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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.
Vesttoo appoints Julia Henderson as Chief Commercial Officer
12th September 2022
Vesttoo has announced the appointment of reinsurance and ILS expert Julia Henderson as Chief Commercial Officer. Henderson has worked in the reinsurance sector for 18 years, having held executive roles at PartnerRe, Brit Insurance, Peak Capital, and Stable. Before joining Vesttoo as a CCO, she served as a member of Vesttoo’s advisory ... Read the full article
Swiss Re’s Group CIO Guido Fürer to retire after 25 years with the company
12th September 2022
Swiss Re’s Group Chief Investment Officer and Country President for Switzerland, Guido Fürer, is set to retire after spending 25 years with the company. Fürer commented on his retirement, stating, “After a 35-year-long, fulfilling career in the financial sector, I want to enjoy more time with my family and dedicate myself ... Read the full article
LGT Capital Partners expands Lumen Re and welcomes external investor
12th September 2022
LGT Capital Partners has announced that US-based investor, The Kresge Foundation, has become an external equity investor in its reinsurer Lumen Re, in addition to the appointment of two senior managers in Bermuda. Structured as a co-investment alongside the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, this direct equity investment in Lumen Re is ... Read the full article
WTW rehires Christian Ryan to lead NA Industry Specialties
12th September 2022
Insurance and reinsurance broker WTW has added Christian Ryan to its North America Corporate Risk & Broking division as Industry Specialties Leader. WTW states that Ryan, whose career has focused solely on industry specialisation and expertise, brings a depth of understanding around the genuine value this approach offers clients. He previously worked ... Read the full article
Brace appoints Tom Sambrook as Head of Underwriting
12th September 2022
Brace Underwriting has announced the appointment of Tom Sambrook as head of underwriting. According to the company, Sambrook will play an integral role in overseeing the underwriting strategy, market engagement and capacity partnerships. He will be based in London and will report to Adam Holberry, co-founder, and CEO. Sambrook joins Brace from ... Read the full article
IQUW adds Warburg as Head Reinsurance, London. Lamer named Head, Reinsurance Bermuda
11th September 2022
IQUW, the property, commercial and speciality re/insurer, has hired Dan Warburg as its new Head of Reinsurance, London. The company has also promoted Rene Lamer to Head of Reinsurance, Bermuda. Warburg was most recently at Lancashire’s Syndicate 2010, where he was a Reinsurance Underwriter. With over 20 years' experience in reinsurance, he had ... Read the full article
Co-founder Evan Glassman leaves New Paradigm
10th September 2022
New Paradigm Underwriters, a specialist managing general underwriter and insurtech platform focused on parametric risk transfer, has announced the departure of co-founder and Board member Evan Glassman. The company confirmed that, going forward, Glassman will no longer serve as an officer and director of New Paradigm and its subsidiaries and is ... Read the full article
Hugh Barbanell joins Aon as Senior Managing Director for Caribbean Region
9th September 2022
Hugh Barbanell has joined Aon as Senior Managing Director for the Caribbean Region. In this new role, he will be based in Miami, Florida. The announcement was made via LinkedIn, with Barbanell joining the firm after sixteen years with SCOR, where he served as Caribbean Market Manager. Barbanell has over three decades ... Read the full article
Everest Re names Catherine Rudow as Global Head of Cyber Reinsurance
9th September 2022
The reinsurance division of Bermuda-based carrier Everest Re Group, Ltd., Everest Reinsurance, has appointed Catherine Rudow to the newly created role of Global Head of Cyber Reinsurance. Rudow assumes responsibility for strategically expanding the company's cyber reinsurance business, driving consistent underwriting best practices and guidelines across the division. She will also be ... Read the full article
Lions Gate appoints Mario Andrade to lead LatAm financial lines
9th September 2022
Lions Gate Underwriting, an independent underwriting agency and Lloyd’s coverholder, has appointed Mario Andrade to the Lions Gate Latin America underwriting team as managing director of its financial lines division. Based in Mexico, Andrade will lead the consolidation and growth of Lions Gate Latin America's financial lines offering in the region, ... Read the full article
TMK makes three new additions to its aviation team
9th September 2022
Specialist international insurer, Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), has announced a number of high-profile appointments in the aviation team. According to the announcement, these appointments are part of a renewed drive in the sector under the direction of CUO Matthew Shaw and David Slevin, the departmental head who joined last year. Lisa Leahy ... Read the full article
WTW appoints Kiran Nayee Client Relationship Director
9th September 2022
WTW, a global advisory, broking, and solutions company has named Kiran Nayee as Client Relationship Director for Large and Complex Casualty Risks. According to WTW, this “key” appointment is part of the company’s P&C expansion. Nayee will report to Garret Gaughan, Head of Direct & Facultative, and will be responsible for complex ... Read the full article
Aon appoints Adriana Karaboutis to its Board of Directors
9th September 2022
Global professional services firm Aon, has announced that Adriana Karaboutis, chief information and digital officer of National Grid plc, has been appointed to its Board of Directors. According to the announcement, the Board expects to appoint Karaboutis to the Audit Committee of the Board and the Compliance Sub-Committee of the Audit ... Read the full article
Brit announces return of Matthew Wilson as Group CEO
9th September 2022
Specialty insurer Brit has revealed that Matthew Wilson is set to resume his role as Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), after taking an indefinite leave of absence due to health reasons. In September 2021, Wilson stepped down from his role to undergo treatment for a rare form of blood cancer, ... Read the full article
Risk Strategies names Steve Trimarchi as SVP, Growth Leader
9th September 2022
Specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, Risk Strategies, has appointed Steve Trimarchi as senior vice president, growth leader for the New England Region. Trimarchi brings more than 16 years of commercial insurance sales and service experience with Marshall & Sterling, Pioneer Bank, and Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. In his new ... Read the full article
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