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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.
R&Q confirms retirement of co-founder Alan Quilter
2nd January 2024
Non-life specialty insurance firm R&Q Insurance Holdings has confirmed that co-founder Alan Quilter retired and stood down from its Board of Directors on 31 December 2023. Back in March of 2023, R&Q revealed that Quilter, then Group Head of Program Management, would retire from R&Q and the Board of Directors ... Read the full article
Miller expands Fac team with Guy Carpenter’s Ollie Spells
2nd January 2024
Miller, a specialist re/insurance broker, has appointed Guy Carpenter's Ollie Spells as Head of London Property Facultative within the company's Global Facultative team. Spells, who joins the firm this month, specialises in providing complex facultative reinsurance coverages for UK and global property business. In his most recent role at global risk and ... Read the full article
Everest Re names Stephane Bleton as Head of Strategic Reinsurance & Partnerships
29th December 2023
Everest Reinsurance has announced the appointment of Stephane Bleton as the new Head of Strategic Reinsurance and Partnerships. In this role, Bleton will collaborate with clients and brokers to create exciting bespoke solutions to address the ever-changing market environments, the company said. Prior to this role, Bleton worked at New Reinsurance Company ... Read the full article
Rokstone names Amrose head of its new NA Excess Facultative Property team
27th December 2023
Rokstone, the Aventum Group’s international re/insurance MGA, has appointed Paul Amrose as head of its new North American Excess Facultative Property team, based in Connecticut. Amrose is set to join Rokstone on the 2nd of January after serving his notice with Accredited USA, where he was most recently Chief Underwriting Officer. Rokstone ... Read the full article
Sompo Intl. bolsters European presence by naming Talegón Head of Marine, Iberia
27th December 2023
Sompo International, a global provider of commercial and consumer property and casualty re/insurance, has appointed Elena Talegón as Head of Marine Insurance for Iberia. According to the announcement, she will be based in Madrid, where she will report to Jamie Cañellas, Country Manager, Insurance for Iberia. She joins Sompo International from global ... Read the full article
McGriff realigns its regional organisation, appoints four company execs to new roles
22nd December 2023
McGriff, a retail insurance broker across the US, has realigned the business's organisation into three distinct geographic regions, as well as appointing four company executives to new leadership roles. According to the broker, the new structure reaffirms the company's commitment to implementing a client-first, people-centric focus that “never settles for less.” Effective ... Read the full article
Wilfred Chin named Chief Actuary at Hamilton Global Specialty
22nd December 2023
Bermuda insurer and reinsurer, Hamilton Insurance Group, has appointed Wilfred Chin as Chief Actuary at Hamilton Global Specialty, its underwriting platform written by Syndicate 4000 at Lloyd’s and Hamilton Insurance DAC. Chin joins Hamilton from Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) where he served in a range of roles for nearly 15 years. He ... Read the full article
W.R. Berkley strengthens Berkley Entertainment unit
22nd December 2023
W.R. Berkley Corporation has appointed Mark Schuermann as the President of Berkley Entertainment, a Berkley subsidiary. He succeeds Cindy Broschart, who has been named Chair of the business. Both appointments are effective immediately. Berkley Entertainment is a provider of property and casualty insurance products. W. Robert Berkley, Jr., President and Chief Executive ... Read the full article
Everest names Glen Browne as Global Head of Accident & Health
21st December 2023
Everest Group, Ltd., a global underwriting leader specialising in property, casualty, and specialty reinsurance and insurance solutions, has announced the immediate appointment of Glen Browne as the Global Head of Accident & Health (A&H). In his new role, Browne will report directly to Adam Clifford, co-lead of Everest Insurance International. Mike Karmilowicz, ... Read the full article
Everest names Muné COO, Latin America, Insurance International
21st December 2023
Everest has appointed Soledad Muné as Chief Operating Officer, Latin America, Everest Insurance International, effective January 1, 2024. Muné has almost two decades of industry experience and joined Everest’s International Insurance division in early 2023 as Interim Head of International Underwriting Operations. Before Everest, Muné held senior positions at Chubb in both ... Read the full article
SCOR elevates Sütterle and Bartlett to new senior roles for 2024
21st December 2023
French reinsurer SCOR has announced that David Sütterle and Damien Bartlett will be stepping into new senior roles in 2024, which are set to "enhance" the firm's strategic focus and "streamline" its operations. Sütterle will serve as the CEO of ReMark, SCOR Digital Solutions, while also maintaining his current responsibilities ... Read the full article
DeNexus hires ILS expert, George Mawdsley as Head of Risk Solutions
21st December 2023
DeNexus Inc, a provider of second-generation cyber risk quantification and management services, has hired Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) expert, George Mawdsley, as Head of Risk Solutions. In the role, Mawdsley will directly focus on developing the next generation of risk transfer solutions for the cyber insurance and ILS markets, leveraging DeNexus’ cyber ... Read the full article
Skyward Specialty Insurance appoints Mike Morrissey to Board
21st December 2023
Property and Casulty insurer Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. has appointed Mike Morrissey, CFA to its Board of Directors, effective December 14th, 2023. Andrew Robinson, Skyward Specialty Chief Executive Officer, commented, “I am excited to welcome Mike to our Board of Directors. His expertise in the insurance and investment markets, coupled ... Read the full article
Ignite strengthens team with senior appointments
21st December 2023
London domiciled Ignite, a litigation insurance specialist, has made the appointments of Sally-Anne Bradley to ATE Operations Manager and Amy Rothbarth to Technical Underwriter. After The Event (ATE) Insurance is a form of litigation insurance built to protect against the risk of an adverse costs order. Byron Sumner, Chief Executive Officer and ... Read the full article
QBE Re hires Swiss Re’s Guarnori as Head of Underwriting Oversight
20th December 2023
QBE Re, the reinsurance arm of QBE Insurance Group, has hired Swiss Re's Andrew Guarnori as Head of Underwriting Oversight. At the same time, the company has also promoted Ashish (Ash) Ahluwalia to Global Head of Performance & Portfolio Analytics. Both appointments follow Mark Jackaman’s appointment as General Manager, London, which ... Read the full article