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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.
QBE announces Hobson as Head of Surety, UK
8th July 2022
Insurer QBE has announced the appointment of Leroy Hobson as its new Head of Surety, UK. Leroy has over 25 years experience in the surety market, having held Head of Surety roles at Zurich, Chubb and Aon. In his new role he will be responsible for driving profitable ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint names VP, Head of Claims for Environmental/Construction Pollution & Professional
8th July 2022
SiriusPoint has appointed Kanan Sheth as Vice President, Head of Claims for its Environmental/Construction Pollution & Professional team. The announcement was made on LinkedIn earlier this week. Based in New Rochelle, New York, Sheth brings several years of experience in the pollution & professional industry, with her towards her new role. She joins ... Read the full article
Ascot names Tom Nasso to lead new US Marine Insurance structure
8th July 2022
Specialty insurer and reinsurer, Ascot has announced the launch of a new US Marine Insurance structure. The structure will be led by Tom Nasso, Executive Vice President. The new insurance division will combine Ascot’s US Ocean Marine portfolio and US Inland Marine capabilities into a newly aligned underwriting unit. At the same time, ... Read the full article
WTW appoints senior industry figure to its risk and capital management team
8th July 2022
Advisory and broking solutions company WTW, has appointed Kartina Tahir Thomson to the company’s Insurance Consulting and Technology business. Tahir Thomson will be based in London, where she started her new role on 1 July. With over 20 years of actuarial, risk, governance and regulatory experience, she will play an integral role ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s Europe hires Heugues as Chief Underwriting Officer
7th July 2022
Lloyd's has announced the hiring and appointment of former Ageas senior executive as its new Bertrand Heugues as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for the Lloyd's Europe branch. Headquartered in Brussels, the Lloyd's Europe branch was originally established so the market could continue to operate effectively in Europe after Brexit, providing continuity ... Read the full article
AXA XL Reinsurance appoints Peter Kiernan and Simon Penney to new roles
7th July 2022
AXA XL Reinsurance has appointed Peter Kiernan to be its new head of US property for Bermuda reinsurance. Kiernan assumed his role on 1 July and is based in Bermuda. He replaces Simon Penney, who is relocating to London to take up a new global role as head of underwriting analytics ... Read the full article
Vesttoo adds three to EMEA Capital Market team
7th July 2022
Vesttoo, the digital insurance risk transfer and investment platform, has announced the initial members of its Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) focused Capital Market team, which will be led by Stefano Sola. In late June, Vesttoo announced the addition of Sola as its Global Head of Capital Markets, ... Read the full article
Markel International appoints two senior underwriters to renewable energy team
7th July 2022
Markel International has appointed Matthew Rowland and Clifford Blayney as senior underwriters to their renewable energy team, where they will specialise in offshore wind. The two men will report to Tom Baker, head of renewable energy for Markel International, Blayney and Rowland will be based at Markel’s London office. Baker said: “Our ... Read the full article
Enstar president lines up retirement for next year
7th July 2022
Enstar president Paul O’Shea is set to retire next year after nearly three decades with the firm. According to a statement from Enstar, O’Shea will remain as a member of the board of directors of Enstar. David Ni, who joined Enstar in 2019 as EVP of M&A and was appointed chief ... Read the full article
DUAL Europe appoints five new cyber underwriters
6th July 2022
DUAL Europe has announced that it has appointed five new cyber underwriters. The appointments include Nadine Biemann, who has been named Cyber Product Manager. She is a leading cyber specialist, and within her new role she will report to Ali Khodabakhsh, Head of Cyber, located in Germany. The new team will help ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets names new Head of A&H
6th July 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) has appointed Alli MacLean to the newly created role of Head of Accident & Health and Contingency. Within his new role, he will be responsible for further developing LSM’s position within the Accident & Health and Contingency classes. As an experienced veteran within the industry, MacLean has 20 ... Read the full article
Markel International appoints Simon Philpin as new head of trade credit
6th July 2022
Markel International, part of the global insurer, has appointed Simon Philpin to be its new head of trade credit. As head of trade credit, Philpin will be responsible for leading the trade credit team, which operates across Markel’s offices in London, Asia, and the United States. He will also focus on ... Read the full article
Xceedance appoints industry veterans to support the European market
6th July 2022
Re/insurance service provider, Xceedance, has appointed industry veterans Isabelle Clausner and Tracy Harrington Cloud to develop and manage the company’s interactions with insurers in the European region. Based in Paris, and with more than 20 years of experience in European insurance markets, Isabelle Clausner joins Xceedance as vice president, client executive ... Read the full article
QBE Re makes promotions and appointments at NY office
5th July 2022
Reinsurance firm QBE Re has announced several promotions and appointments for its New York office. Salvatore Sama has been appointed head of US financial and professional lines and casualty treaty. He joined QBE Re in April 2021 as senior vice president and head of US financial and professional lines from Swiss ... Read the full article
Riverstone International appoints David Rocke as group head of M&A
5th July 2022
Legacy reinsurance and run-off specialist, RiverStone International has appointed David Rocke as group head of M&A. In addition to this new role, Rocke will also continue to serve as Managing Director at RiverStone Insurance Bermuda Limited, a role he was appointed to in February earlier this year. As an experienced veteran ... Read the full article
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