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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.
Aspen names Swiss Re’s Crystal Ottaviano as Group Chief Risk Officer
19th February 2020
Bermuda domiciled insurer and reinsurer, Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited, has appointed Swiss Re's Crystal Ottaviano as its new Group Chief Risk Officer (CRO), effective March 2nd, 2020. In her new role, Ottaviano will report to Mark Cloutier, Executive Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Aspen. She joins the firm from ... Read the full article
Great-West Lifeco announces key leadership changes
18th February 2020
Insurance-centered financial holding company Great-West Lifeco has made a series of leadership changes, including the appointment of Arshil Jamal to the newly-created role of President and Group Head, Strategy, Investments, Reinsurance and Corporate Development. Jamal, who currently serves as President and COO, Europe & Reinsurance, will be focused on identifying and ... Read the full article
Fleming Re names Jim McNichols as Chief Actuarial Officer
18th February 2020
Bermudian reinsurance firm Fleming Re has announced the appointment of Jim McNichols as its new Chief Actuarial Officer. McNichols has previously served as Chief Actuary at XL Capital in Bermuda, and at Greenlight Re in the Cayman Islands. In total, he has more than 30 years of experience in property and casualty ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual appoints Edward Peña as Treasurer
18th February 2020
The Board of Directors of Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced the appointment of Edward Peña as Senior Vice President and Treasurer. He will take over the role from Laurance H.S. Yahia, who has served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer since 2003, but who will retire on April 3, 2020. Peña joined ... Read the full article
Inga Beale appointed to Crawford & Company’s board
18th February 2020
Crawford & Company, an independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers and corporates, has announced the election of Dame Inga Beale to its Board of Directors, effective February 11th, 2020. Beale served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the specialist Lloyd's of London insurance and reinsurance ... Read the full article
Aspen appoints former VIBE Re CEO Milner, adds new head of MEA
17th February 2020
Former Chief Executive Officer of VIBE Reinsurance, Richard Milner, is set to join the reinsurance arm of Aspen Insurance as senior managing director, Aspen Re International. Milner brings over 20 years’ experience and prior to his tenure at VIBE spent over a decade at AXIS Re, where he eventually served as ... Read the full article
New Dawn Risk hires Senior Treaty Broker from Barbican
17th February 2020
New Dawn Risk Group Limited, an independent specialist intermediary for non-marine liability and specialty insurance and reinsurance, has announced the appointment of Rachel Cohen as a Senior Treaty Broker. Cohen joins the company from Barbican Syndicate at Lloyd’s 1955 where she most recently served as a Class Underwriter of International Casualty ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) expands European team with Swiss Re CorSo hire
17th February 2020
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has expanded its European team and named Daniel Weinmann as head of customer and broker engagement in Germany. Weinmann joins from Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, having most recently served as head of sales for Germany. He brings over 20 years’ experience to the role and will be ... Read the full article
Carleen Patterson joins Alliant’s Public Entity Group from Aon
14th February 2020
Carleen Patterson, previously of insurance and reinsurance broker Aon's Risk Solutions division, has been appointed First Vice President, Practice Leader within Alliant's Public Entity Group. In her new role, Patterson will be based in the company's Dallas, Texas office and will be tasked with providing innovative insurance and risk management solutions ... Read the full article
Martha Notaras joins Palomar’s Board of Directors
13th February 2020
Palomar Holdings, Inc. has announced that Martha Notaras has been appointed to its Board of Directors, replacing Geoffrey I. Miller, who resigned from the company's board, effective February 12th, 2020. The appointment sees Notaras serve for an initial term expiring at the firm's 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and will ... Read the full article
Mike Wilkins takes over as Chairman of QBE
13th February 2020
QBE Insurance Group has announced that former IAG CEO Mike Wilkins has been elected to take over as Chairman of the Group Board, starting from March 1, 2020. He will succeed W Marston Becker who is not standing for re-election, and who will retire from the Board on April 30. Wilkins joined ... Read the full article
CNA hires QBE’s Franzetti as EVP of Worldwide Claim
13th February 2020
US commercial property and casualty (P&C) insurer CNA has announced the appointment of Daniel Franzetti as Executive Vice President (EVP) of Worldwide Claim, effective April 6, 2020. He joins CNA from QBE North America, where he most recently served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Claims Officer. In his new role, Franzetti ... Read the full article
Swiss Re CorSo announces Chubb’s Scheidegger as Chief Claims Officer
12th February 2020
The commercial insurance arm of reinsurance giant Swiss Re has announced that Chubb's Marc Scheidegger is set to join the firm as its new Chief Claims Officer. Effective June 1st, 2020 Scheidegger will relocate from Paris to Zurich to join Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (Swiss Re CorSo), reporting to the company's ... Read the full article
HDI Global Specialty promotes Kangasniemi to Head of Airline
12th February 2020
HDI Global Specialty SE, the collaborative specialty insurance venture between HDI Global and Hannover Re, has promoted Frida Kangasniemi to the role of Head of Airline. Kangasniemi, who was previously Head of General Aviation at the company, will replace Thomas Broms who retired at the end of last year. She has 16 ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Kiln recruits Special Risks underwriter from Barbican
12th February 2020
Tokio Marine Kiln, part of global insurance group Tokio Marine, has announced the appointment of Charlotte Pritchard as an underwriter within its Special Risks team. Pritchard joins the company from Barbican Insurance Group, where she has worked since 2017 as an underwriter specialising in malicious acts including terrorism and political violence. She ... Read the full article