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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.
GIC Re appoints director on the board from Bank of India
2nd September 2020
State owned enterprise, General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) has appointed the Managing Director and CEO of Bank of India Atanu Kumar Das as a director on the board. His position will take place with immediate effect. It was reported on newkerala.com that he will continue to serve for three ... Read the full article
ARC Group hires new leadership position
2nd September 2020
African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group has announced that AIbrahima Cheikh Diong will be taking over their leadership, following his unanimous election by the ARC Conference of Parties earlier in June 2020. He will serve as the ARC Group’s Director General in the capacity of United Nations Assistant Secretary General for an ... Read the full article
THB Europe adds Jord Westerloo as facultative broker
1st September 2020
THB, the specialist re/insurance broking operation of US wholesale broking giant AmWINS, has announced the appointment of Jord Westerloo as facultative broker for THB Europe. Westerloo’s appointment follows THB Europe’s engagement in July of a new executive director to lead its treaty offering. He has worked for Aon Re Netherlands since 2016, ... Read the full article
Enstar hires Zachary Wolf as new CFO
1st September 2020
Legacy acquirer, Enstar Group Limited has announced the appointment of Zachary Wolf as Deputy Chief Financial Officer (CFO), joining the company on September 21st, 2020. Wolf will be succeeding current CFO, Guy Bowker, who will be staying in his position until 28th February as he will be overseeing a smooth transition. ... Read the full article
Troy Cook takes CFO role at Lockton
1st September 2020
Insurance and reinsurance broker Lockton has announced the appointment of Troy Cook as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 24th. As CFO, Cook will lead Lockton's strategic finance function in alignment with the company's growth plan, while reporting to Lockton’s Chairman, Ron Lockton. Most recently, Cook served for over 20 ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets adds Pierre-Édouard Fraigneau as CUO for Europe
1st September 2020
Liberty Specialty Markets, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Pierre-Édouard Fraigneau to the newly-created role of Chief Underwriting Officer, Europe. Fraigneau joins from Sanlam where he held the position of Commercial Lines Director and Member of the Executive Committee, Pan Africa. He has over 17 years of underwriting and leadership ... Read the full article
QBE replaces CEO after misconduct review
1st September 2020
QBE Insurance Group has announced that its CEO, Pat Regan, will be departing the company following an external review of his workplace communications. The review was prompted by a complaint from a female employee, and led the QBE Board to conclude that Regan had not met the standards of the Group ... Read the full article
Roelant de Haas named CEO of Reinsurance Solutions for Aon Nederland
1st September 2020
Re/insurance broker Aon has announced that Roelant de Haas will become the new CEO of Reinsurance Solutions for its business in the Netherlands. As CEO of Reinsurance Solutions for Aon Nederland, de Haas will be responsible for all reinsurance activities within the country. The appointment is effective from September 1 and will ... Read the full article
GuideOne hires senior positions
28th August 2020
GuideOne National has announced the appointment of Nigel Spain to the position of Head of Global Technical Property, as well as Randy Thompson’s appointment to Senior Risk Engineer. Both positions will take place effective immediately. In his new role, Spain will be responsible for leading the commercial property team in the wholesale ... Read the full article
Reinsurance broker Ed hires from Paragon
28th August 2020
Reinsurance, wholesale and speciality broker, Ed, has announced the appointment of John Head as a broker and producer, effective immediately. Head will support the growth of the professional and executive risk portfolio, a key area of focus and development for the global reinsurance broker, and further strengthen the firm’s cyber offering. He ... Read the full article
StarStone U.S. appoints Alison Oliphant to lead new E&S property unit
28th August 2020
Alison Oliphant, formerly of Velocity Risk Underwriters, a division of Nephila Capital, has joined StarStone U.S. as President of the company's newly-created excess & surplus (E&S) property division. In early June, it was revealed that StarStone's parent, Enstar, had agreed a $610 million recapitalisation of StarStone U.S. in a push ... Read the full article
Jay Orlandi takes General Counsel role at Pacific Life
27th August 2020
US life insurer Pacific Life has announced the appointment of Jay Orlandi as its next General Counsel, effective November 2. Orlandi joins Pacific Life from Transamerica, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). At Transamerica, he was responsible for all business support functions, including legal, communications, human ... Read the full article
DARAG appoints new CEO, CFO for German risk carrier
27th August 2020
Leading legacy acquirer DARAG has announced the appointment of Alex Roth as Chief Executive Officer and Peter Klingspor as Chief Financial Officer of its German risk carrier DARAG Deutsche Versicherungs- und Rückversicherungs-AG. While Roth's appointment was effective 1 July, Klingspor joins on 1 September, both will be based in Hamburg. Roth, who first ... Read the full article
SCOR appoints Olivier Gay as SVP for Canadian reinsurance business
27th August 2020
Global reinsurer SCOR has announced the appointment of Olivier Gay as Senior Vice President for SCOR Canada Reinsurance Company. Gay, who has held roles of increasing responsibility since first joining the company in 2010, most recently served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer with SCOR in Singapore for the Asia Pacific region. Prior ... Read the full article
Conifer adds ex Swiss Re exec to Board
26th August 2020
Former Swiss Re executive Timothy M. Lamothe has been added to the Board of Directors of Conifer Holdings, a Michigan-based insurance holding company. Lamothe, who served as Senior Vice President for Swiss Re from 2001 to 2019, will initially serve on Conifer’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Lamothe has more than 38 ... Read the full article
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