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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.
Newfront appoints Courtney Leimkuhler to Board of Directors
28th July 2022
San Francisco-headquartered Tech-enabled broker, Newfront has announced the appointment of Courtney Leimkuhler to the Newfront Board of Directors Brining 20 years in the financial services industry, on both the capital formation and risk management sides of the business, she is now joining the company as its first independent director. Previously, Leimkuhler had ... Read the full article
Evolve Capital Partners names Kevin McMurchy to new role
28th July 2022
Evolve Capital Partners has named Kevin W. McMurchy as its new managing director of insurance financial institutions investment banking. The firm said in a statement that McMurchy will focus on middle-market transactions within the financial services and insurance industries. Most recently, Mr. McMurchy served as the managing director and Group Head of ... Read the full article
HDI Global appoints John Button as Head of Global Distribution
27th July 2022
HDI Global Specialty SE, the specialty lines insurer, has appointed John Button as Head of Global Distribution and Business Development for its Global operations. John will report to Richard Taylor, Member of the Executive Board and Chief Marketing Officer. He will replace Alan Waters, who held the position ... Read the full article
Lancashire appoints John Gressier as a Non-Executive Director
27th July 2022
Lancashire Holdings, the Specialty insurance and reinsurance firm, has appointed John "Jack" Gressier as a Non-Executive Director. Gressier has over thirty years’ experience in the insurance industry having worked since 1986 for BPC Underwriting Agencies, before moving to Charman Underwriting Agencies and subsequently the ACE group as Director of ... Read the full article
Acrisure Re hires Chuck Furlong as senior vice president and broker
27th July 2022
Acrisure Re, the reinsurance division of Acrisure, has appointed Chuck Furlong as senior vice president and broker. Furlong will focus on expanding Acrisure Re’s reinsurance capabilities in property and casualty in North America. He most recently served at Guy Carpenter, where he was head of US casualty facultative reinsurance. Read the full article
TMHCC names new Non-Exec Director to board of Tokio Marine Europe
27th July 2022
Multinational specialty insurance group, Tokio Marine HCC (TMHCC) has appointed Renaud de Pressigny as a Non-Executive Director to the board of its European company, Tokio Marine Europe (TME). With 40 years of experience in the insurance industry, de Pressigny is joining TME Board from his previous position as Managing Director of ... Read the full article
Riverstone names Mike Cain as head of legal and company secretary
26th July 2022
Riverstone International has appointed a new group head of legal and company secretary in Mike Cain. Cain is moving over from Aspen where he was general counsel and company secretary, alongside various other leadership roles including CEO of their Bermuda platform. Luke Tanzer, chief executive officer of RiverStone International, said: “We are ... Read the full article
Hymans Robertson appoints new equity members in Michael Abramson and Emma McWilliam
26th July 2022
Hymans Robertson has promoted Michael Abramson and Emma McWilliam to equity member roles. The firm said that Abramson provides advice within the area of risk transfer, focussing on de-risking strategies for DB pension schemes and on the transfer of pension scheme risk to insurance companies. Meanwhile, McWilliam leads the firm’s insurance ... Read the full article
FedNat CEO Braun steps down, Patterson takes reins
26th July 2022
Florida-based primary insurer FedNat Holding Company has revealed that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Michael Braun, has resigned from his position, effective July 24th. Board member David Patterson has been named as interim CEO while the company seeks to find a permanent replacement. Braun’s resignation follows a challenging period for FedNat, as ... Read the full article
Vermont names Christine Brown new Director of Captive Insurance
26th July 2022
Assistant Director Christine Brown has been promoted to Director of Captive Insurance at Vermont’s Department of Financial Regulation (DFR). She will be succeeding Sandy Bigglestone, who will be appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Division when David Provost retires at the end of August. Brown started her tenure at the Captive Insurance Division ... Read the full article
Howden RE hires Carsten Thienel to establish reinsurance operations in Germany
26th July 2022
Howden RE has announced the appointment of Carsten Thienel as Head of Treaty Reinsurance, Germany. Thienel will establish Howden RE’s operations in the country, via a new office in Hamburg, enabling it to better service German and international reinsurance buyers. With over 30 years of experience in international reinsurance, ... Read the full article
Universal appoints Elizabeth Hansen as chief actuary
26th July 2022
Universal has appointed Elizabeth Hansen as its new chief actuary. Hansen is moving into her new role from being senior vice president of Blue Atlantic Reinsurance Corporation, one of Universal’s subsidiaries. In her new role, she will oversee pricing, reserving, and co-lead risk monitoring enterprise-wide. Steve Donaghy, chief executive officer of Universal, ... Read the full article
Alta Signa appoints Jeroen Kisters as PI manager in the Netherlands
26th July 2022
MGA firm Alta Signa has appointed Jeroen Kisters as professional indemnity manager for the Netherlands. A statement from the firm said that Kisters will be responsible for developing Alta Signa’s professional indemnity (PI) product offering in the Dutch market as part of the business’s wider focus on carefully targeted, sustainable, and ... Read the full article
Allianz Claims appoints two new directors
26th July 2022
Allianz Commercial has promoted Margaret Scott as director of claims strategy and customer experience, and Lee Watts as director of technical claims. Both will continue leading their current teams and report to chief claims officer Graham Gibson. As head of claims strategy and customer experience, Margaret has led transformation ... Read the full article
AXA XL names Burgess Senior Underwriter, Construction, UK & Lloyd’s
25th July 2022
AXA XL has appointed Adrian Burgess as Senior Underwriter, Construction, for the UK and Lloyd’s. The appointment, which becomes effective immediately, will see Burgess responsible for developing and managing underwriting strategies for both renewal and new business within AXA XL’s Construction book of business in the UK Additionally, he will work closely ... Read the full article
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