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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.
SCOR to announce Kessler successor next year: reports
23rd November 2020
Reports from French media sources suggest that reinsurance giant SCOR could be set to announce a successor to CEO Denis Kessler at its next general meeting in 2021. L'Argus de l'Assurance reports that SCOR had originally been due to reveal Kessler’s replacement at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo this ... Read the full article
American Integrity adds Bauer, Kowalski to leadership team
23rd November 2020
American Integrity Insurance Company has added Shannon Bauer as vice president of sales and Jennifer Kowalski as vice president of national accounts. Bauer’s addition is intended to increase focus on the development and execution the company's sales strategy across all product lines. Kowalski’s appointment was made in a bid to develop and ... Read the full article
Clyde & Co partner Jennette Newman appointed FOIL president
20th November 2020
Clyde & Co partner Jennette Newman has been elected as the new president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL). Newman has been appointed to lead the organisation into a new era and operating environment ushered in by the Covid-19 pandemic. She replaces Anthony Baker, Partner at Plexus Law. At the same time, ... Read the full article
Tysers bolsters Asia and Australasia marine, aviation team
19th November 2020
Independent Lloyd’s broker Tysers has hired a series of Far East reinsurance specialists in an effort to bolster its marine and aviation team in the region. Jane Smart joins from Swiss Re Asia to focus on innovative solutions and Cameron Nicholas will join the firm in January 2021 from Aon Re ... Read the full article
Aon hires Karen O’Donnell as Client Director
19th November 2020
Global re/insurance broker Aon has appointed Karen O’Donnell as Client Director within its PFI and Infrastructure team. O’Donnell will report to Paul Tubb, Executive Director & PFI Team Leader and be based in Edinburgh. Her role will take place effective immediately. She has over 30 years of insurance experience, having held roles as ... Read the full article
QIC announces Antares executive team hires
19th November 2020
Specialty re/insurer QIC Global, the subsidiary of Qatar Insurance Group has appointed Mark Graham Chief Executive Officer of Antares Managing Agency. Before joining Antares, Graham chaired the Solvency II Committee for the Lloyd’s Market Association and headed his own London market-based company, Acuitas Consulting, which provided strategic and operational advice to ... Read the full article
Roberts appointed renewable energy leader within Marsh JLT Specialty
19th November 2020
Marsh has announced the appointment of Hamish Roberts as Global Renewable Energy Leader, Marsh JLT Specialty. Effective 1 January, Roberts will continue to be based in London and will report to Andrew George, Global Head, Energy & Power, Marsh JLT Specialty. He brings over 35 years' experience and was previously Power Leader, ... Read the full article
Aon launches APAC Capital Advisory unit
18th November 2020
Global re/insurance broker Aon has launched an Asia Pacific Capital Advisory unit within its Reinsurance Solutions division, with an aim of delivering a more holistic capital optimisation approach for reinsurers. The launch follows Aon’s Capital Advisory units in the UK and US, where its aim has been to help re/insurer clients ... Read the full article
RLI Corp announces succession plan for CEO Jonathan Michael
18th November 2020
US property and casualty insurer RLI Corp. has announced its succession plan for current Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Michael. Michael announced that he will retire as CEO, effective December 31, 2021, a position he has held since 2001. He has served as Chairman of the Board since 2011 and will remain in that capacity ... Read the full article
Speciality insurer Inigo set to launch at Lloyd’s following StarStone acquisition
18th November 2020
Speciality insurer Inigo is set to launch at Lloyd's of London following the acquisition of Enstar and Stone Point Capital's managing agency StarStone Underwriting (SUL), along with the right to operate Syndicate 1301. Enstar, Stone Point and venture capital firm Dowling will receive $30 million from the sale of SUL in the form ... Read the full article
Artex hires Adrian Lynch as EVP, North America
18th November 2020
Artex Risk Solutions has announced that Adrian Lynch will be joining the company as Executive Vice President, North America, in March 2021. In this newly expanded role, he will be responsible for the oversight and growth of the company's captive management offices across the US, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. Lynch is ... Read the full article
Swiss Re appoints Agis Kitsikis as Head of Client Markets
17th November 2020
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced the appointment of Agis Kitsikis as Head of Client Markets P&C for Canada and English Caribbean. Kitsikis’ role will start immediately and he succeeds Stefan Behr, who recently accepted the position as Swiss Re's Head of Business Development for EMEA. In his role Kitsikis will lead ... Read the full article
Lane Clark & Peacock adds Laura Hobern to insurance consulting practice
17th November 2020
Pensions, investment and insurance consultancy firm Lane Clark & Peacock has appointed Laura Hobern as a Principal within its insurance practice. Hobern joins in December from consultancy Milliman, where she was a senior actuary. Hobern’s role will include both client advisory work and business development and brings in-depth knowledge of IFRS17, having led Milliman’s UK ... Read the full article
Capco appoints Somnath Ghosh as Partner, UK Insurance
17th November 2020
Capco, a management and technology consultancy focused on the financial services industry, has announced the appointment of Somnath Ghosh as Partner within its UK Insurance practice. Ghosh will focus predominantly on finance, risk and regulation as well as insurers’ related data and technology needs. With more than two decades experience in financial ... Read the full article
Alliant hires Steve Shappell as EVP
16th November 2020
US insurance broker Alliant Insurance Services has announced that Steve Shappell has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Specialty Claims and Legal. Shappell will be based in Denver and will provide client advocacy, strategic consulting, and claims resolution options to Alliant’s industry clients across the United States. Prior to joining Alliant, Shappell ... Read the full article
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