Re hires Lee Ellis to lead International Treaty Division
14th July 2020
Specialist Lloyd’s of London brokerage MNK Re Limited has announced the appointment of Lee Ellis as Managing Director of its International Treaty Division. As part of its strategy MNK Re will now provide a full-service treaty reinsurance offering to its global client base. Ellis, whose appointment is effective July 1st, most recently ... Read the full article
Aon adds Tunnicliffe as UK Chairman for Global & Specialty business
14th July 2020
Global re/insurance broker Aon has appointed Andrew Tunnicliffe as UK Chairman, Global & Specialty, part of its Commercial Risk Solutions, Health Solutions and Affinity business. Tunnicliffe joins on July 27 and brings over 30 years' experience in the insurance space. In his last role with Aon, he was UK CEO of Commercial ... Read the full article
AXIS Insurance bolsters US Cyber team with three senior underwriters
14th July 2020
AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings, has added three underwriters to its US Cyber and Technology team. Peter Smith will join AXIS as Underwriting Manager, US Cyber and Technology, while Emma Werth and Jessica Currier join as Senior Underwriters. “AXIS Insurance’s Global Cyber and Technology business continues ... Read the full article
Brit adds Andrew Thorn, Alex Brice to Private Client team
14th July 2020
Global specialty re/insurer Brit has bolstered its recently-launched Private Client team with the appointment of Andrew Thorn as a Senior Underwriter and Alex Brice as an Underwriter. Brit Private Client was launched to serve brokers operating in the high and ultra-high net worth market. Thorn joins from Chubb having most recently served ... Read the full article
Beach enters transportation market with new hire
14th July 2020
Insurance and reinsurance brokerage Beach & Associates has announced that Christopher Williamson has joined its wholesale division to focus on developing Beach’s new transportation portfolio. Williamson joins from Chesterfield’s North American division where he was involved with binding authorities and facilities, principally in the transportation related arena. In his new role, he ... Read the full article
PwC names Gavin Phillips head of financial services for UK regions
14th July 2020
PwC has announced the appointment of Gavin Phillips as the new leader of its financial services practice in the UK regions. He will work with Andrew Kail, UK Financial Services leader, and Carl Sizer, Head of Regions, to support the firm's clients across the UK and address the growing importance of ... Read the full article
Arch Insurance NA promotes Regan Shulman to EVP, General Counsel
14th July 2020
Arch Insurance, part of Arch Capital Group Ltd., has announced the promotion of Regan Shulman to Executive Vice President (EVP), General Counsel, Arch Insurance North America. In her new role, Shulman takes over from Patrick Nails, who continues in his role as EVP, Chief Claims Officer. Shulman takes oversight of all legal ... Read the full article
Markel adds Thomas Baker as head of renewable energy
14th July 2020
Specialist insurer Markel International has appointed Thomas Baker as senior underwriter and head of renewable energy. Based in Singapore, Baker is Markel’s first Asia-based global head as well as its first renewable energy underwriter in the region. Reporting to Rohan Davies, divisional managing director of energy, he will lead an international team ... Read the full article