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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.
Carrick Capital names Kari Niblack as President of Blackwell Captive Solutions
5th August 2022
Carrick Capital Partners has appointed industry veteran, Kari L. Niblack, as the President of Blackwell Captive Solutions, a Carrick-sponsored medical stop-loss group captive management company. Niblack has been an Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and employee benefits attorney involved in U.S. healthcare for more than twenty-five years. She has ... Read the full article
AM Best appoints Managing Director of market development for APAC
5th August 2022
Rating agency AM Best has appointed Rob Curtis as managing director of market development for the Asia-Pacific region. He will be based in Singapore and will report to Andrea Keenan - Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. The appointment was effective from July 1, 2022. In addition to this new role, ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual appoints two new GRS underwriting leaders
5th August 2022
Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced the appointments of two new underwriting leaders within Global Risk Solutions (GRS) Underwriting. Brandon Fick will join the company as North America Chief Underwriting Officer and Nate Zangerle is named Chief Underwriting Officer for Global Surety. Fick is said to bring strategic leadership and underwriting experience as ... Read the full article
Distinguished Programs appoints two Regional VPs of Sales
5th August 2022
National insurance program manager, Distinguished Programs has promoted Donna Percival and Erick Schmitt to the newly created position of Regional VPs of Sales. Percival will oversee sales initiatives in the West & Midwest U.S., while Schmitt will manage the Central and Eastern territories. Percival joined Distinguished as a Regional Sales Executive in 2020. Prior to ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Highland makes three appointments within Specialty Property
5th August 2022
Property and casualty insurance underwriting agency, Tokio Marine Highland has announced three appointments within its Specialty Property Division. Linda Long has been named Chief Administrative Officer, in her new role she will be responsible for administering the financial, legal, compliance and human resource activities of Tokio Marine Highland. Long joined Tokio Marine ... Read the full article
Fusion Specialty appoints Richard Liu for US partner role
4th August 2022
Global M&A insurance specialist, Fusion Specialty, has appointed Richard Liu as partner in its new US operation, Fusion Americas. According to the firm, Liu will play an integral role in cementing the MGA’s global capability and presence in North America. He is to assume his new position with immediate effect and will ... Read the full article
Hannover Re adds Swiss Re’s Sharon Ooi to Exec Board to bolster Asia focus
4th August 2022
Sharon Ooi of Swiss Re is set to join reinsurer Hannover Re's Executive Board to strengthen its focus on Asia in January 2023, primarily based in Hong Kong. In her new role, Ooi will oversee the further expansion of the company's property and casualty reinsurance business in the Asia-Pacific region. Ooi joins ... Read the full article
Drew Kovalsky named VP, Credit Underwriter of Crum & Forster’s Credit Division
4th August 2022
Crum & Forster’s Credit Division has announced the appointment of Drew M. Kovalsky as Vice President, Credit Underwriter. Kovalsky, a Chartered Financial Analyst, is responsible for the research, evaluation and underwriting of Crum & Forster’s suite of credit insurance and alternative risk finance products for North American customers and other select ... Read the full article
Lockton announces new additions to Transaction Liability Practice
3rd August 2022
Lockton has announced two new additions to its growing Transaction Liability Practice, suggesting the new hires will bring expertise in real estate transactions and tax matters as the broker continues to enhance its capabilities for its clients. Andrea Anderson joins Lockton as a Senior Vice President in the company’s Transaction Liability ... Read the full article
Beazley creates North American Commercial Property team, appoints regional leaders
3rd August 2022
Specialist re/insurer Beazley has announced that it has restructured its Large Commercial Property along with its Canadian and E&S Property teams to create a single North American Commercial Property Team. The new property team will be supported by four regional hubs to make access simpler for brokers and to create a ... Read the full article
Gallagher appoints Huw Turner as partner in renewable energy team
3rd August 2022
Re/insurance broker Gallagher has named Huw Turner Partner, Renewable Energy as the firm expands the renewables team to meet increased client demand. Turner will be reporting to executive partner Gavin Tidman, and will work closely with Gallagher’s head of renewables, Duncan Gordon. Bringing 25 years of energy sector experience, he joins Gallagher ... Read the full article
Fleming hires Samir Khare to lead casualty ILS platform
3rd August 2022
Fleming Insurance Holding has hired Samir Khare to head up its nascent casualty ILS platform buildout as a part of a $150 million capital infusion by Altamont Capital and Fleming Corp. The buildout will include pooling and structuring capabilities to transform casualty insurance risk to the capital markets. Khare most recently worked ... Read the full article
Genasys names Ian Pettifor Group CFO
3rd August 2022
Insurance software solutions provider Genasys has appointed Ian Pettifor as the company’s new Group Chief Financial Officer. According to Genasys, Pettifor appointment is the latest in a line of C-suite hires by the company as it targets international expansion. It follows the appointment of ex-Duck Creek director Bart Patrick as Chief Revenue ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets promotes Hall to Head of P&C Binders
2nd August 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has promoted Kerry Hall to the newly created role of Head of Property and Casualty Binders. Hall’s appointment is effective immediately. Within this new role, she will be responsible for managing LSM’s EIL, Casualty and Property binders portfolios and associated teams within ... Read the full article
McGill names Danielle Melone partner in fac reinsurance team
2nd August 2022
Specialist re/insurance broker McGill and Partners has appointed Danielle Melone as partner in its Facultative Reinsurance team. In her new position, Melone will focus on North American Property and Builders Risk placements. Prior to joining McGill and Partners, she headed Facultative Reinsurance Solutions at Relay Platform for seven months. She began her reinsurance ... Read the full article
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