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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.
LSM names Jesse van Cleef Head of MBTC Europe, FRS
7th September 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Jesse van Cleef to the newly created role of Head of MBTC Europe, Financial Risk Solutions (FRS). Based in the Netherlands, Van Cleef will report to Alexandra Paton, Head of Continental Europe - FRS. As FRS is launching Multi Buyer ... Read the full article
AXIS promotes Dan Draper to CUO
6th September 2022
AXIS Capital Holdings (AXIS), has announced the promotion of Dan Draper from Group Head of Underwriting to Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO). Based in London, Draper will report to President and CEO Albert Benchimol and join the company’s executive committee. In his new role, Draper will guide the centralization of the company's underwriting ... Read the full article
Everest Re appoints Cherie Dill as Head of Actuarial Pricing, International
6th September 2022
Everest Reinsurance, the reinsurance division of Everest Re Group, has announced the appointment of Cherie Dill as Head of Actuarial Pricing, International. Prior to this appointment, Dill was Vice President of Actuarial at Everest Re and was based in Burmuda. Dill commented on her new position, stating, “I am very much looking ... Read the full article
Swiss Re’s Bishop takes top Data & Analytics role at Aspen
6th September 2022
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, Aspen Insurance Holdings, has appointed Tony Bishop as Group Head of Data and Analytics. He joins the company from Swiss Re, where he most recently served as Head Data Office for the Swiss Re Corporate Solutions unit, based in London. Bishop has spent almost 18 years at Swiss ... Read the full article
Canopius appoints Megan Shao as head of claims for Asia Pacific
6th September 2022
Global speciality re/insurer Canopius Group has announced the appointment of Megan Shao as head of claims for Asia-pacific, effective immediately. Shao holds over 14 years of specialist claims experience along with extensive regional expertise. She previously worked for Zurich as head of claims, Hong Kong and head of financial lines & ... Read the full article
Aon names Jim De Pre Senior Managing Director
5th September 2022
Aon Reinsurance Solutions, the reinsurance arm of global brokerage of Aon, has hired veteran Jim De Pre to lead the Strategy - Accident & Health team in the US as Senior Managing Director. De Pre has over 40 years of industry experience, with his most recent role being at Guy Carpenter. He ... Read the full article
QIC Global appoints Stewart Smith to newly created Business Development Officer role
5th September 2022
QIC Global, the international specialty re/insurance subsidiary of Qatar Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Stewart Smith as business development officer, effective immediately. Smith is set to work across all QIC Global entities to help each identify new areas of opportunity and increase operating efficiency. Having worked in the London market ... Read the full article
Mark Everiss joins Eversheds Sutherland as partner
5th September 2022
Eversheds Sutherland has announced the hire of Mark Everiss as a partner in its Insurance Group. Everiss holds over two and half decades of experience in the re/insurance sector across both contentious and non-contentious matters. He is also regularly instructed in reinsurance disputes in the live and legacy markets, at all ... Read the full article
Compre names Zisaruk Executive Director, Capital, Planning and Projects
2nd September 2022
Compre, the Bermuda headquartered international legacy group has appointed Jonathan Zisaruk to the newly created role of Executive Director – Capital, Planning and Projects, effective 5 September, 2022. Zisaruk will be based in London and will report to Group CEO, Will Bridger. Within this new role, Zisaruk will be responsible for strategic ... Read the full article
Cowbell Cyber makes senior appointments in Matthew Jones and Sean Park
2nd September 2022
Cowbell Cyber has hired Matthew Jones as its new chief strategy officer, while simultaneously appointing Sean Park to its board of directors. The firm said that Jones is joining the firm from Anthemis, where he was managing director after a stint at Swiss Re. Park, a co-founder and co-CIO of Anthemis ... Read the full article
Nick Pritchard joins Aon in Bermuda retro broking role
2nd September 2022
Nick Pritchard has joined Aon as managing director for property retrocession in Bermuda. The move was announced on LinkedIn, with Pritchard joining the firm after two years with Vantage Risk Companies as its SVP and head of property catastrophe. Prior to Vantage, Pritchard spent three-and-a-half years at Neon, as the head ... Read the full article
HIVE names Jay Wigmore Class Underwriter for General Aviation
2nd September 2022
HIVE Underwriters, a London-based managing general agent (MGA), has announced the appointment of Jay Wigmore as Class Underwriter, as part of the company’s expansion into the General Aviation (GA) class. According to the announcement, in his new role, Wigmore will be responsible for building the GA portfolio at HIVE and will ... Read the full article
VHV Reasürans makes two senior management appointments
2nd September 2022
Domestic Turkish reinsurer VHV Reasürans has made two appointments to its senior management level. The firm said that Gürer Baykal will become assistant general manager of technical and claims, while Ali Arisoy will become treaty and business development director. It said in a statement: "We wish them success in their new leadership ... Read the full article
Coface hires David Schuerch as reinsurance underwriter
2nd September 2022
Credit insurer Coface has hired David Schuerch as a reinsurance underwriter. The Zurich-based Schuerch is moving to the firm after over five-and-a-half years at Sompo International, where he was most recently an underwriter for trade credit, surety, and political risks. Before Sompo International, Schuerch spent two years at the Federal Department of ... Read the full article
Zurich recruits Global Cyber Underwriting Manager from Munich Re
2nd September 2022
Switzerland headquartered insurer Zurich Insurance Group has appointed Andreas Schmitt as its new Global Cyber Underwriting Manager. He joins the company from Munich Re, where he most recently served as a Senior Executive Advisor, based in Singapore. Schmitt spent more than 12 years at Munich Re, working across Germany, Australia and Singapore. ... Read the full article
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