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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.
AEGIS London bolsters executive team
13th May 2020
Lloyd’s managing agency AEGIS London has added Katie Wade as Chief Financial Officer and announced the appointment of Rhic Webb to the newly created role of General Counsel and Company Secretary later this year. Both will report to Managing Director David Croom-Johnson. Wade was most recently Group CFO with insurer ERS. Having ... Read the full article
Dale Underwriting launches US transportation underwriting offering
12th May 2020
Dale Underwriting Partners has announced its new US transportation underwriting team, with the appointment of Simon Christensen and Natalie Moon. The product offering includes commercial auto physical damage and motor truck cargo. Christensen and Moon both join from Neon Underwriting with a combined 45 years’ experience in the transportation business. Christensen’s career spans ... Read the full article
Safety National Re adds underwriters to casualty treaty team
12th May 2020
Safety National Re has announced that addition of Mike Orlich and Lauren Palazzi to its casualty treaty reinsurance team. Orlich has appointed as Vice President, while Palazzi will join the division as Assistant Vice President. Both new hires bring extensive industry experience to Safety National Re, including a particular underwriting focus related ... Read the full article
Everest Insurance names Sujal Patel as UK Head of Transactional Risk
12th May 2020
Everest Insurance, a division of Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Everest Re Group, Ltd., has appointed Sujal Patel as the UK Head of Transactional Risk for Everest Global Markets. The re/insurer's Global Markets unit includes Everest Insurance Ireland, DAC, and Lloyd's of London Syndicate 2786. Patel brings over a decade of industry experience ... Read the full article
Chubb appoints Peter Bremner head of mgmt liability for CGM division
12th May 2020
Global insurer Chubb has announced the appointment of Peter Bremner as head of management liability for Chubb Global Markets and regional head of Financial Lines, Eurasia & Africa. Bremner was previously senior underwriter, Financial Lines for CGM, and has held several underwriting roles for Chubb in both London and New Zealand. He ... Read the full article
Investment bank Oppenheimer forms insurance team
12th May 2020
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., an investment bank, wealth manager, and subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings, has announced the formation of a dedicated insurance team under the Financial Institutions Group of its investment banking business. As part of the formation, Leslie Fenton and Ritendra Roy have joined the Financial Institutions Group as Managing ... Read the full article
Aon expands intellectual property offering with new MGA
11th May 2020
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has announced the launch of a new underwriting platform featuring the world's largest capacity for intellectual property (IP) liability risks. Aon says that its latest offering is designed to meet the changing needs of clients' IP exposures, especially in the current distressed economic environment that ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty reshuffles claims team
11th May 2020
Liberty Specialty Markets, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has promoted Gavin Coley to London Head of Specialty Claims, reporting to Mike Gillett, Chief Claims Officer, LSM. Kevin Miller has joined as the Energy, Property and Construction Technical Claims Lead reporting into Gavin Coley. Both roles are based in London and ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine HCC adds Khoury to VP role
11th May 2020
Tokio Marine HCC – Cyber & Professional Lines Group has appointed Desiree Khoury as Vice President of Marketing & Business Development effective May 1, 2020. She reports to David Lloyd, the group’s Chief Operating Officer, and is based in Encino, California. “We are very excited to welcome Desiree back to the Tokio ... Read the full article
Mercer adds Ben Stone as a Partner within Risk Transfer team
11th May 2020
Mercer, the global consulting subsidiary of broking and advisory giant Marsh & McLennan, has appointed Ben Stone as a Partner in the Risk Transfer team. In his new role, Stone will advise clients on how to most effectively manage their pension risk, either through bulk annuity, member option exercises, longevity swap, ... Read the full article
Exec search firm EL opens Bermuda office, appoints Britt Reiss to lead
8th May 2020
Insurance sector executive search firm Eliot Partnership (EP) has announced the opening of its Bermuda office and appointed Britt Reiss to lead as Partner and Director. Reiss joins with over 15 years of executive search experience, the majority of which focused on the insurance and reinsurance industries. EL says Reiss' appointment to ... Read the full article
Ryan Specialty Group appoints Chief Revenue Officer
7th May 2020
Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) has announced the appointment of Brendan M. Mulshine as its new Chief Revenue Officer. In his expanded position, Mulshine will have responsibility for working closely with RSG’s business units, R-T Specialty, LLC and RSG Underwriting Managers, LLC to expand organic Prior to joining RSG, Mulshine held several leadership ... Read the full article
Zurich adds new leaders for Commercial Insurance Underwriting
7th May 2020
Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) has appointed Ralph Brand as Global Head of Casualty, Financial Lines and Cyber, and Chris Waterman as Global Head of Property, Marine and Technical Lines. The newly created roles aim to simplify the company’s underwriting function by aligning the shorter-tail first party coverages and the longer-tail third ... Read the full article
Chubb adds Annmarie Hagan as VP, Chief Accounting Officer
7th May 2020
Global insurer Chubb has appointed Annmarie Hagan as group Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Hagan has more than 35 years in insurance, accounting and financial management and has served as Global Controller of Chubb since 2016. Hagan will now take responsibility for the company's corporate and regulatory accounting matters; managerial and ... Read the full article
Gen Re adds Ulrich Pasdika to exec board of General Reinsurance AG
7th May 2020
Gen Re, the global reinsurance subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has appointed Ulrich Pasdika to the Executive Board of General Reinsurance AG, effective 1 August 2020. General Reinsurance AG is Gen Re’s German legal entity and the main risk carrier for its international business. The appointment is part of Gen Re’s succession plan ... Read the full article
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