Reinsurance News
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.
16th October 2020
Global reinsurer Lockton Re has added Jon Warner as a senior account manager in the Aviation & Aerospace practice. Warner, who arrives early next year, joins from Guy Carpenter where he was most recently part of the Aviation team. He started his career at Hogg Robinson over 30 years' ago before holding ... Read the full article
15th October 2020
Life insurer MetLife has announced a series of changes to its senior leadership team, including the retirement of Latin America executive vice president and president Oscar Schmidt. Schmidt departs after a 26-year career with the company. He will step away from his executive position at the end of the year but will stay ... Read the full article
15th October 2020
Munich Re has announced the appointment of Stefan Golling to its Board of Management. Golling will be succeeding Peter Röder’s position in Management of the Global Clients and North America Division. Röder has chosen to step down from December 31st after 30 years at Munich Re, 14 of which he spent on the ... Read the full article
15th October 2020
AXIS Re, the reinsurance arm of Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has added Lydia LaSalata and Matthew Trinkle to its North American Casualty operation. LaSalata's appointment is effective October 15th, 2020 and she joins the reinsurer as a Senior Underwriter for Professional Liability. She joins AXIS Re from Safety National Re, ... Read the full article
15th October 2020
Australian insurer Suncorp has announced the appointment of Jimmy Higgins as Chief Executive Officer of Suncorp New Zealand. Higgins has been with Suncorp since 2008, holding a range of senior and executive roles across the Australian and New Zealand insurance businesses. Prior to Suncorp, he was a chartered accountant specialising in audit ... Read the full article
15th October 2020
AXA UK & Ireland has announced the appointment of Tara Foley as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AXA UK Retail Insurance. Effective November 2nd, Foley’s appointment will also see her become a member of the UK & Ireland Management Committee. Foley joins AXA from Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), where she has been ... Read the full article
15th October 2020
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited has announced the appointment of Tony Rai as Head of Aspen Insurance UK (AIUK) and Aspen Managing Agency Limited (AMAL) Claims. Rai will join Aspen in early 2021 from Hiscox, where he has been Head of London Market Claims since 2009. In this role ... Read the full article
15th October 2020
Australian insurer and reinsurer, QBE, has announced that the Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of Insurance for QBE International, Colin O'Farrell, is to retire from the company at the end of 2020. O'Farrell's career spans 36 years, 34 of which have been spent with QBE. During this time, he has led the ... Read the full article
15th October 2020
Global insurance and reinsurance broker, Marsh, has announced the appointment of Katherine Keefe as US Cyber Incident Management Leader. In this newly created role, Keefe will be responsible for leading the broker's efforts to assist clients responding to and managing cyber events, including data breaches and ransomware attacks, whilst giving advice ... Read the full article
15th October 2020
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association of America (APCIA) has added new officers to its board of directors. Greg Crabb, president and Chief Executive Officer of Amerisure Companies has been elected as APCIA’s chair while Alan Schnitzer, chairman and CEO of The Travelers Companies, joins as chair-elect. Both appointments are effective on January ... Read the full article
15th October 2020
Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of global brokerage Lockton, has announced that appointment of Andy Massingham as a Senior Broker, based in the London office, as part of the firm's Marine & Energy Division. Massingham joins Lockton Re from rival brokerage Guy Carpenter, where he most recently served as a Managing ... Read the full article
15th October 2020
Tokyo-based reinsurer, The Toa Reinsurance Company, Ltd., is currently in the process of adding life reinsurance to the product offerings of its Zurich, Switzerland domiciled subsidiary, Toa Re Europe. The addition of life reinsurance to the product offering expands on the firm's property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance business, which it ... Read the full article
14th October 2020
PrimeOne Insurance Company has announced the appointment of Eric Jarvis as Chief Operating Officer. Jarvis brings 21 years' experience to the role and will report directly to David Thorson, Chairman and President of PrimeOne. He most recently served as the head of consulting firm Elevate Management and before that led KnightBrook Insurance Company ... Read the full article
14th October 2020
Independent specialty legacy acquirer Compre has announced the appointment of Anson Aguiar as Chief Underwriting Officer of Pallas Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Pallas Re), Compre’s recently-launched class 3A Bermudian reinsurer. He joins Pallas Re from Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings, where he served as Senior Vice President, Legacy M&A. Aguiar brings fourteen ... Read the full article
14th October 2020
Re/insurance broker Marsh has announced the appointment of Mark Walters as a Managing Director within the UK Aviation Practice, effective immediately. In this role, he will provide senior insurance and risk advisory services to Marsh JLT Specialty’s UK aviation and aerospace clients, which includes airlines, airports, manufacturers, and ancillary providers. Walters was ... Read the full article
