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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.
Swiss Re CorSo appoints Annemarie Büttner as Lead Climate Risk Solutions
25th August 2022
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Annemarie Büttner as Lead Climate Risk Solutions. Making the announcement on LinkedIn, Büttner said: “In my new role, I work with corporations that need to understand how they will be impacted by climate change and how to manage the risks that they face.” Moreover, as part ... Read the full article
Barings hires Ken Griffin as Head of Insurance Solutions
24th August 2022
Global investment manager Barings has appointed Ken Griffin as the firm's Head of Insurance Solutions, effective immediately. In this role, Griffin will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of customized solutions in order to meet the needs of Barings' insurance clients globally. Based in Charlotte, N.C., Griffin will report to Colin Gordon ... Read the full article
Everest Insurance names Paul Trueman Head of Aviation
24th August 2022
Everest Insurance, the primary division of Everest Re Group, has appointed Paul Trueman as Head of Aviation for its international business, a newly created role. In his new role, Trueman will lead the Airlines, Aerospace and General Aviation portfolio, responsible for overseeing underwriting, market engagement and treaty purchasing for the company’s ... Read the full article
AXA XL appoints Cedric Franklin as Regional Director of Commercial Bonds
24th August 2022
AXA XL has appointed Cedric Franklin as VP Regional Director, Canada, to address the continued demand for Commercial Bonds from businesses in the country. Franklin will work closely with Alex Barker, Head of Specialty Insurance for Canada and Pat Dougherty, Global Head of Commercial Bonds. He is tasked with leading the continued ... Read the full article
Hamidi takes responsibility for Controlling & Finance at HDI Global SE
24th August 2022
HDI Global has announced that Golshid Hamidi will assume responsibility for Controlling & Finance in the Finance Department of HDI Global SE with effect from 1 September 2022. Within this role, she will report directly to Chief Financial Officer - Dr Christian Hermelingmeier. Jochen Krause has been temporary head of Controlling & ... Read the full article
Clyde & Co expands Singapore shipping & marine practice
24th August 2022
Clyde & Co has expanded its Shipping and Marine Insurance practice in Singapore with the relocation of leading international litigator Andrew Bicknell. Bicknell’s relocation from London to Singapore is set to further strengthen the firm’s global Energy, Marine & Natural Resources practice. He will be based in the firm’s Singapore office ... Read the full article
Allianz Commercial makes three internal appointments
24th August 2022
Allianz Commercial has made three appointments to its distribution team. The firm said it had promoted internally Victoria Ashman to the role of strategic account manager, while Jane Bond and Jess Kingdon have become distribution managers for the Bristol/Cardiff and Maidstone branches. Bond and Kingdon will each lead a team of business ... Read the full article
Swiss Re CorSo appoints Andrea Douglass to new role
24th August 2022
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Andrea Douglass as senior vice president for customer management in Canada. Douglass will begin her role from 29 August and will be based in Toronto, succeeding Sarah Kestle who will retire next month. She has held numerous leadership positions of increasing responsibility within the customer and ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) names Ben Barker as Head of Claims, UK
24th August 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, has announced the appointment of Ben Barker as Head of Claims, UK. Barker has nearly two decades of industry experience and joined BHSI in 2018. He was previously Head of Executive & Professional Lines Claims ... Read the full article
Markel appoints Belvedere as Senior Director, Retail Business Development
24th August 2022
Markel Corporation has appointed Chris Belvedere as Senior Director, Retail Business Development. In this role, Belvedere will oversee national business development focusing on retail, particularly with Markel's strategic and national partners. Belvedere brings over fifteen years of experience towards the role. He has worked in previous leadership underwriting roles, where he oversaw ... Read the full article
Norton Rose adds to regulatory & transactions teams in NYC & LA
23rd August 2022
Global law firm Norton Rose Fullbright has announced the arrival of a four-person insurance corporate regulatory team, comprised of partner Robert Romano, counsel Jonathan Bank and insurance specialists Al Bottalico and Stewart Keir. Joining from Locke Lord, Romano and Keir will practice in Norton Rose Fulbright’s New York office, and Bank ... Read the full article
Canopius Group names Geoffrey Saville Head of Catastrophe Research
23rd August 2022
Specialty insurer and reinsurer, Canopius Group has appointed former WTW Head of Weather and Climate Risk Research, Geoffrey Saville, as Head of Catastrophe Research. Based in London, Saville will report to Paul Wilkinson, Head of Risk Strategy & Analytics. He will help enhance Canopius Group’s science-led understanding and approach to climate ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual Insurance hires Smith as President, GRS North America
23rd August 2022
Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Kevin Smith as President of Global Risk Solutions (GRS) North America, where he will report to GRS President, Neeti Bhalla Johnson Within this new role, Smith will be accountable for delivering GRS North America's financial and operational performance, which includes commercial and specialty businesses in the US, Canada and Bermuda and operates across ... Read the full article
Cover Genius makes “strategic” hires for business services and property partnerships
23rd August 2022
Cover Genius, an insurtech for embedded insurance, has announced three key additions to its leadership team as demand for embedded protection continues to increase. Barney Pierce has been appointed Senior Vice President of Partnerships in APAC. He joins the company after a successful career in senior leadership positions at Google, responsible ... Read the full article
LSM names Lewis Edwards Head of Delegated Authority Practice
23rd August 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has promoted Lewis Edwards to the newly created role of Head of Delegated Authority Practice (DAP). Edwards joined LSM in 2018 and has over 20 years of experience in the industry covering a wide range of roles. Prior to his promotion ... Read the full article
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