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News on insurance and reinsurance industry hiring, appointments and people move news and announcements. Covering key hires and people moves across the global reinsurance, commercial and specialty insurance markets.
Nicole Lim named Chief Executive & Principal Officer of Liberty Specialty Markets, Singapore
3rd October 2023
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicole Lim as Chief Executive & Principal Officer, Singapore, effective January 2, 2024, subject to regulatory approval. Lim initially joined Liberty in 2003 and has since held various key positions within the industry. Her journey includes pivotal roles at Allianz Global ... Read the full article
Palisade adds two industry veterans to support growing specialty risk insurance platform
3rd October 2023
Independent Specialty managing general underwriter (MGU) Palisade Insurance Partners, LLC, has announced the appointment of Scott Stevenson as Head of US Risk and Mark de la Haye as Head of UK and Europe Risk. Palisade specialises in underwriting insurance for litigation and other contingent legal risks, and transaction insurance. Bringing to his ... Read the full article
Topsail Re names Trina Gooch Director of Client Services
3rd October 2023
Topsail Re has announced the appointment of Trina Gooch as Director of Client Services. Topsail Re describes Gooch as a seasoned reinsurance professional who holds over three decades of primary and reinsurance underwriting, management, and regulatory experience in Property and Casualty lines of business. Prior to joining Topsail Re, Gooch was the ... Read the full article
Lockton appoints WTW’s Rowley as Head of North American Property
3rd October 2023
Independent insurance broker, Lockton, has announced the appointment of Tom Rowley as the Europe division’s new Head of North American Property. Based in London, he will take up his role with immediate effect. He will be responsible for driving forward the North American Property team based in the city, focusing on ... Read the full article
Sompo International names Faugas Country Manager, Insurance for France
3rd October 2023
Sompo International, a global provider of commercial and consumer property and casualty re/insurance, has announced the appointment of Marilyn Faugas as Country Manager, Insurance for France. Her appointment comes as the company is in the process of establishing insurance operations in France, subject to required regulatory notifications. Based in Paris, Faugas will ... Read the full article
QBE North America appoints Ryan Powers as SVP & Head of Construction
3rd October 2023
QBE North America, part of the global insurer, has announced the appointment of Ryan Powers as Senior Vice President (SVP) and Head of Construction, reporting to Mike Foley, President of Commercial Insurance. In the newly created role, Powers takes on responsible for planning, directing, and executing the vision for casualty lines ... Read the full article
Great American Insurance promotes Joseph Kowaleski to SVP & CIO
3rd October 2023
Great American Insurance Group has announced the promotion of Joseph Kowaleski to the role of Senior Vice President (SVP) & Chief Information Officer (CIO), succeeding James Niehaus, who will retire in January 2024 after more than 16 years of service with the company. The change in role is effective from October ... Read the full article
Toppi joins Cincinnati Re as Director of Property Reinsurance
3rd October 2023
Christopher Toppi has joined Cincinnati Re, the reinsurance arm of The Cincinnati Insurance Companies, as Director of Property Reinsurance. Toppi brings over nine years of industry experience to his new role. He is joining Cincinnati Re from Ryan Re Underwriting Managers, where he served for close to four years. He joined the ... Read the full article
Origami Risk makes senior-level appointments within Core Solutions unit
3rd October 2023
Risk, safety, and insurance Software as a Service (SaaS) technology firm, Origami Risk, has named Chris Bennett as Chief Strategy Officer, and Mike Kaplan as Division President within its Core Solutions arm. With these appointments, the division is positioned to sustain its accelerated growth in serving insurers, managing general agents, program ... Read the full article
Pie Insurance names Audra Foglietta Chief Financial Officer
2nd October 2023
Pie Insurance, an insurtech company specialising in commercial insurance for small businesses, has appointed Audra Foglietta as the new Chief Financial Officer. Pie suggests that Foglietta will bring a wealth of financial leadership and strategic expertise to the firm, having spent more than two decades at Chubb. She most recently served as ... Read the full article
Michele Bang joins RGA’s Board of Directors
2nd October 2023
Leading global life and health reinsurance firm, Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA), has appointed Michele Bang to its Board of Directors A highly experienced veteran across the industry, Bang previously served as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Eastspring Investments, the Asia asset management arm of Prudential plc. During her tenure ... Read the full article
WTW names Beldy Torborg to dual leadership role in North American CRB division
2nd October 2023
WTW, a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, has announced the appointment of Karen Beldy Torborg to a dual-hatted role within the Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) division in North America. Beldy Torborg will serve as both Head of Strategic Growth & Portfolio Management and Head of the Large Accounts ... Read the full article
Allianz SE announces updates to Board of Management
2nd October 2023
Allianz SE has announced a series of updates to its Board of Management, among which Oliver Bäte’s mandate as Chairman has been renewed and extended through the Annual Shareholders Meeting 2028. At the same time, The mandate of Andreas Wimmer as a Member of the Board of Management responsible for Life ... Read the full article
Ascot hires new Predictive Modeling & AI Strategy Leader
2nd October 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) industry leader Christian Toft-Nielsen has been appointed to the role of Senior Vice President, Predictive Modeling and AI Strategy at Ascot. According to the announcement, in this newly created role, Christian will hold responsibility for developing the company's AI and analytics framework to optimize processes and drive operational ... Read the full article
SCOR appoints Thomas Fossard Head of Investor Relations
2nd October 2023
SCOR has appointed Thomas Fossard as Head of Investor Relations, where he will also oversee the firm's relationship with the rating agencies. The French reinsurer describes Fossard as "highly esteemed by the investment community", having written extensively on key themes in the European financial sector. Fossard joins SCOR from HSBC, where he ... Read the full article