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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.
Austin Su named US Underwriting Lead of AXA XL’s Structured Risk Solutions
4th September 2019
AXA's property and casualty (P&C) and specialty division, AXA XL, has named Austin Su as US Underwriting Lead of its Structured Risk Solutions (SRS) business. Based in New York, Su joins SRS' expanding global Alternative Risk Transfer business and will have a focus on the development of structured re/insurance solutions for ... Read the full article
HDI Global Specialty adds two to UK executive team
4th September 2019
HDI Global Specialty SE, the specialty lines insurer launched collaboratively by Hannover Re and HDI Global, has expanded its UK executive team with the appointments of Clare Constable as Director of Claims and Will Morris as Director of Underwriting for Delegated Authority. Constable has over 20 years’ experience in the re/insurance ... Read the full article
Few to lead TigerRisk’s UK, EMEA and Asia expansion
4th September 2019
James Few has left re/insurer MS Amlin to join reinsurance broker TigerRisk Partners LLC as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its London office, reporting to President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), Rob Bredahl. The global brokerage states that Few, a global strategist and product innovator, will lead expansion in the UK, ... Read the full article
JLT Re’s David Flandro joins Hyperion X as Managing Director, Analytics
4th September 2019
Hyperion Insurance Group's data and technology division, Hyperion X, has announced the appointment of David Flandro as Managing Director, Analytics. He joins the firm from global reinsurance broker JLT Re, where he served as Global Head of Analytics and a member of the company's Executive Committee. In his new role, Flandro will ... Read the full article
Aon adds Purves as a partner in risk settlement team
4th September 2019
Global re/insurance brokerage Aon has announced the appointment of Stephen Purves as a partner in its Risk Settlement team. Purves most recently served at Aviva as Head of core business and was responsible for four deal teams and led on several significant transactions in the bulk annuity market. He joins Aon with ... Read the full article
Former TMR CEO Ruoff to join ILS specialist Schroder Secquaero
4th September 2019
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund manager Schroder Secquaero, has announced that Stephan Ruoff, former CEO at Tokio Millennium Re (TMR), is set to join the company as Deputy Head in November. Ruoff served as Group CEO of TMR from April 2015 to March 2019, having joined the company as CEO for Continental ... Read the full article
Marsh appoints senior leaders for Property and FINPRO practices
4th September 2019
Global re/insurance brokerage Marsh has announced the appointments of Michael Rouse as head of US Property and Michelle Sartain as head of Financial and Professional Liability (FINPRO) for the US and Canada. Effective immediately, Rouse will now assume leadership of Marsh’s US Property Practice from Duncan Ellis, who has left the ... Read the full article
Marsh’s Duncan Ellis to join AIG as Head of Retail Property, NA General Insurance
4th September 2019
Global insurer American International Group (AIG) has appointed Duncan Ellis as Head of Retail Property, North America General Insurance, based in New York and reporting to Ken Riegler, President of North America General Insurance, Product & Field Management. Ellis joins the firm in late September from global re/insurance broker Marsh, where ... Read the full article
Pioneer Underwriters names Hazel Beveridge as Chief Actuary
3rd September 2019
Pioneer Underwriters, the underwriting group within Minova Insurance Holdings Ltd, has named Hazel Beveridge as Chief Actuary. Effective September 1st, 2019 Beveridge will join the firm's Executive Committee and reports to Pioneer's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Andrew McMellin. She brings more than 20 years of pricing and reserving experience to the role, ... Read the full article
Chris Beazley named Head of Reinsurance at MS Amlin as James Few departs
3rd September 2019
Global insurer and reinsurer MS Amlin has announced that Chris Beazley, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MS Amlin AG, will take on the additional role of Head of Reinsurance, replacing James Few. The expansion of Beazley's leadership role to include all of MS Amlin's reinsurance business is effective immediately, and sees ... Read the full article
Validus’ Jonathan Ritz appointed President of Aspen
3rd September 2019
Bermudian insurer and reinsurer Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited has announced the appointment of Jonathan Ritz as its President, effective immediately. Formerly, Ritz was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Validus' US Insurance operations, including Western World Insurance Group, Crop Risk Services and Validus Specialty, all of which were acquired by AIG in ... Read the full article
BGC Insurance adds JLT’s Bruce Fine to aviation re/insurance brokerage
3rd September 2019
BGC Insurance Group (BGCI), a division of broker and fintech firm BGC Partners, has announced the addition of Bruce Fine to its new global aviation and space re/insurance brokerage. Based in Atlanta and Chicago, Fine will serve as Managing Partner for US Aviation and Aerospace, as well as President of the ... Read the full article
Fidelis Underwriting adds marine experience to London underwriting team
3rd September 2019
Bob Clarkson has joined the London underwriting team of Fidelis Underwriting Limited, a subsidiary of Bermuda-based Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited. His appointment comes as part of the group's strategic initiative to continue to develop its focused offering of specialty insurance solutions. Clarkson brings three decades of industry experience to the role, as ... Read the full article
Liberty promotes Alice Blake in Bermuda reinsurance build-out
3rd September 2019
Liberty Mutual Re, part of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the promotion of Alice Blake to the role of Senior Underwriter – Financial Risks Reinsurance. Based in Bermuda, her appointment comes as part of a push to build out Liberty Mutual Re’s reinsurance operations on the island. Blake will also ... Read the full article
Steven Farr promoted to Global Head of Upstream Energy, AXA XL Insurance
2nd September 2019
AXA XL Insurance has announced the promotion of Steven Farr to Global Head of Upstream Energy, effective immediately. In his new role, Farr will be tasked with leading the firm's Global Upstream Energy team, based in London. He will be responsible for developing the Upstream Energy book, expanding on and delivering ... Read the full article