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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.
Ascot hires Jeff Canfield to lead unified casualty business structure
6th March 2023
Ascot US has announced a new structure for its Casualty business, which will be led under the strategic direction of Jeff Canfield, EVP, Head of Casualty. The specialty re/insurer has confirmed that its E&S Casualty, Excess Casualty, and Environmental businesses will now be under one unified structure. Based in New York, Canfield is ... Read the full article
Aon appoints Nolwandle Mgoqi as CEO for South Africa
6th March 2023
Global professional services firm Aon has announced the appointment of Nolwandle Mgoqi as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for South Africa, effective today. Before joining Aon, Mgoqi held various executive roles in the financial services sector, including most recently as Chief Executive of Standard Insurance Limited and as Head of Insurance for ... Read the full article
Enstar appoints Gregory as President as O’Shea retires
6th March 2023
Enstar has appointed Orla Gregory as president following the retirement of Paul O’Shea, which came into effect on March 1, 2023. The company announced his planned retirement in the summer of 2022, and has since provided a smooth transition of leadership of the company's M&A activities to chief strategy officer, ... Read the full article
BMS bolsters energy lines team with senior hires
6th March 2023
Independent specialist re/insurance broker BMS has strengthened its service offering across its energy lines, naming Alex Collier and Josh Saggers as directors and Andrew Vertigan as a senior account handler. Based in London, the trio will assume their roles in May and will report to James Chicken, the Managing Director of ... Read the full article
Chubb names head of Management Liability for NA Financial Lines
3rd March 2023
P&C insurer Chubb has appointed industry veteran Steven M. Hill to the role of Executive Vice President, leading Management Liability for the company's North America Financial Lines division. Hill currently serves as Senior Vice President for the division, where he's responsible for public company management liability in the western U.S. The firm ... Read the full article
ABIR appoints Bill O’Farrell to its Board, names Premia Holdings as new member
3rd March 2023
The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) has welcomed Premia Holdings Ltd, a global acquirer and reinsurer of run-off portfolios as a new member. At the same time, Bill O’Farrell, Chief Executive Officer of Premia, has been appointed to the ABIR Board. ABIR, which this year marks 30 years of representing the ... Read the full article
HDI Global opens Representative office in Bangkok, Thailand
3rd March 2023
HDI Global has announced the opening of a Representative office in Bangkok, Thailand, following regulatory approval from the Ministry of Commerce. The new office will be run by newly appointed Marketing Director, Somchai Trongwisalpattana, who will report to Graham Silton, Managing Director of HDI Global Singapore. An experienced industry veteran, Trongwisalpattana brings ... Read the full article
Mohammed AlSudairy named Deputy CEO of Chedid Re KSA
3rd March 2023
Mohammed AlSudairy has been appointed Deputy CEO of Chedid Re KSA. The move is part of the firm’s strategy to expand its business and operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The reinsurance broker started business in the Kingdom in 1998. In view of the important potential of the Saudi market ... Read the full article
Carbon Underwriting names Howard Gras Head of Financial Lines
3rd March 2023
Carbon Underwriting Limited, a specialist, independent managing general underwriter (MGU), has appointed Howard Gras as Head of Financial Lines to lead Carbon’s expansion plans in this line of business. Highly experienced in professional indemnity (PI) and financial lines, Gras brings a deep level of expertise towards his new role. Previously he held the role ... Read the full article
Pen Underwriting names Sarah Breslin Managing Director of Specialty
2nd March 2023
Pen Underwriting has announced that Sarah Breslin, who is currently the firm's Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has been appointed Managing Director of its Specialty division. Breslin has held the role of CFO since 2020 and is set to take on the strategic and operational leadership of the Specialty division from ... Read the full article
AXA XL strengthens US Mid-Market team with senior hires
2nd March 2023
AXA XL Insurance has bolstered its U.S. Mid-Market business with the additions of Bennett Turner as Head of Strategy & Operations and Christopher Fallon as Head of Analytics. Turner joins AXA XL from Liberty Mutual where he most recently led its Equipment Breakdown business including direct insurance and reinsurance for commercial ... Read the full article
Allianz Commercial promotes Pickersgill to regional underwriting manager, London
2nd March 2023
Allianz Commercial has announced the promotion of Karen Pickersgill to the role of regional underwriting manager for London. Pickersgill joined Allianz in 1999 following roles at Aviva and Cigna and has since held several underwriting management positions across the business, including property and casualty manager for Maidstone and then Luton. She most ... Read the full article
Inver Re appoints MS Amlin’s Alun Thomas as Global Head of Property Reinsurance
2nd March 2023
Ardonagh Group’s reinsurance broking arm, Inver Re, has appointed Alun Thomas in the new role of Global Head of Property Reinsurance, where he will report to Chris Bonard, CEO - Bermuda. In the role, Thomas will take on responsibility for developing a new property reinsurance proposition with a base in Bermuda. Thomas ... Read the full article
Wayne Ashley to lead Chubb Tempest Re’s international P&C business
2nd March 2023
Chubb Tempest Re has appointed Wayne Ashley as Division President, Chubb Tempest Re International. The appointment, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to be effective on April 1, 2023. Within the role, Ashley will report to Jim Wixtead, Senior Vice President, Chubb Group and President, Chubb Tempest Re. At the same ... Read the full article
USQRisk names Rhys Jones head of UK pricing
2nd March 2023
USQRisk, an international managing general agent (MGA) specialising in alternative risk transfer solutions, has announced the appointment of Rhys Jones as head of UK pricing and senior underwriter. In his new role, Jones will be in charge of overseeing USQRisk’s underwriting of UK alternative risk transfer transactions. He will report to ... Read the full article
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