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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.
Suncorp adds Jimmy Higgins as CEO, New Zealand
15th October 2020
Australian insurer Suncorp has announced the appointment of Jimmy Higgins as Chief Executive Officer of Suncorp New Zealand. Higgins has been with Suncorp since 2008, holding a range of senior and executive roles across the Australian and New Zealand insurance businesses. Prior to Suncorp, he was a chartered accountant specialising in audit ... Read the full article
Tara Foley named CEO of AXA UK Retail Insurance
15th October 2020
AXA UK & Ireland has announced the appointment of Tara Foley as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AXA UK Retail Insurance. Effective November 2nd, Foley’s appointment will also see her become a member of the UK & Ireland Management Committee. Foley joins AXA from Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), where she has been ... Read the full article
Aspen recruits Head of AIUK and AMAL Claims from Hiscox
15th October 2020
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited has announced the appointment of Tony Rai as Head of Aspen Insurance UK (AIUK) and Aspen Managing Agency Limited (AMAL) Claims. Rai will join Aspen in early 2021 from Hiscox, where he has been Head of London Market Claims since 2009. In this role ... Read the full article
QBE International (Insurance) CUO Colin O’Farrell to retire
15th October 2020
Australian insurer and reinsurer, QBE, has announced that the Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of Insurance for QBE International, Colin O'Farrell, is to retire from the company at the end of 2020. O'Farrell's career spans 36 years, 34 of which have been spent with QBE. During this time, he has led the ... Read the full article
Marsh hires new US Cyber Incident Management Leader
15th October 2020
Global insurance and reinsurance broker, Marsh, has announced the appointment of Katherine Keefe as US Cyber Incident Management Leader. In this newly created role, Keefe will be responsible for leading the broker's efforts to assist clients responding to and managing cyber events, including data breaches and ransomware attacks, whilst giving advice ... Read the full article
APCIA adds Amerisure, Travelers CEOs to board
15th October 2020
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association of America (APCIA) has added new officers to its board of directors. Greg Crabb, president and Chief Executive Officer of Amerisure Companies has been elected as APCIA’s chair while Alan Schnitzer, chairman and CEO of The Travelers Companies, joins as chair-elect. Both appointments are effective on January ... Read the full article
Lockton Re adds Guy Carpenter’s Andy Massingham as a Senior Broker
15th October 2020
Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of global brokerage Lockton, has announced that appointment of Andy Massingham as a Senior Broker, based in the London office, as part of the firm's Marine & Energy Division. Massingham joins Lockton Re from rival brokerage Guy Carpenter, where he most recently served as a Managing ... Read the full article
Toa Re Europe adds life reinsurance to offering
15th October 2020
Tokyo-based reinsurer, The Toa Reinsurance Company, Ltd., is currently in the process of adding life reinsurance to the product offerings of its Zurich, Switzerland domiciled subsidiary, Toa Re Europe. The addition of life reinsurance to the product offering expands on the firm's property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance business, which it ... Read the full article
PrimeOne adds Eric Jarvis as COO
14th October 2020
PrimeOne Insurance Company has announced the appointment of Eric Jarvis as Chief Operating Officer. Jarvis brings 21 years' experience to the role and will report directly to David Thorson, Chairman and President of PrimeOne. He most recently served as the head of consulting firm Elevate Management and before that led KnightBrook Insurance Company ... Read the full article
Compre names CUO of Pallas Re, completes first US deal
14th October 2020
Independent specialty legacy acquirer Compre has announced the appointment of Anson Aguiar as Chief Underwriting Officer of Pallas Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Pallas Re), Compre’s recently-launched class 3A Bermudian reinsurer. He joins Pallas Re from Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings, where he served as Senior Vice President, Legacy M&A. Aguiar brings fourteen ... Read the full article
Marsh adds senior hires to UK aviation team
14th October 2020
Re/insurance broker Marsh has announced the appointment of Mark Walters as a Managing Director within the UK Aviation Practice, effective immediately. In this role, he will provide senior insurance and risk advisory services to Marsh JLT Specialty’s UK aviation and aerospace clients, which includes airlines, airports, manufacturers, and ancillary providers. Walters was ... Read the full article
CAC Specialty establishes analytics practice with Nathan Baseman hire
14th October 2020
Insurance broker CAC Specialty has established its analytics practice with the appointment of Nathan Baseman as Senior Vice President and Analytics Practice Leader. Baseman, who was most recently Director of Analytics for Lockton Companies, will partner alongside all the existing analytic activity and lead the company's extension of firmwide capabilities around topics ... Read the full article
Willis Towers Watson adds Director of Climate Transition Risk
14th October 2020
Re/insurance broker, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has announced the appointment of Tony Rooke as Director of Climate Transition Risk in the company's Climate and Resilience Hub (CRH). Rooke brings more than 22 years of global experience in climate change, sustainability, strategy, advisory and programme delivery to the broker. With this, he ... Read the full article
Nexus announces partnership with Crum & Forster
13th October 2020
Specialty managing general agent Nexus Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Crum & Forster (C&F), a US-based top national property and casualty insurer and subsidiary of Fairfax Financial. As part of the deal, C&F will work with Nexus to establish a platform in London that will permit the continued ... Read the full article
Munich Re Specialty Insurance names Elizabeth Kramer as CUO
13th October 2020
Munich Re Specialty Insurance, a division of German reinsurance giant Munich Re, has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Kramer, formerly of Zurich North America, as its new Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO). In her new role, Kramer will report to Mike Kerner, Munich Re Specialty Insurance's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and will ... Read the full article
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