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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.
James Kelley named President of Hanover Specialty Industrial Property
17th April 2020
The Hanover Insurance Group has named James Kelley as President of Hanover Specialty Industrial Property, replacing James Abraham, who is retiring from the firm in April. In his new role, Kelley will take responsibility for enhancing the company's board portfolio of insurance solutions for complex high hazard industrial business. Most recently, Kelley ... Read the full article
Allianz Partners add Vinay Surana as CEO, Asia Pacific
17th April 2020
Allianz Partners has announced the appointment of Vinay Surana as Regional Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, Surana will lead the Asia Pacific business with responsibility for Australasia, China, Japan, India and South East Asia. He reports directly to Dan Assouline, Global Head of Markets and Board Member, Allianz Partners. Surana ... Read the full article
AXIS Insurance hires Daniel Stevens as Risk Engineer, Renewable Energy
16th April 2020
AXIS Insurance, the insurance arm of Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has announced the hiring of Daniel Stevens to the newly created role of Risk Engineer within its Renewable Energy team. In his new role, Stevens will work closely with the firm's Renewable Energy underwriters and also external parties involved in ... Read the full article
Beazley names Bethany Greenwood as Head of Cyber & Exec Risk
16th April 2020
Specialist insurer Beazley has announced the appointment of Bethany Greenwood as Global Head of Cyber & Executive Risk (CyEx) from July 2020. Greenwood, who will also become part of Beazley’s executive committee, joined the company last September to lead the London market and US-based executive risk team. In this role she was ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine HCC adds adds Nick Pastor as SVP, Chief Actuary
16th April 2020
Tokio Marine HCC, a member of Tokio Marine Group, has appointed Nick Pastor as senior vice president and Chief Actuary. He reports to Tom Weist, Tokio Marine HCC’s Co-Chief Financial Officer. Pastor brings more than 25 years of actuarial experience to the role and most recently served as Deputy Chief Actuary at ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets appoints Casualty Manager for Continental Europe
16th April 2020
Liberty Specialty Markets, a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Katja Bobrowski to the newly created position of Casualty Manager, Continental Europe. Based in Cologne, Bobrowski will report to Head of Liberty Specialty Markets Central Region, Kadidja Sinz. In her new role, she takes responsibility for developing ... Read the full article
Chartered Insurance Institute extends president, chair term amid COVID-19
16th April 2020
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has decided to extend the term of the current serving President and Chair of the Board amid disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Nick Turner, Sales and Agency Director at NFU mutual, was appointed as President in 2019. The CII usually appoints a new president and chair ... Read the full article
WTW adds Matt Scott as climate, resilience senior director
16th April 2020
Global re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Matt Scott as a senior director within its Climate and Resilience Hub. Scott brings more than 20 years’ experience to the role, having most recently played an integral role in the Bank of England’s climate team under Governor Mark Carney from 2014. In his ... Read the full article
Stonybrook Capital adds Gregory Morrison to board
15th April 2020
Stonybrook Capital & Risk Management has announced the appointment of Gregory Morrison to its board of directors. Morrison joins the board with over 35 years' experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry in various leadership and investment capacities. He served as CEO of a number of public and private insurance organizations including ... Read the full article
Great American promotes Ken Bearley to divisional executive VP
15th April 2020
Great American Insurance Group has announced the promotion of Kenneth R. Bearley to the role of Divisional Executive Vice President within its Bond Division. Ken joined Great American in 1994 as an underwriter in the Bond Division’s Pittsburgh office and transferred to the Cincinnati home office in 2009. He has served in ... Read the full article
Asta adds Karen Green to board
15th April 2020
Asta, a third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s, has announced the appointment of Karen Green to the board of Asta Managing Agency and the promotion of Neil Griffiths to Chief Risk Officer. Green will take up a position as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk Committee. She is currently a ... Read the full article
Enstar CFO Guy Bowker to resign
15th April 2020
Legacy acquirer Enstar Group Limited has announced that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and principal accounting officer, Guy Bowker, has informed the company of his intention to resign. Enstar states that Bowker will remain with the firm for an extended period (expected to be until March 2021) in order to ensure ... Read the full article
MS Amlin Insurance SE makes series of key leadership appointments
15th April 2020
MS Amlin Insurance SE has announced a series of key appointments designed to bolster its leadership team. MS Amlin Insurance Societas Europaea (MS AISE) has appointed Ludovic Sénécaut as Chief Executive Officer and Rogier Peters as Chief Risk Officer. Ludovic replaces interim CEO Rudy Benmeridja, who will return to his role of ... Read the full article
Fusion Specialty adds Damian Lynch as Managing Partner
15th April 2020
Fusion Specialty MGA Solutions and its Authorised Representative, Fusion Specialty Insurance, has appointed Damian Lynch as Managing Partner, Fusion Financial Lines MGA. Lynch has also been appointed as a Partner in Fusion’s M&A Insurance MGA. In his new role as head of Fusion FL, Lynch will focus on providing financial lines expertise, ... Read the full article
THB adds Bob Reichenfeld as executive director for Europe
15th April 2020
Specialist re/insurance broker THB has appointed Bob Reichenfeld as executive director for THB Europe. Reichenfeld will be based in Amstelveen, a Municipality in the Netherlands, and will lead THB’s treaty offering, working alongside the facultative team to service the growing client base. He will report to Ricardo Borges, managing director of THB ... Read the full article
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