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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.
WTW names head of financial solutions for APAC
28th June 2022
WTW has expanded the role of Lee Garvey, who will take on the role of regional head of financial solutions for Asia Pacific at the beginning of July. The firm said that Garvey, who currently leads the Australasia Financial Solutions business, will oversee the development of credit and non-payment insurance solutions, ... Read the full article
WTW adds Taffy Jo Mayers to its Insurance Consulting & Technology business
28th June 2022
Advisory and broking solutions company, WTW has appointed Taffy Jo Mayers to the company’s Insurance Consulting and Technology business. Within this role, she will lead the unit’s Commercial Lines pricing and underwriting propositions in order to help insurers modernise and thrive in this evolving market. Mayers joins WTW from EY North America, ... Read the full article
Hiscox appoints Stéphane Flaquet as Group Chief Operating Officer
28th June 2022
Specialist global insurer and reinsurer, Hiscox has appointed Stéphane Flaquet as the Group’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective from 1st September 2022 and subject to regulatory consents. Flaquet has been with the company since 2010, and has served in a number of different senior roles. Initially he first joined Hiscox as COO ... Read the full article
W. R. Berkley launches enterprise risk solutions firm
28th June 2022
W. R. Berkley has announced the formation of Berkley Enterprise Risk Solutions, a new business focusing on providing workers’ compensation insurance to large businesses headquartered in California. Wayne Bryan will lead the new business, and Hale Johnston has been appointed COO. Bryan has worked in workers’ compensation in ... Read the full article
Brookfield Reinsurance elects board members
28th June 2022
Brookfield Reinsurance has announced the election of eight members to its board of directors, after receiving the green light from shareholders. All nominees proposed for election by holders of Class A and Class B voting shares were approved by shareholders during the company’s annual general and special meeting of shareholders held ... Read the full article
CoreLogic appoints Patrick Dodd as permanent CEO and president
27th June 2022
CoreLogic has appointed Patrick Dodd to be its new president and CEO after serving in the role on an interim basis since January. Dodd will continue to serve on the company’s board of directors. Prior to assuming the top job in January, Dodd served as the company’s chief operating and ... Read the full article
Everest Re names Joe Stuhl SVP of Global Distribution
27th June 2022
Everest Reinsurance has appointed Joe Stuhl as Senior Vice President of Global Distribution, where he will report to Anthony Izzo, Global Head of Facultative and Distribution at the firm. Within this newly created role, Stuhl will lead the reinsurance organisations global distribution strategy. In addition, he will also be responsible for deepening ... Read the full article
Fusion Specialty launches into London market with new hires
27th June 2022
Fusion Specialty has launched a UK office to be headed by Josh Cowen and Samuel Shirley. The UK wing, known as Fusion Specialty UK, will offer M&A insurance in the UK. The company said it will provide access to its Mio product, along with W&I policies and broader M&A products. Cowen joins ... Read the full article
Munich Re Specialty Group NA promotes Rzeszutko to SVP, Marine Underwriting
27th June 2022
Munich Re Specialty Insurance, a division of German reinsurance giant Munich Re, has promoted Karen Rzeszutko to a new leadership role at Munich Re Specialty Group, North America (MRSG N.A.). Making the announcement on LinkedIn, Munich Re Specialty Insurance said that Rzeszutko has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Marine Underwriting. Within this ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re recruits climate resilience leader from World Bank
27th June 2022
Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has recruited Antoine Bavandi to lead a newly established Public Sector & Climate Resilience Solutions global practice. As Global Head of Public Sector, Parametric & Climate Resilience Solutions, he will manage the practice as it looks to advise both public and private sector institutions. Bavandi most recently served ... Read the full article
Maria Johannessen joins Aon’s UK Investment team
27th June 2022
Aon plc has announced that Maria Johannessen is joining the firm as a senior partner and Investment client leader, and Investment leader for the London region. She joins the leading global professional services firm from Mercer, where she was a partner working with investment advisory and fiduciary clients as well as ... Read the full article
Miller hires Susana Bramwell to build out Media & Entertainment
27th June 2022
Independent specialist re/insurance broker Miller has appointed Susana Bramwell to lead an expansion of its offering into the Media, TV and Film space. Joining Miller later this year, Bramwell will become part of a market leading Sports & Entertainment business, which sits within Special Risks. She has over 30 years’ experience in ... Read the full article
Prudential confirms promotions to Group Executive Committee
24th June 2022
Prudential has announced an update on its Group leadership structure. Seck Wai-Kwong, Dennis Tan, Lilian Ng, and Solmaz Altin have all been promoted to the Group Executive Committee, effective July 1st, 2022. They will join current members, Mark FitzPatrick, James Turner, Avnish Kalra, and Jolene Chen. Tan, Ng ... Read the full article
Colin Harper joins Aon alternative risk transfer team
24th June 2022
Aon has appointed Colin Harper as Managing Director, Alternative Risk Transfer and Innovation within its Strategic Solutions and Innovation Practice based in Houston, Texas. Harper joins Aon from Descartes Underwriting, where he spent the previous year as Senior Business Development Manager, North America, also based in Houston. Prior to this, he worked ... Read the full article
BMO Capital Markets appoints Zaremski as Senior Equity Research Analyst
24th June 2022
Michael Zaremski is to become a new Senior Equity Research Analyst, Managing Director at BMO Capital Markets. Zaremski made the announcement on LinkedIn and said that he was excited to share that he’s joined an exceptional group of colleagues at BMO Capital Markets. Zaremski is a well known and highly respected analyst ... Read the full article
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