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News on insurance and reinsurance industry hiring, appointments and people move news and announcements. Covering key hires and people moves across the global reinsurance, commercial and specialty insurance markets.
Tim Coles named CEO for European brokerage operations at Bridge Specialty Group
24th November 2023
Bridge Specialty Group, the Wholesale Brokerage segment of Brown & Brown, Inc. has appointed Tim Coles as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the European brokerage operations of Bridge Specialty Group. His new role is effective as of January 1, 2024. Coles most recently served as CEO of Xenia Broking Group, part of ... Read the full article
Harneys strengthens Bermuda law offering with new hire
23rd November 2023
Harneys, a global offshore law firm with a specialism in re/insurance law, has hired Bermudian Litigation, Insolvency and Restructuring Partner Henry Tucker and appointed him as the firm’s Bermuda Office Managing Partner, effective November 21. Tucker advises creditors groups, boards, shareholders, liquidators, trustees and beneficiaries of Bermuda structures in relation to ... Read the full article
CarbonPool appoints Mathilda Strom as Chief Commercial Officer
23rd November 2023
CarbonPool, a Swiss-based insurance start-up, has announced the appointment of Mathilda Strom as Chief Commercial Officer. An experienced entrepreneur, Strom brings to her new role nearly two decades experience in building category-defining businesses worldwide. Strom co-founded BIMA, a microinsurance and digital health player in emerging markets, she helped to redefine how low- ... Read the full article
Westland appoints Don Thompson as Chief Operating Officer
23rd November 2023
Insurance broker Westland has announced the appointment of Don Thompson as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective January 1, 2024. Thompson is an industry veteran with over three decades of experience in the insurance industry. In his new role, he will be responsible for leading Westland’s national operations, helping the ... Read the full article
Beat appoints Cunningham as active underwriter of Syndicates 4242 and 1416
23rd November 2023
Beat Capital Partners has announced that Andrew Cunningham, former deputy active underwriter, has assumed the role of active underwriter of Syndicates 4242 and 1416, effective immediately. Cunningham is a qualified actuary and knowledgable underwriter who collectively holds more than three decades of experience. Acting as deputy active underwriter since 2019, Cunningham has ... Read the full article
Maria Morris elected to Allstate’s Board of Directors
23rd November 2023
The Allstate Corporation has announced that Maria Morris, the former Executive Vice President, Global Employee Benefits at MetLife, has been elected to Allstate’s board of directors, effective January 2, 2024. She previously served on MetLife’s Executive Group for almost 10 years, and also served in a variety of senior leadership positions ... Read the full article
RSA adds Linda Deans to Wholesale Property team
23rd November 2023
Global insurer RSA Insurance has appointed Linda Deans as a Senior Specialist Underwriter for US & International Property in its UK Specialty Lines business. Deans will assume the role in January and report to Jonathan Sigwart, Underwriting Leader of Wholesale International Property, UK Specialty Lines, at RSA Insurance. Sigwart, commented on the appointment, ... Read the full article
Lemonade names Schwartz and Dr. Haj-Yehia to its Board of Directors
22nd November 2023
Lemonade has named two new members to its Board of Directors, Deb Schwartz and Dr. Samer Haj-Yehia, effective immediately. The newly named Directors are set to succeed departing Directors Irina Novoselsky and Silvija Martincevic, who have undertaken CEO roles in other companies. Daniel Schreiber, Lemonade co-Founder and co-CEO, commented, "Deb and Samer ... Read the full article
AEGIS London expands digital trading team for enhanced product offerings
22nd November 2023
Lloyd’s insurer AEGIS London has strengthened its Digital Trading Team with the addition of two industry experts, Iain Lewers and Mark Wilding, to key roles. The team expansion is part of AEGIS London's strategic initiative to diversify its digital product offerings and elevate its presence in online trading platforms. Calum Williams, a ... Read the full article
The Hanover names Marohn President of Specialty P&C
21st November 2023
The Hanover Insurance Group has appointed veteran Stephen P. Marohn as President of Specialty Property and Casualty. Marohn brings to his new role more than 30 years of wide-ranging industry experience, along with an accomplished background in commercial and specialty property and casualty insurance. He will be responsible for leading the company's ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual Re names Dionne Chisolm Senior Underwriting Executive
21st November 2023
Liberty Mutual Reinsurance, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Dionne Chisolm as Senior Underwriting Executive, effective immediately. Collectively, Chisolm holds more than three decades of professional experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry. For 20 of those years, she was a treaty reinsurance underwriter where she produced, managed, and ... Read the full article
Patrick Hagerty becomes SVP & Head of US Retail Property, Everest Insurance
20th November 2023
Everest Insurance, the insurance division of Everest Group, Ltd., has appointed Patrick Hagerty as Senior Vice President and Head of US Retail Property. Based in New York, Hagerty will report to Mike Mulray, President, Everest Insurance North America. In his new role, Hagerty will hold responsibility for all aspects of Everest’s Retail, ... Read the full article
Liu Song becomes Treaty Director of Volante Global’s Singapore branch
20th November 2023
Liu Song has been appointed to the role of Treaty Director of Volante Global's Singapore unit, where he will have a focus on treaty reinsurance underwriting for the company. Song's appointment was announced by Amy Fu, the MD of the Volante Global Singapore office. Volante Singapore is a multi-class, multi-territory international MGA ... Read the full article
wefox appoints veteran Paul Onnen as CTO
20th November 2023
Insurtech wefox has announced the appointment of Paul Onnen as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective immediately, taking over the role from Sergi Banos who was promoted to Chief Platform Officer (CPO). In his new role, Onnen will lead the wefox platform business strategy, overseeing its implementation, development and operations. The company highlighted ... Read the full article
Allianz Trade names Peter Evola Commercial Director, UK & Ireland
20th November 2023
Peter Evola has been appointed Commercial Director for Allianz Trade in the UK & Ireland, effective December 1, 2023, and subject to regulatory process. In his new role, based in London, Evola will lead the team to drive profitable growth and offer a valuable contribution as a member of the UK ... Read the full article