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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.
Zurich North America appoints Tom Morelli as US Head of Energy
3rd December 2025
Zurich North America, the commercial property and casualty insurer, has announced the appointment of Tom Morelli to the newly created role of U.S. Head of Energy, where he will lead a new strategic business unit within Specialties. Based in New York, Morelli will be responsible for shaping the technical and strategic ... Read the full article
Duck Creek names Rajesh Raheja as CTO
3rd December 2025
Duck Creek Technologies, a provider of software solutions for property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance, has appointed Rajesh Raheja as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In the new role, Raheja will lead the firm's global technology strategy, platform innovation, and engineering organisation in order to advance its cloud-native solutions and AI-driven ... Read the full article
Pacific Life Re names Soichiro Makimoto as Head of Japan Representative Office
3rd December 2025
Life and health reinsurer Pacific Life Re has appointed Soichiro Makimoto as Head of its Japan representative office. The move reinforces the reinsurer’s long-term commitment to the Japanese market. In his new role, Soichiro will enhance Pacific Life Re’s presence in Japan, bringing a deeper understanding of clients’ needs to support the ... Read the full article
Arrowhead Intermediaries appoints Steven Beard as CEO, International
3rd December 2025
Arrowhead Intermediaries has announced the appointment of Steven Beard as Chief Executive Officer, International, who will join the firm in February 2026 and be based in London. Beard joins from Charles Taylor, where he served as Group President. His broking career also includes senior roles at Ardonagh Group, Corant Group and RFIB, ... Read the full article
Venerable expands Findleton’s role to Head of Flow Reinsurance
3rd December 2025
Venerable, a privately held company that owns and manages legacy variable annuity business, has expanded Alexandra Findleton's role at the firm to include serving as Head of Flow Reinsurance. The move aims to position the firm to accelerate growth in this new organisational capability and advance its overall growth strategy, which ... Read the full article
Swiss Re’s Schoch appointed Strategic Consultant of Marine for Gallagher Re LAC
3rd December 2025
Gallagher Re, the reinsurance arm of the global broking group, has announced the appointment of Erika Schoch Strategic Consultant of Marine for Gallagher Re Latin America and Caribbean (LAC). In her new consulting role, Schoch will leverage her diverse background and expertise to support the development of our Marine business across ... Read the full article
Frank Fumarola joins Coalition as Chief Product Officer
2nd December 2025
Coalition, an active insurer focused on preventing digital risks, has announced the appointment of Frank Fumarola as its new Chief Product Officer. Fumarola, who is joining the company from Nubak, will serve as a member of Coalition's executive team, reporting directly to Joshua Motta, Coalition’s CEO and co-founder. “Our products are central ... Read the full article
Ben Watson to lead Westfield Specialty International’s new cyber offering
2nd December 2025
Westfield Specialty International, a specialty insurance provider, has announced the appointment of Ben Watson as Class Underwriter to lead its newly launched cyber team. The cyber team will begin writing business from 1st January 2026, with additional hires to be made to join Watson’s team. Based in London, Watson will report to ... Read the full article
Demex announces appointment of next gen C-suite leadership to drive market expansion
2nd December 2025
Demex, a technology-enabled reinsurance solution provider, has announced a number of executive leadership appointments designed to lead the company into its next phase of growth. Michael Anderson was appointed CEO, following a four-year tenure as Chief Growth Officer, with Matthew Coleman, former Chief Risk Officer, named President, Reinsurance. Charlie Eadie was promoted ... Read the full article
AXIS adds Edwards to newly created role of Head of Delegated Strategy, Global Markets
2nd December 2025
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has appointed Lewis Edwards to the newly created role of Head of Delegated Strategy, Global Markets, effective immediately. He will be based in London and reports to Sara Farrup, Head of Global Markets, and joins her leadership team. In his new role, Edwards will ... Read the full article
Heimann to develop European MGA practice for Augment Risk
2nd December 2025
Augment Risk, a risk capital and reinsurance solutions broker, has appointed Magnus Heimann as Partner for MGA, effective immediately. He will develop the firm's European MGA presence, partnering with coverholders, capacity providers, and reinsurers to deliver capital-aligned program solutions that strengthen long-term enterprise value for MGA clients. This appointment aims to strengthen ... Read the full article
Ben Quah appointed CEO of Asian financial hub Labuan IBFC Inc.
2nd December 2025
Labuan IBFC Inc., an Asian financial hub known for its insurance, reinsurance, Islamic finance, and digital business solutions, has announced the appointment of Ben Quah as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Quah brings over two decades of experience in fintech, digital marketing, and regional business development, with a strong record ... Read the full article
Howden adds Rebecca Poon as Chief Client Officer for Hong Kong
1st December 2025
Howden, an insurance and risk advisory group, has appointed Rebecca Poon as its Chief Client Officer for Hong Kong. Most recently, Poon served as a Managing Director at insurance broker Marsh, where she led Marsh (HK) Ltd's Corporate Division, which services the insurance programmes for major corporate accounts, many of whom ... Read the full article
Bridget Tatham elected President of FOIL for 2026
1st December 2025
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL), an organisation representing 8,000 lawyers and paralegals across 61 corporate firms, has elected Bridget Tatham, Partner at Browne Jacobson, as President for 2026. Tatham is set to replace Howard Dean, Partner at Keoghs, who served as President for the 2025 period following his appointment in ... Read the full article
Berlanga joins I–RE as Broker Relationship Executive
1st December 2025
I–RE, a specialist in captive specialist insurance and reinsurance, has announced the appointment of David Berlanga as Broker Relationship Executive. In his new role, Berlanga will be responsible for building and strengthening relationships with current brokers and partners. He will be instrumental in promoting I-RE’s RE-PAID captive product, offering support to brokers ... Read the full article
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