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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.
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
Aon / WTW unveil new Executive Committee for combined entity
27th January 2021
Ahead of the proposed combination of global insurance and reinsurance brokerages, Aon and Willis Towers Watson (WTW), the companies have announced the new leadership team, led by Greg Case as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). It was confirmed in March of 2020 that the pair had reached an agreement to combine ... Read the full article
Strategic Risk Solutions expands into Switzerland
27th January 2021
Strategic Risk Solutions, a provider of insurance management and consulting services, has expanded into Switzerland with the appointment of three Managing Directors for the country. Markus Beck, Georg Balint and Maria Sandoval have all been appointed to key positions in the company's Swiss office, which will be located in Zurich. Beck joins ... Read the full article
Propel Insurance hires Angelo Fusaro as CFO
27th January 2021
Insurance agency Propel Insurance has appointed Angelo Fusaro as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), succeeding Pete Hendrick, who has announced his retirement after being in the position for over 16 years. He comes to Propel, a portfolio company of Flexpoint Ford, with over 20 years of experience in financial and operational management. Fusaro ... Read the full article
Oscar makes two senior hires
26th January 2021
Direct-to-consumer health insurer Oscar has appointed Alessa Quane as its Executive Vice President and Chief Insurance Officer. She joins Oscar from AIG, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. In this role she oversaw the management of risk on an enterprise-wide basis and value-based performance metrics. In this ... Read the full article
Lockton adds Matt Heinz to Transaction Liability practice
26th January 2021
Global re/insurance broker Lockton has announced the appointment of Matt Heinz as a Partner in its Transaction Liability practice. He will co-lead the group with Partners Josh Halpern, Eric Ziff and Gaurav Sud, who joined Lockton last year as the firm sought to significantly bolster its transaction liability capabilities. Heinz most recently ... Read the full article
Prudential appoints Caroline Feeney to lead US role
26th January 2021
Prudential Financial has appointed Caroline Feeney as CEO of its US Insurance & Retirement Businesses. She assumes this newly created role effective immediately and will be responsible for driving growth across the consolidated portfolio of US businesses, while ensuring alignment with PGIM, the company’s asset management business. As part of her role, ... Read the full article
Skyward Specialty acquires Aegis Surety & sells XPro in agreements with K2
26th January 2021
Specialty property and casualty (P&C) insurer, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc., has acquired Aegis Surety from K2 Insurance Services, which in turn has acquired the firm's XPro business. Trevor Hash, Aegis Surety Senior Vice President, will become the Head of Contract Surety, reporting to Skyward Specialty’s Head of Surety, Matthew Semeraro. "Combining ... Read the full article
Great American names Kenneth Bearley divisional president
26th January 2021
Great American Insurance Group has announced the promotion of Kenneth R. Bearley to Divisional President within its Property & Casualty Group’s Bond Division. Bearley has over 26 years of experience working for Great American, first joining in 1994 as an underwriter in the Bond Division’s Pittsburgh office. He became a Bond Manager ... Read the full article
Marco appoints Zsolt Szalkai to lead M&A efforts
25th January 2021
European property and casualty specialist Marco Capital has named Zsolt Szalkai managing director, head of mergers and acquisitions. Szalkai joins from Premia, where he most recently served as president of its European operations. He will also become a member of Marco's executive management team. Prior to Premia, Szalkai spent eight years at DARAG working as ... Read the full article
Re/insurance broker Oneglobal launches Bermuda office
25th January 2021
Oneglobal Broking, the commercial re/insurance brokerage owned by investor JC Flowers, has continued the build out of its international operations with the launch of its Bermuda office. Concurrently, the broker has announced the appointment of Craig Douglas as Executive Director, Oneglobal Bermuda, and Kilian Whelan as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of ... Read the full article
Universal names Chubb Tempest Re’s Burns as President of Blue Atlantic
25th January 2021
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. has announced the hiring of Jason Burns as President of its fully-licensed reinsurance intermediary, Blue Atlantic, effective immediately. Burns joins the firm from Chubb Tempest Re, where he most recently managed the US Pro Rata and Risk portfolio for the company out of its Stamford, Connecticut office. He ... Read the full article
Stonybrook hires William Eyre as strategic advisor
25th January 2021
Investment banking and reinsurance broking firm Stonybrook Capital & Risk Management has appointed William Eyre as a strategic advisor. In his new role, Eyre will focus on elevating Stonybrook’s investment banking and alternatives businesses. Eyre was previously Managing Director at Guy Carpenter, Vice Chairman of JLT North America, and before that, Managing ... Read the full article
AXA XL names Ashok Krishna Chief Data, Analytics Officer
25th January 2021
AXA XL, the property & casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has named Ashok Krishnan as Chief Data and Analytics Officer. Krishnan will report to Matthieu Caillat, Chief Operating Officer, AXA XL and will be based in London. He joins from AXA Hong Kong, where he held the position of Chief ... Read the full article
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