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News on insurance and reinsurance industry hiring, appointments and people moves. News and announcements covering key hires and people moves across the global reinsurance, commercial and specialty insurance markets.
McGriff names Doug Hodo chief strategic growth officer
12th August 2022
Broker firm McGriff is welcoming back Doug Hodo as he rejoins the firm as chief strategic growth officer. Starting his new role on August 15, Hodo will be reporting to Read Davis, CEO, McGriff Specialty and Middle Market. He will be responsible for creating and managing strategic growth initiatives, including business development ... Read the full article
Peak Re appoints Piotr Nowakowski to Chief Underwriting Officer
12th August 2022
Hong Kong-based global reinsurer, Peak Re has appointed Piotr Nowakowski, currently Director, Head of Product Underwriting for Property and Casualty (P&C) business, as the Company’s Chief Underwriting Officer. Within this new role, Nowakowski will continue to be based in Hong Kong, where he will lead the P&C business team with a ... Read the full article
Norton Rose Fulbright names insurance regulatory and transactions team
12th August 2022
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has announced the arrival of a four-person insurance corporate regulatory team to be based in New York and Los Angeles. The team will be comprised of partner Robert Romano and Stewart Keir who join Locke Lord and will be practising in Norton Rose Fulbright’s New ... Read the full article
WTW expands energy team in Houston with senior hire
11th August 2022
Broker WTW, has announced that it has appointed Blake Koen to join the company’s rapidly expanding energy team in Houston as managing director, global client advocate, natural resources for its North America business. Within this role, Koen will help to develop and execute the strategic direction of WTW’s energy business. Koen brings ... Read the full article
Victor appoints John Tarpey to lead US reinsurance operations
11th August 2022
Victor, a global managing general underwriter (MGU), has announced the appointment of John Tarpey as Leader of its US reinsurance operations. In this role, he will be responsible for the Regional Treaty Services Corporation (RTSC) business that Victor acquired earlier this year, which will now be renamed Victor Reinsurance Managers. Victor Reinsurance ... Read the full article
WTW hires Sarah Conway as Head of its Ecosystem Resilience practice
11th August 2022
Broker WTW has appointed Sarah Conway as Head of its Ecosystem Resilience practice and Director in the Disaster Risk Finance/Parametrics unit within the company’s Climate and Resilience Hub (CRH). Since 2018, WTW’s Ecosystem Resilience practice has become a leader in the risk management and insurance of natural capital assets, including multi-national ... Read the full article
Corvus appoints Madhu Tadikonda as Chief Executive Officer
11th August 2022
Specialty insurance MGA Corvus Insurance has appointed Madhu Tadikonda as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. He will join the Corvus Board of Directors and will report directly to the Board. At the same time, the InsurTech’s founding CEO, Phil Edmundson, will assume the new role of Executive Chair and Chair ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty launches E&P Lines in Switzerland, appoints Head
11th August 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett’s global insurance and reinsurance company, has announced the launch of Executive & Professional (E&P) Lines coverage in Switzerland, naming Christoph Kammermann as Head. Leander Metzger, Country Manager of Switzerland BHSI, said, “Our momentum in Switzerland continues to build quickly with ... Read the full article
Crum & Forster names Nick Cook as new chief risk officer
11th August 2022
Crum & Forster has named Nick Cook to its new position of chief risk officer. Cook will report in his new position to Marc Adee, chairman and CEO of the firm. In this newly formed role, Cook will lead claim audit and claim litigation management in addition to continuing to oversee ... Read the full article
GCube announces opening of Houston office amid underwriting team expansion
10th August 2022
GCube, a member of the Tokio Marine HCC group, has announced the opening of its Houston office, accompanied by a new senior appointment in Sarah Bratton. Bratton joins GCube from Ascot Underwriting and holds over ten years of experience in the energy and power generation underwriting business. She underwrites property and ... Read the full article
Aqueous appoints William Hall to new position
10th August 2022
Aqueous has appointed William Hall as a senior development underwriter. Hall is moving over from his current position at Brunel Professions where he works as an associate director. Terry Shaw, head of PI at Aqueous, said: “I’m pleased to welcome William to the growing team at Aqueous. His track record and experience ... Read the full article
Munich Re Specialty appoints new Head of Inland Marine
10th August 2022
Munich Re Specialty Insurance (MRSI), a division of German reinsurance giant Munich Re, has announced the appointment of Jaymee Parker as Vice President and Head of Inland Marine. Parker is an experienced insurance and risk management professional with strong leadership and sales experience. She specializes in Inland Marine insurance and ocean ... Read the full article
Hippo adds John Nichols to Board of Directors
10th August 2022
Home insurance group, Hippo, has announced the addition of John “Jay” Nichols Jr. to its Board of Directors, who will serve on Hippo’s Compensation Committee as well as the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. Nichols has more than four decades of experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry. He has held ... Read the full article
Aon appoints Sucheng Chang to top job in Hong Kong
10th August 2022
Aon has appointed Sucheng Chang to be the new head of its Hong Kong office. The firm made the announcement through a post on LinkedIn. It is understood that Chang will be moving to his new role after thirteen years with Liberty Mutual Insurance, based in Singapore, where he held a number ... Read the full article
Hudson Insurance appoints Cyber Practice Leader
9th August 2022
Market-leading specialty insurer Hudson Insurance Group has appointed Emily Lowe as Senior Vice President and Cyber Practice Leader for HudsonPro. Within this newly created role, Lowe will be spearheading the development of an Excess Cyber facility for large accounts, while also overseeing Hudson’s overall cyber portfolio. All in all, Lowe brings 15 ... Read the full article
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