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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.
John Forney to depart United Insurance, Daniel Peed succeeds
19th June 2020
Property and casualty insurance holding company United Insurance has added Daniel Peed as chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer. Effective July 1, Peed will succeed John Forney, who is due to step down as President and CEO on June 30 to pursue other opportunities. Peed was most recently ... Read the full article
Horace Mann appoints Paul Haley as Chief Risk Officer
19th June 2020
Horace Mann Educators Corporation has appointed Paul Haley as its new Chief Risk Officer. Haley has led risk assessments for the company’s business development efforts since 2018. He has 35 years’ experience in the life insurance sector, holding senior actuarial positions at Genworth Financial, Colonial Life and Prudential Financial before joining Horace ... Read the full article
AXIS Re welcomes two new underwriters to team
19th June 2020
AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital, has announced the addition of two new underwriters. Joachim Johansson joins as a Casualty Underwriter for its Europe, the Middle East and Africa Latin American team. He joins from Zurich, where he served as an MGA Actuary, and brings close to 20 years ... Read the full article
Thierry Léger succeeds Edi Schmid as Swiss Re’s Group CUO
19th June 2020
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re has announced that Thierry Léger has been appointed to succeed Edi Schmid as Group Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), effective September 1st, 2020. Schmid has been the Group CUO and member of the Group Executive Committee since July 2017, and has decided to step down from the ... Read the full article
The Hartford names William Steinberg head of wholesale property, Navigators
18th June 2020
Property and casualty insurer The Hartford has appointed William Steinberg as head of wholesale property for Navigators, a brand of the company. In his new role, Steinberg reports to Vince Tizzio, head of the Global Specialty business at The Hartford, and will partner closely with Tim Ryan, who leads the Wholesale ... Read the full article
Rob McAdams joins Munich Re Syndicate as Head of Marine
17th June 2020
Munich Re Syndicate, the Lloyd's of London Marine & Specialty underwriter of reinsurance giant Munich Re, has announced the appointment of Rob McAdams as Head of Marine. Based in London, he will oversee the global Syndicate’s Marine portfolio and help drive the underwriting business across Cargo, Fine Art & Specie, Hull, ... Read the full article
Alan Fairhead joins Everest Insurance (Ireland) as independent non-exec director
16th June 2020
Everest Insurance, a division of Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Everest Re Group, has announced the appointment of Alan Fairhead to the board of Everest Insurance (Ireland) as an independent non-executive director. Fairhead brings over 40 years’ industry and international trading experience to Everest. Most recently he served as Chief Underwriting Officer of ... Read the full article
Nielsen appointed CFO of Hiscox London Market & Hiscox Syndicates
16th June 2020
Global specialist insurer and reinsurer Hiscox has named Christian Nielsen as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Hiscox London Market and Hiscox Syndicates Limited. Currently, Nielsen serves as CFO at Hiscox UK and as a Director of Hiscox Insurance Company Limited (HIC), the group's UK carrier. He first joined the firm in 2015 ... Read the full article
Charles Taylor appoints Rob Brown as Group CEO
16th June 2020
Insurance services provider Charles Taylor has announced the appointment of Rob Brown as its new Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Brown has more than 30 years’ experience in the re/insurance sector, and previously served as CEO of AXA Global Corporate Solutions. In this role, he was responsible for 1500 employees globally over ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s CEO Neal joins GA Board alongside MetLife’s Khalaf and RGA’s Manning
16th June 2020
International re/insurance industry think tank, The Geneva Association (GA), has announced the additions of Lloyd's of London's John Neal, MetLife's Michel Khalaf, and Reinsurance Group of America's (RGA) Anna Manning to its Board of Directors. The appointments of Neal, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lloyd's, Khalaf, President and CEO of MetLife ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) names Senior Care Leader, Healthcare Professional Liability
15th June 2020
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global re/insurance business, has appointed Austin Elkin as Senior Care Leader, Healthcare Professional Liability in the US. Based in Atlanta, Elkin joined BHSI in 2013 as Underwriter, Healthcare Professional Liability. Prior to this, he served as a large account Underwriter ... Read the full article
Eric Seyfried joins AXIS Insurance as Head of US Cyber Open Market
15th June 2020
AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance arm of Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has appointed Eric Seyfried as Head of Cyber U.S. Open Market, effective immediately. In his new role, Seyfried will be tasked with assisting in the design and implementation of the U.S. strategy and direction for the ... Read the full article
Marsh JLT Specialty adds two to expanding Renewable Energy team
15th June 2020
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Marsh has announced the addition of Joanne Silberberg and Dan Gumsley within Marsh JLT Specialty's expanding Renewable Energy team. Silberberg joins the team as Canadian Renewable Energy Leader. She first joined Marsh in 2004 as part of the graduate programme and has subsequently held numerous roles ... Read the full article
Ed names Robert Coward as Divisional Director, Professional & Executive Risk
15th June 2020
Global, specialty reinsurance brokerage Ed has announced the addition of Robert Coward as Divisional Director in its Professional and Executive Risk team. The appointment of Coward, a qualified corporate lawyer, is effective immediately, and in his new role he reports to Niraj Perera, Head of Transactional Risk. It's expected that his legal ... Read the full article
LMG adds Richard Harries to board
15th June 2020
The London Market Group (LMG) has announced the appointment of Richard Harries to its board. Harries is the Chief Executive Officer at Atrium Underwriters. He brings over 30 years of experience, 23 of which were spent at Atrium. Harries will replace Paul Greensmith, who until recently was UK CEO of AXA XL. “We are ... Read the full article
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