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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.
MS AUL hires Simon Morgan as Head of Property Delegated Authority
14th September 2022
Lloyd’s market global re/insurer, MS Amlin Underwriting Limited (MS AUL) has appointed Simon Morgan as Head of Property Delegated Authority, where he will report to Sam Geddes, Head of Property and Allied Lines. Morgan will take on the role in November, later this year. Within this role, Morgan will be leading and ... Read the full article
QBE appoints Gill Rhodes as Regional Underwriting Manager to expand UK financial lines
14th September 2022
QBE has announced the appointment of Gill Rhodes as Regional Underwriting Manager to expand its UK financial lines capabilities. Rhodes holds two decades of financial lines underwriting experience and joins from Chubb, where she was Northern Region Financial Lines Manager. In the newly created role, Rhodes will be responsible for QBE’s Financial Lines ... Read the full article
Grainne Richmond appointed Aon Bermuda head of captives
14th September 2022
Re/insurance broker Aon, has appointed Grainne Richmond as executive vice president and head of captives for its Bermuda office. With more than 20 years’ experience of insurance management in Bermuda, Richmond joins Aon from Strategies Risk Solutions (SRS), where she served as vice president for almost two years. Prior to this, ... Read the full article
Athora confirms appointment of Mike Wells as group CEO
14th September 2022
Athora has confirmed the appointment of Mike Wells as its new group chief executive officer. The confirmation of the appointment comes after the receipt of regulatory approval. Wells is a former CEO of Prudential, where he spent over 26 years. Athora also said that regulatory approval has led to Ward Bobitz ... Read the full article
Insurance Advisory Partners makes appointments in London and New York
13th September 2022
Specialist insurance M&A, strategic advisory, and capital-raising partnership, Insurance Advisory Partners (IAP), has appointed Robin Mackie and Samantha Hagar to new roles in London and New York. Mackie will take on the role of senior advisor in the London office. Meanwhile, Hagar joins from PNC Capital Markets to help support the ... Read the full article
HSCM makes two senior promotions
13th September 2022
Asset manager Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM) has promoted Rachel Bardon to deputy CIO and Gokul Sudarsana to chief actuary. The firm said in a statement that the promotions were effective from the beginning of September. Sudarsana’s appointment is pending immigration approval. Michael Millette, managing partner and co-founder of the firm, said: ... Read the full article
Aon names Jeremy Goodman as UK president for Reinsurance Solutions
13th September 2022
Insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has named Jeremy Goodman as the UK president for its Reinsurance Solutions business. Goodman is to take on the role immediately, relocating from Singapore to London, but will maintain his role of head of global broking. As UK president, he replaces Nick Frankland, who will now focus ... Read the full article
Envelop Risk launches new Capital Markets unit with David Ross as Head
13th September 2022
Global specialty cyber underwriting firm, Envelop Risk, has announced the launch of its Bermuda-based Envelop Capital Markets practice, which will be led by underwriter and insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist, David Ross. The practice is set to develop a market for tail risk protection, retrocession, and cyber reinsurance through both indemnity and ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re makes new appointments as it launches the Gallagher Research Centre
13th September 2022
Gallagher Re has appointed Steve Bowen to the role of chief science officer within its Global Analytics & Advisory venture as it launches its new Gallagher Research Centre (GRC). Bowen will be based in Chicago, where he will work closely with the GRC, alongside the firm’s Global Catastrophe Analytics and the ... Read the full article
Aon appoints Allan Karlsen as Chief Operating Officer for EMEA
13th September 2022
Leading global professional services firm, Aon plc has appointed Allan Karlsen as chief operating officer (COO) EMEA, effective September 5, 2022. The company has also confirmed that Karlsen will continue as interim CEO for Aon Denmark and its subsidiaries. In addition to his role for Aon Denmark, Karlsen also serves as chairman ... Read the full article
Boost hires Emy Donavan as Chief Underwriting Officer
12th September 2022
Leading insurance infrastructure platform, Boost has appointed Emy Donavan as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO). Within this new role, she will oversee the firms program underwriting, product development, and portfolio management in collaboration with Boost’s insurtech and embedded partners along with the development and execution of Boost’s reinsurance and risk capital markets ... Read the full article
BMS Re appoints McDowell as Bermuda CEO
12th September 2022
Specialty reinsurance broker BMS Re has appointed Chris McDowell as CEO of BMS Re Bermuda. His appointment is effective November 26, 2022, following the completion of his notice period and any requisite regulatory approvals. At the same time, the company has also appointed Mario Binetti as head of casualty treaty and actuarial ... Read the full article
Chris Beazley named CEO of SCOR UK & the SCOR Syndicate
12th September 2022
French reinsurer SCOR has announced that Chris Beazley, formerly of MS Amlin AG (now known as MS Reinsurance), has joined the firm as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of both SCOR UK and the SCOR Syndicate, effective September 20th, 2022. Subject to regulatory approval, Beazley takes over from Stuart McMurdo, ... Read the full article
Denis Kessler to take over from Claude Tendil as President of RVS
12th September 2022
At its meeting today, the RVS general assembly elected Denis Kessler, a member of the association and representative of the French market since 2010, to take over from Claude Tendil as President. As stated when last re-elected in 2020, Claude Tendil wished to step down as president of the RVS association. RVS ... Read the full article
IQUW strengthens Property team with two new appointments
12th September 2022
Property and Specialty re/insurer IQUW has announced the strengthening of its Property team with the appointments of John Brown as Lead Underwriter, and Stuart Bell as new Head of Property Claims. Brown joins from Beazley, where he was Senior Underwriter and holds more than 20 years of experience in the property ... Read the full article
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