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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.
Markel appoints Tim Pasik to lead commercial casualty product lines
22nd July 2022
Markel Corporation has announced that Tim Pasik has been appointed Managing Director, Commercial Casualty Product Lines Leader for Markel Specialty's insurance operations. In his new role, Pasik will provide oversight for Markel Specialty's commercial primary and excess - retail and wholesale - product lines. Alan Rodrigues, Executive Underwriting Officer, Casualty, said: "We're ... Read the full article
WTW makes series of appointments within its NA Natural Resources business
22nd July 2022
WTW has made a significant investment towards its North American Natural Resources business, as the re/insurance broker has appointed five new industry leaders to bolster the existing North American team. Based in Houston, the new team members will bring expertise to focus on this globally important industry, with a sub-sector focus ... Read the full article
Verisk appoints Elizabeth Mann as Chief Financial Officer
22nd July 2022
Leading global data analytics provider, Verisk, has named Elizabeth Mann as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). In her new role as CFO she will lead Verisk’s global finance organisation, including accounting and controllership, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, strategic sourcing and procurement, tax and treasury. Effective 15 September, ... Read the full article
Miller appoints Paul Jacobs and Steve Quick to new Rural team
22nd July 2022
Independent specialist re/insurance broker Miller has announced its expansion into the farms and estates insurance business with the appointment of Paul Jacobs and Steve Quick to form a Rural team. The Rural team will be part of Miller’s new ‘International Special Asset Insurance’ department, which incorporates its Private Client, Rural and ... Read the full article
David Roberts to stand down as Chair of Beazley
21st July 2022
Specialist insurer Beazley has announced that its chair, David Roberts, will be standing down from the board in autumn 2022. Roberts will take up the role as Chair of the Court of the Bank of England and will succeed Sir Bradley Fried, who served as Chair from June 2018 to June ... Read the full article
Vesttoo appoints Allianz’ Minas Kalachian as Head of Structuring
21st July 2022
Vesttoo has appointed reinsurance executive, Minas Kalachian as its new Head of Structuring. Within this role, he will lead the Product Specialists and Structuring teams at Vesttoo, which will ultimately drive the development of financing solutions for the company’s clients. As well as this, the teams will also design and implement financial ... Read the full article
RMS appoints head of global models and climate risks
21st July 2022
RMS has brought Claire Souch back into the fold as its new head of global models and climate risks. In her new role, Souch will lead on the expansion of core natural catastrophe models, the integration of climate risk factors to them, as well as on development of new climate risk ... Read the full article
Alexander Vollert appointed as a member of AXA’s Management Committe
21st July 2022
AXA has appointed Alexander Vollert, AXA's Chief Operating Officer and CEO of AXA Group Operations (AXA GO), as a member of the company’s Management Committee. Vollert’s appointment is effective September 1st, 2022. Vollert joined AXA in September 2016. He directly started his tenure at the company as CEO of AXA Germany. Prior to ... Read the full article
Convex launches US E&S focused MGU with professional liability hires
21st July 2022
Specialty insurance and reinsurance company Convex has launched a new managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on the insurance market in the United States. Convex US has been launched as an MGU that will have a focus on excess and surplus (E&S) lines business. The MGU, Convex US, will source primary E&S insurance ... Read the full article
EY expands UK Financial Services practice with new partner hire
21st July 2022
EY has appointed UK consulting partner James Anderson to lead its pricing consultancy practice, which offers pricing strategy and advises analytics and technology to non-life insurance firms. Anderson joins from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), a multinational global corporate insurance carrier, where he was the Deputy Global Chief Pricing Actuary. Prior ... Read the full article
Spring Insure appoints Bethany Thomas as Senior Underwriter
21st July 2022
Spring Insure, the specialist financial and professional lines MGA, has appointed Bethany Thomas as Senior Underwriter, continuing the expansion of its team Bethany will be responsible for leading the UK financial lines and commercial directors' and officers' liability insurance team. Bethany has spent her 14-year insurance career as a financial lines ... Read the full article
Hanover Insurance Group elects Elizabeth A. Ward to its board
21st July 2022
The Hanover Insurance Group has announced Elizabeth A. Ward has been elected to the company's board of directors, and has been appointed to serve on the board's audit committee. Ward, 57, has served as Chief Financial Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, a mutual life insurance company, since June 2016. Read the full article
Rossini and Suckerman take new roles within AXA XL cyber business
20th July 2022
AXA XL’s cyber insurance business has announced the creation of two new roles and several regional underwriting management appointments in the US. Rachel Rossini has assumed a new role as Product Manager for Cyber and Technology E&O. In her new role, Rossini will lead the company’s go-to-market strategy in the US cyber ... Read the full article
Ashish Patel named COO at Allianz
20th July 2022
Allianz Holdings has announced the appointment of Ashish Patel to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective from July 2022. In his new role, Patel will have responsibility for overseeing operations and technology. He will also join the Allianz Holdings Executive Committee. Patel has worked for the Allianz Group for nine ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint expands Brian Norton’s role to head of pricing & analytics for Americas
20th July 2022
SiriusPoint has appointed Brian Norton to be its new head of pricing and analytics for the Americas. In his new role, Norton will lead SiriusPoint’s team working on pricing for its America Property business and Bermuda CAT XL. It will also include portfolio analytics in addition to transaction pricing. According to his ... Read the full article
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