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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.
EC3 Brokers adds Colin Bird to senior management
21st May 2020
EC3 Brokers has added Colin Bird to work alongside senior management in a role that will see him focus on the growth of the company. Bird joined on May 1 and will also oversee the newly created specialty casualty and cyber team. He has over 30 years’ experience in the industry and ... Read the full article
Starr Insurance adds Jose Ribeiro to independent non-exec director role
21st May 2020
Starr Insurance Companies has announced the appointment of Jose Ribeiro as an independent non-executive director for Starr Europe Insurance and Starr Managing Agency. Based in London, Ribeiro brings over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry. He began his insurance career at AIG in 1986 where he spent eight years before ... Read the full article
CAC Specialty adds WTW’s Eric Joost to key tech, global markets role
21st May 2020
Specialty insurance broker and investment banking platform CAC Specialty has added Eric Joost as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology & Global Markets Officer. Joost joins with over 30 years’ experience across a range of insurance products, markets and client segments. His experience spans several global firms including most recently as Global ... Read the full article
BMS adds three to energy division
21st May 2020
BMS Group, the specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced the additions of Alison Schwab, Russell Williams, and Robert Thomas to its energy division. Schwab and Williams will join alongside Thomas after the completion of their contractual obligations in July and November, respectively. The trio will report to James Chicken, Managing ... Read the full article
Saudi Re adds Peter Hugger, Marc Maupoux to board
21st May 2020
Saudi Reinsurance Company has announced the appointment of Dr Peter Hugger and Marc Maupoux to its board of directors for a three-year term. Hugger was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Echo Re, Zurich, from 2012-2018 and assumed executive and technical roles in companies such as ACR, Singapore; MSG System, and ... Read the full article
R&Q appoints Bank of America’s Thomas Solomon as Group CFO
21st May 2020
Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd., the global non-life specialty insurer with a focus on the program management and legacy insurance business, has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Thomas Solomon as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Solomon will be based in the firm's New York office and will ... Read the full article
David Perez to succeed James Slaughter as CUO of Liberty GRS
21st May 2020
Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced that David Perez has been appointed as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for its Global Risk Solutions (GRS) division. Perez takes over from James Slaughter, who has decided to leave the company effective June 30th, 2020. As CUO of Liberty Mutual's global commercial and specialty lines insurer and ... Read the full article
PartnerRe adds Gareth Stanley to lead US Casualty
20th May 2020
Bermuda-based reinsurer PartnerRe has announced the appointment of Gareth Stanley as Head of US Casualty. Effective May 18, Stanley is to lead the company's strategic efforts towards growing and developing its US Casualty business. He will be primarily focused on offering clients relevant and impactful casualty reinsurance solutions. Stanley will be based in ... Read the full article
Allianz names Catharina Richter as Head of Cyber Center of Competence
20th May 2020
Allianz Group has announced the appointment of Catharina Richter as Global Head of its Cyber Center of Competence (CoC), effective June 1st. Established in 2018, the Allianz Cyber CoC is embedded into Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) and focuses on coordination and alignment of cyber exposures and insurance in the ... Read the full article
Ascent Underwriting adds Moir as senior underwriter within W&I
20th May 2020
Cyber and specialty lines MGA Ascent Underwriting has announced the appointment of Richard Moir as senior underwriter, warranty and indemnity (W&I), effective immediately. Reporting to Alex Smith, head of W&I, Moir will support the development of the specialist niche line. He joins from CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, where he served ... Read the full article
Lockton Re names Martin Stephenson Chairman of Marine & Energy
20th May 2020
Global reinsurance broker Lockton Re has announced the appointment of Martin Stephenson as Chairman of Marine & Energy, effective July 2020. In his new role, Stephenson will report to Keith Harrison, International Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Lockton Re, and will work closely with Jerry Ridge, Head of Marine & Energy ... Read the full article
Chubb names CUO for North America small & middle market division
19th May 2020
Global insurer Chubb has appointed Michelle McLaughlin as Chief Underwriting Officer of its North America retail commercial property and casualty insurance division that serves middle market and small businesses. In this capacity, she will guide the business lines' underwriting strategies and authority, as well as general underwriting management. McLaughlin previously served as ... Read the full article
Aon appoints General Manager for Data & Analytics Services
19th May 2020
Re/insurance broker Aon has promoted Steve Petrevski to the position of Senior Vice President (SVP) and General Manager of Data & Analytic Services. In this role, Petrevski will be responsible for developing Aon’s Data & Analytic Services platform, reporting to John Bruno, CEO of Data & Analytic Services and COO of ... Read the full article
Aviva names George Culmer as Chairman
19th May 2020
UK insurer Aviva has announced the appointment of George Culmer as Non-Executive Chairman with effect from May 27, 2020, following the Aviva annual general meeting. He will succeed Adrian Montague, who is set to retire from the Board on May 31. Culmer is currently Aviva’s Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, having assumed this ... Read the full article
Dominic Addesso named Non-Exec Chairman of BMS Intermediaries
18th May 2020
Specialist insurance and reinsurance broker BMS Group has announced the appointments of Dominic Addesso as Non-Executive Chairman and LoriAnn Lowery-Biggers as an independent Non-Executive Director of BMS Intermediaries Inc., the Group's US reinsurance intermediary unit. At the same time, both Addesso and Lowery-Biggers also join as independent Non-Executive Directors of the ... Read the full article
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