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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.
Clifford Chance hires James Grayer for corporate practice
1st February 2021
International law firm Clifford Chance has appointed insurance attorney James Grayer to its US corporate practice as counsel. Grayer has over 20 years of experience in private practice, most recently serving as senior executive at managing general underwriter, Concord Specialty Risk. He brings transactional and insurance product knowledge to the firm's M&A ... Read the full article
Gossmann & Cie bolsters senior management team
1st February 2021
Liability management company Gossmann & Cie has bolstered its senior management team with three new appointments. Jürgen Rindermann joins as head of claims management. He has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry and recently served as Chief Operating Officer of DARAG Germany. As well leading the company’s claims management, ... Read the full article
Newfront hires Stacey Lem as Managing Account Executive
1st February 2021
San Diego-based broker Newfront Insurance has hired Stacey Lem as the Managing Account Executive for its Employee Benefits practice. Lem has almost 30 years of experience in the carrier and brokerage sides of the industry, bringing a new perspective on the opportunities for innovation and leadership within the practice area. He joins ... Read the full article
Argo names Tom McCartney head of ceded reinsurance
29th January 2021
Specialty insurance and reinsurance firm Argo has announced the appointment of Tom McCartney as group head of ceded reinsurance. McCartney will be based in Chicago and succeeds Katie Partington Howarth, who has been named as the Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) and Head of Reinsurance Products Division at AXIS Re. McCartney joined ... Read the full article
Katie Partington Howarth takes CUO role at AXIS Re
29th January 2021
AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has appointed Katie Partington Howarth as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) and Head of its Reinsurance Products Division. In this role, Partington Howarth will be responsible for the global underwriting approach and portfolio management for all lines of business across AXIS ... Read the full article
MS AUL names Vishal Desai CRO, Catherine Scullion Chief Actuary
29th January 2021
Speciality Lloyd’s (re)insurer MS Amlin Underwriting has announced the appointment of Vishal Desai as Chief Risk Officer and Catherine Scullion as Chief Actuary. Desai reports to the company's Chief Executive Officer Johan Slabbert and brings over 18 years’ of general insurance industry experience. He joins in May from the Bank of England ... Read the full article
Robert Larocca named Chief Strategic Relations Officer at SterlingRisk
29th January 2021
Independent insurance brokerage SterlingRisk Insurance has announced the appointment of Robert F. Larocca as Chief Strategic Relations Officer. Larocca, who began his career at SterlingRisk in 1999, will retain his title of Executive Vice President and continue to report directly to SterlingRisk CEO David Sterling. “It has been an honor to work ... Read the full article
Coverys adds two to Board
29th January 2021
Coverys Managing Agency, a Lloyd’s managing agent, has appointed Sarah Davies as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of Risk & Capital Committee. David Hipkin, who previously served as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk & Capital Committee at Coverys has also been appointed as Non-Executive Chair of the Board. Davies ... Read the full article
Brown & Brown names Stephen Boyd as EVP
29th January 2021
Insurance brokerage Brown & Brown has promoted Stephen Boyd to the position of Executive Vice President and President of the company’s Wholesale Brokerage Segment. Boyd most recently served as Brown & Brown’s Senior Vice President of Technology, Innovation, and Digital Strategy. He joined Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, the company’s subsidiary, in 1995 ... Read the full article
AXA XL names Michael Colao Cyber CUO
28th January 2021
AXA XL has announced the appointment of Michael Colao as Global Chief Underwriting Officer for Cyber. He will be based in London and reports to Libby Benet, Global CUO for Financial Lines. Colao will manage aggregate cyber exposure across AXA XL’s products globally while helping develop and implement underwriting standards globally. He most ... Read the full article
Skyward Specialty appoints John Burkhart to President role
28th January 2021
Specialty property and casualty insurer Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has announced the appointment of John Burkhart as President of its Specialty Lines. In this role, he will have oversight of Executive and Professional Liability, Healthcare Professional Liability, Surety, E&S and the A&H businesses. Burkhart brings 28 years of experience to Skyward Specialty, ... Read the full article
Former Everest Re CEO Addesso joins ClearView Risk board
28th January 2021
Property & casualty insurer Amynta Group has appointed former Everest Re Chief Executive Dominic Addesso as non-executive chairman of ClearView Risk, its habitational property program and wholesale broking business. Addesso brings over 40 years' experience to the role and joins from Everest Re, a company he led for five years before retiring ... Read the full article
Apollo hires Rob Johnston as head of marine
28th January 2021
Specialist re/insurer and Lloyd's syndicate Apollo has appointed Rob Johnston as head of marine and energy liability at Apollo Syndicate 1969. He’s set to join Apollo in April and will report to Simon Mason, head of marine and energy. Johnston joins Apollo from MS Amlin, where he managed several portfolios since 2014 ... Read the full article
ACORD adds five to Board of Directors
28th January 2021
International standards body ACORD has announced that its Board of Directors will be chaired by Kirk Behrens with Robert Bernard Kelly serving as Vice-Chair, along with five new Directors. Stephen Barnham, Chief Information Officer at MetLife Asia has been added to the board. He joined MetLife in June 2017 as the ... Read the full article
Ryan Specialty names Tom Clark EVP
27th January 2021
International specialty insurer Ryan Specialty Group has announced the appointment of Tom Clark as an executive vice president. Clark joins with over 33 years' of industry experience having recently served as president of Nationwide E&S / Specialty. He will now work to develop Ryan Speciality's trading relationships with both retail brokers and ... Read the full article
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