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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.
Marsh appoints Alistair Fraser as CEO for UK Corporate
20th September 2018
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Marsh has appointed Alistair Fraser as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its UK Corporate division, replacing Joe Grogan who has been named as Chairman of Marsh Ireland. Fraser, who currently serves as CEO & President Director of Marsh Indonesia, will assume overall responsibility for Marsh’s Corporate ... Read the full article
Beach appoints Marsh’s Jonathan Tritton to London Wholesale Practice as SVP
19th September 2018
Reinsurance brokerage Beach & Associates has announced that Jonathan Tritton is to join its recently-formed London Wholesale Practice as a Senior Vice President in December. Tritton joins from Marsh, where he led the initiative to secure new products and coverage for Marsh & McLennan Agency, Marsh’s middle market retail network, as ... Read the full article
Willis Re reorganises Specialty broking business
19th September 2018
Willis Re Speciality has appointed Jonathan Marsh as Chairman and Printhan Sothinathan as Chief Strategy Officer as part of a restructure designed to provide better career development opportunities and improved clarity of roles and accountability. Graeme Moore will still lead the Willis Re Speciality business as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), while ... Read the full article
AXIS appoints Helen O’Sullivan to lead Ireland subsidiaries
18th September 2018
Bermudian re/insurance group AXIS Capital Holdings has announced the appointment of Helen O’Sullivan as Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Specialty Europe SE and AXIS Re SE. O’Sullivan, who steps into the role having most recently served as Deputy Global Tax Director at AXIS, will oversee the company’s subsidiaries and its branches ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Kiln hires former Novae CFO Reeken Patel
18th September 2018
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has appointed Reeken Patel, formerly of AXIS Capital Holdings and Novae Group plc, as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective 1 October. Patel was group CFO at Novae from 2016, where he was responsible for overseeing the finance, risk, actuarial and investment teams, and played a ... Read the full article
Chubb names Jeremiah Konz as Reinsurance Officer for overseas insurance
18th September 2018
Global property and casualty insurer Chubb has appointed Jeremiah Konz as Executive Vice President, Reinsurance Officer for Chubb Overseas General, the company’s international general insurance business in over 50 countries and territories. Konz currently serves as Senior Vice President, Ceded Reinsurance for Chubb’s North American operation, having joined Chubb in 2012, ... Read the full article
Ethos Specialty names Rory Cline as CEO
17th September 2018
Ethos Specialty Insurance Services, part of Ascot Group’s Managing General Underwriter platform, has appointed Rory Cline as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Cline has served as Chief Underwriting Officer since joining Ethos Specialty at its inception in 2017, before which he served as President of Ascot Specialty U.S, a position ... Read the full article
HDI bolsters underwriting team with appointment of RSA’s Tanya Patel
17th September 2018
Primary commercial specialists HDI Global SE has announced the appointment of Tanya Patel to the role of Underwriter. Patel will be responsible for underwriting a range life science risks including pharmaceuticals, medical products and devices, chemicals and clinical trials. She joins from RSA where, following participation on the insurer’s underwriting graduate scheme, ... Read the full article
Sedgwick integrates Cunningham Lindsey marine division
17th September 2018
Sedgwick has expanded its global marine practice through the integration of both Sedgwick and Cunningham Lindsey’s marine divisions, following the completion of its acquisition of Cunningham Lindsey in April 2018. Sedgwick said that the integration would continue to strengthen the claims services and solutions of its marine practice, which currently ... Read the full article
BMS expands Energy division with four new hires
17th September 2018
Specialist insurance and reinsurance broker BMS Group Limited (BMS) has expanded its Energy division with the appointment of four new team members, who will join in January 2019 and report to James Chicken, Managing Director of Energy. Lynsey Green joins BMS from JLT, where she focused on North American Energy clients. ... Read the full article
Fidelis announces key appointments as Bermuda CEO Ben Savill departs
14th September 2018
Fidelis Insurance, the privately owned Bermuda-based holding company, has announced a series of key role changes including the replacement of Ben Savill as Bermuda Chief Executive Officer. The announcement comes as Fidelis strengthens restructuring its business along four pillars: Bespoke, Reinsurance, Partnerships and Specialty. Hinal Patel, Group Chief Financial Officer, will lead ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty names Head of Underwriting, Delegated Authority, Specialty lines
14th September 2018
Liberty Specialty Markets, a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the hiring of Lewis Edwards as Head of Underwriting, Delegated Authority for Specialty lines. Edwards joins the firm on September 17th, 2018 and will report to Liberty Specialty Market's Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), Specialty, Mike Gosselin. In his new role, ... Read the full article
Simplitium appoints Head of Insurance Product Development
13th September 2018
Simplitium, a global financial services technology provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Cinnober Financial Technology, has appointed Matthew Jones as Head of Insurance Product Development and Aiste Kalinauskaite as Lead Insurance Product Developer, effective October 1. As a catastrophe risk modelling practitioner, Jones will lead the development of the company’s ModEx ... Read the full article
Sirius Group reshapes leadership team ahead of Easterly merger
13th September 2018
Sirius International Group, a global multi-line re/insurance group, has announced a series of promotions and the formation of a new management committee in anticipation for its merger with Easterly Acquisition Corp. Kernan V. Oberting has been appointed President of Sirius Group, and will manage the corporate, investment management, finance and public ... Read the full article
Colony Specialty names Jeff Canfield Head of Casualty
12th September 2018
Colony Specialty, member of insurer and reinsurer Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., has announced the appointment of Jeff Canfield to serve as Head of Casualty, effective immediately. Canfield replaces Jim Cornwell, who is now Senior Vice President (SVP) of Argo Construction. He will report to President of the U.S. Excess & Surplus ... Read the full article