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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.
Ascot promotes Keith to Specialty/Casualty CUO, Bermuda
4th April 2022
Specialty re/insurer Ascot has announced that Justin Keith has been promoted to Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), Casualty/Specialty in Bermuda. Within this new role, Keith will oversee Ascot’s Management Liability and Healthcare insurance portfolios, along with Ascot Bermuda’s expansive Casualty/Specialty reinsurance operation. Keith’s promotion comes after spending five years at Ascot. His most ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint expands life reinsurance business
4th April 2022
Global specialty insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint has made a series of appointments as part of the expansion of its Life Reinsurance business. Lourens Fourie joins SiriusPoint as Senior Client manager, Saskya Hafner-Cordova as Client Manager, Chris Reynolds as Head of Life Pricing and Christina Cosma as Pricing Actuary. The newly expanded team ... Read the full article
Aviva names Charlotte Jones as CFO
4th April 2022
London-headquartered insurer Aviva has appointed Charlotte Jones as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Director which will come into effect in September. Jones was previously CFO of RSA Insurance plc and Interim Chief Executive Officer of the RSA UK & International business. She has held a career in financial services including as ... Read the full article
Beazley hires Christian Taube as Head of Cyber, Intl.
4th April 2022
Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Christian Taube as its new Head of Cyber Services – International, continuing the rapid expansion of its cyber team this year. Before joining Beazley, Taube was Chief Information Security Officer at Contentserv and, prior to that, he built the information security practice at DataGuard. Taube will be ... Read the full article
CFC names Roger Francis as Managing Director, CFC Response
4th April 2022
Specialist insurer CFC has appointed Roger Francis to the newly-created role of Managing Director of CFC Response, bringing with him over 15 years of experience within information security. Francis joined CFC in the summer of 2019 to take up the role of Cyber Claims Director, having previously helped businesses protect their ... Read the full article
SCOR Syndicate names Marie Biggas as CUO of SCOR UK
1st April 2022
SCOR Syndicate has appointed Marie Biggas as Active Underwriter and Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of SCOR UK, where she will report to both Stuart McMurdo, CEO of SCOR P&C EMEA and the SCOR Syndicate and to Olivier Perraut, Global CUO Single Risks. Prior to her appointment, Biggas was Vice President, Deputy ... Read the full article
RenRe strengthens ESG aims with new appointments
1st April 2022
RenaissanceRe has made several appointments that it says will further the company’s work in its ESG aims. The firm said it had promoted Harriet James to be VP of its ESG strategy within the Corporate Strategy Team, where she will be responsible for managing strategy across the company. It said it ... Read the full article
Ascot Underwriting adds Andrew Birrel to board
1st April 2022
Ascot has appointed Andrew Birrell to the Board of Ascot Underwriting Limited (AUL), the Managing Agent for Syndicate 1414 at Lloyd’s, as Non-Executive Director and Chair of its Audit Committee and Investment Committee with immediate effect, after the company announced the retirement of Homi Mullan. Birrel joins the AUL board after ... Read the full article
Allianz’s Günther Thallinger joins new UN advisory council on climate action
1st April 2022
Allianz board member Günther Thallinger has joined the UN’s new advisory council on accelerating climate action. A statement from the insurance giant said that Thallinger has become one of sixteen experts on the High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities (HLEG). HLEG will report directly to the ... Read the full article
ClimateWise announces new chair and deputy chair
1st April 2022
Global insurance industry collaboration ClimateWise has announced Kevin O’Donnell, president and CEO of Renaissance Re as its new chair. As well as naming O’Donnell as its new chair, the group has also appointed John Scott, head of sustainability risk at Zurich Insurance as deputy chair. O’Donnell replaces Dominic Christian who has ... Read the full article
MSIG Singapore and Hong Kong to advance Financial Lines and Cyber strategy
1st April 2022
MSIG Insurance’s managing general agent partnership with DUAL Asia (DUAL) will end in June, with MSIG pressing ahead with its expansion strategy for its Financial Lines business through its multi-distribution network. In pursuing its expansion strategy, MSIG will be drawing upon its global financial capacity to underwrite Financial Lines risks and ... Read the full article
AXIS Capital appoints Fintan Mullarkey as CEO of AXIS Specialty Europe
31st March 2022
AXIS Capital has appointed Fintan Mullarkey as CEO of AXIS Specialty Europe SE (ASE). The firm said that the appointment was still pending due to regulatory approval but once confirmed, Mullarkey would be responsible for ASE and the legal entity aspects of its branches. Mullarkey will also join the Board of ... Read the full article
Miller names Andrew Barr as Broker, Credit & Political Risk
31st March 2022
Specialist re/insurance broker Miller has appointed Andrew Barr to its Credit and Political Risks (CPRI) team as Credit & Political Risk Insurance Broker, where he will continue to be based in London. Barr joins from Texel, where he spent the last four years as a broker. Prior to Texel, he was ... Read the full article
Allianz (AGCS) hires Vanessa Maxwell as global head of financial lines
31st March 2022
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has hired Vanessa Maxwell as global head of financial lines. Maxwell has been hired from her current role as UK country manager at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. She will report to Shanil Williams who was promoted to join the AGCS SE Board of Management in January ... Read the full article
Marsh McLennan appoints Mikhail Vanyo as general counsel
31st March 2022
Marsh McLennan has appointed Mikhail Vanyo as general counsel of Marsh. Vanyo will succeed Katherine Brennan, who was made senior vice president and general counsel earlier in the month. He will report directly to Martin South, president and CEO of Marsh, as well as Brennan. Based in New York, Vanyo will ... Read the full article
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