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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.
TMK appoints Spyropoulos as Asia’s Regional Managing Director
7th April 2022
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has appointed Pavlos Spyropoulos as Regional Managing Director for Asia. Spyropoulos joins TMK from Lloyd’s Asia, where he served as Chief Executive Officer. In 2014, Spyropoulos relocated to Singapore to assume responsibility for Lloyd’s Asia’s market development, and since then he has served in a variety of senior ... Read the full article
WTW names Ed Day as Head of International Property
7th April 2022
Global re/insurance broker, WTW has appointed Ed Day as Head of International Property, where he will report to Garret Gaughan, Head of Direct & Facultative, WTW and based in London. Day was previously EMEA Strategic Broking Director at Aon, as well as a former partner at JLT Speciality, Marsh. Before that, Day ... Read the full article
Dual Europe names Maurizio Ghilosso as Executive Chair
7th April 2022
The global underwriting division of Howden Group Holdings, DUAL Group, has appointed Maurizio Ghilosso as Executive Chair, DUAL Europe as part of its plan to create a $5bn GWP international MGA by 2027. Ghilosso will take on the chairmanship role in addition to his existing role as Managing Director, DUAL Italia. Kieran ... Read the full article
AF Group names Fournier as Vice President & Chief Actuary
7th April 2022
Specialty insurer AF Group has announced the appointment of Amy Fournier as Vice President and Chief Actuary. Fournier’s responsibilities will include oversight of AF Group’s Actuarial and Data Science teams along with pricing and rate functions. Fournier joins AF Group with nearly two decades of experience in personal and commercial insurance lines, ... Read the full article
Aon makes senior hire to its UK client industry sector
6th April 2022
Global re/insurance broker Aon has appointed David Kennedy as Client Industry Sectors Leader for the UK, where he will report to Jane Kielty, UK Chief Commercial Officer. Kennedy, who joins the firm on April 11 2022, brings more than 20 years of experience in corporate risk management, insurance broking and general ... Read the full article
Bishopsgate hires Caroline Richardson to lead new cyber practice
6th April 2022
Bishopsgate has appointed Caroline Richardson to lead its new cyber practice, joining from Miller Insurance Services, where she worked on both retail and wholesale cyber placements and solutions for global corporate organisations and facilities and grew its international and UK business. Prior to Miller she worked as Associate Director of Aon ... Read the full article
Miller hires Chris Hardcastle as Head of Delegated Authorities
6th April 2022
Specialist re/insurance broker Miller has appointed Chris Hardcastle as Head of Delegated Authorities, a newly created role where he will report to Tim Norman, Executive Committee member and Head of Delegated Authorities & Professional Risks. Hardcastle holds just under 30 years’ experience working in delegated authority business, and joins from Alesco ... Read the full article
Rokstone appoints Jonathan Butcher as non-executive director
6th April 2022
Rokstone has appointed Jonathan Butcher as non-executive director. The firm said this was the first time that it had had a non-executive director. James Potter, CEO of Rokstone, comments: “We’re delighted to welcome Jonathan on board as a Non-Executive Director. He has a strong and illustrious underwriting background and business development track ... Read the full article
Mt. Logan Re appoints McBride to Global Head of Marketing and Business Development
5th April 2022
Mt. Logan Re Ltd, the third-party capital arm of Everest Re, has appointed Greg McBride to the newly created position of Global Head of Marketing and Business Development. In addition, the company also announced the retirement of Board Member David Whiting, who joined the company in 2013 and played a critical ... Read the full article
HDI Global Mexico names Mendoza as Managing Director
5th April 2022
HDI Global SE has announced that Omar Mendoza Lizaola has joined its operations in Mexico as Managing Director. At the same time, German Cardenas will assume the role of Executive Operations Director. With 24 years of expertise in the local commercial insurance industry, Mendoza joins HDI Global after an 18 year career ... Read the full article
Risk Solved appoints Richard Thomas into new role
5th April 2022
Risk Solved has appointed Richard Thomas to be its new chief strategy and partnerships officer. The firm said that the appointment was to bolster its continued strategic growth. Prior to his new role, Thomas was European risk control leader at Sompo International Global Risk Solutions after spending 10 years at QBE as ... Read the full article
ILS Bermuda names Jo Stanton as Chair of its Committee
5th April 2022
ILS Bermuda, a group promoting economic development through the growth of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative risk transfer in Bermuda, has appointed Jo Stanton as Chair of the ILS Bermuda Committee, where she will succeed Kathleen Faries. Stanton has been a member of ILS Bermuda since 2015, serving as Deputy Chair ... Read the full article
BILTIR appoints Ross to Board
5th April 2022
Bermuda International Long Term Insurers and Reinsurers (BILTIR) has appointed Hannah Ross to its Board of Directors. Ross currently serves as Chief Strategy and Capital Officer at multi-line insurance and financial services company – The Argus Group, where she leads a team covering group actuarial and risk, capital and finance, and ... Read the full article
QBE names Fabian Desch as Head of Distribution, Continental Europe
5th April 2022
Global insurer QBE has appointed Fabian Desch as Head of Distribution for Continental Europe, where he will report to Andy Besant, Chief Customer Officer, QBE European Operations. He joined from Willis Towers Watson where he was most recently Deputy Head of Broking Western Europe. He has over 21 years’ experience as a ... Read the full article
BMS names Elizabeth Robinson as director, financial lines
5th April 2022
Specialist re/insurance broker BMS has appointed Elizabeth Robinson as a director in financial lines, where she will be based in London, and will report to Chris Madell, managing director of financial and professional lines. Robinson joins BMS from Tysers where she spent more than 5 years, most recently as director of ... Read the full article
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