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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.
Munich Re adds new execs to US divisions
4th June 2020
Munich Re has announced that Cathy Smith and Kam Jha have taken up new executive positions at its US subsidiaries Munich Re America Services, Inc. and American Modern. Smith has been appointed Chief Risk and Underwriting Officer at Munich Re America Services, while Jha will succeed Smith as Senior Vice President, ... Read the full article
QBE NA adds Woosley as SVP, Broker Management & Sales Operations
4th June 2020
QBE North America has announced the appointment of Thaddeus Woosley as Senior Vice President, Broker Management & Sales Operations. Before joining QBE in February 2020, Woosley worked at Aon for 15 years in a variety of leadership roles of increasing responsibility. Most recently at Aon, he served as Vice President – Global ... Read the full article
BMS names Wiltshire & Titcomb as Directors of specialty re/insurance unit
4th June 2020
BMS Group, the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has named Norman Wiltshire and Nick Titcomb as Directors of its specialty re/insurance unit, BMS Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS). Following his retirement from brokerage Aon, Wiltshire will join the company to work closely with Hannah Watkins, Managing Director of BMS SRS, in ... Read the full article
Carey Olsen adds Sheba Raza to London office
4th June 2020
Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has added Bermuda law capabilities to its London office with the appointment of experienced corporate lawyer Sheba Raza. Raza joins from Conyers and is the first Bermuda-qualified lawyer to be based in Carey Olsen's London office and marks the continuing expansion of Bermuda law services made ... Read the full article
Zurich bolsters global A&H with three key hires
3rd June 2020
Global insurer Zurich has added three new senior members to its Commercial Insurance Accident and Health (A&H) underwriting group. Chris Howard joins as Head of A&H in the US, Nicole Yates as Head of A&H in Australia, and Stephane Baj as Head of A&H in the UK and Multinational A&H. These new ... Read the full article
AGCS adds WTW’s Kang as Head of Cyber, North America
3rd June 2020
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has announced the appointment of Thomas Kang as Head of Cyber in North America. Effective June 15, he will based in New York and report to Paul Schiavone, North America Regional Head of Financial Lines, North America and Regional Head of Corporate Long Tail Lines and ... Read the full article
Karen DeToro takes CRO role at CNO Financial
3rd June 2020
CNO Financial Group, Inc. has announced the appointment of Karen DeToro as Chief Risk Officer (CRO), effective June 15, 2020. In addition to her new position, DeToro will continue to serve as the company’s Chief Actuary. She will assume responsibility for risk management strategy for CNO and its insurance businesses from ... Read the full article
W. Marston Becker joins AXIS Board of Directors
3rd June 2020
Bermuda based reinsurer AXIS Capital Holdings has announced the addition of W. Marston Becker to its Board of Directors. Becker, who will serve as a member of the Executive, Finance and Risk Committees, boasts a 35-year career in the re/insurance industry, with numerous senior leadership roles at brokers across Bermuda, the ... Read the full article
Michael Wade joins Brit as Independent Consultant
3rd June 2020
Specialty re/insurer Brit Ltd has announced the appointment of industry veteran Michael Wade as an Independent Strategic Consultant. In this role, he will act as an adviser to Brit’s management team across a number of areas, while also acting as an external ambassador for the Group. Wade has over 40 years of ... Read the full article
Capsicum Re adds Shane Aldons to Motor & Casualty division
3rd June 2020
Capsicum Re, the specialist reinsurance broker, has continued its investment in industry talent and specialist expertise with the appointment of Shane Aldons to its Motor & Casualty division, who joins this week. Aldons brings over 20 years’ reinsurance market and its hoped his background in underwriting, pricing and senior client relationship ... Read the full article
Allianz adds Rebecca Rogers as head of property claims
2nd June 2020
Global insurer Allianz has announced the appointment of Rebecca Rogers as head of property claims. She brings over 23 years' experience and joins from LV= having served as commercial property technical and relationship manager. She will be responsible for the development of Allianz’ property claims handling strategies, technical best practice and ensuring overall ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual appoints North America Chief Claims Officer for GRS
2nd June 2020
Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced the appointment of Steve Deane as North America Chief Claims Officer for its global commercial and specialty lines re/insurance unit, Global Risk Solutions (GRS). As Chief Claims Officer of GRS North America, Deane will lead a 3,000-person team of claims professionals, and will be responsible for ... Read the full article
Lockton Capital Markets appoints Ken Pierce as CEO
2nd June 2020
Lockton Capital Markets, a global investment bank and part of Lockton Companies, has announced the hiring of Ken Pierce as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective June 1st, 2020. In his new role, Pierce will be tasked with leveraging his 30 years of experience as a leader in the insurance and alternative ... Read the full article
AXIS Re names Cyril Caillo as Head of A&H Reinsurance, EMEA LatAm
2nd June 2020
AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has announced the promotion of Cyril Caillo to Head of A&H Reinsurance, EMEA LatAm. In this role, Caillo will be responsible for managing and growing AXIS Re’s accident and health (A&H) business in the EMEA LatAm region. He will continue to ... Read the full article
Marc Lipman named President of Lloyd’s Canada
1st June 2020
Insurance and reinsurance marketplace Lloyd’s of London has announced the appointment of Marc Lipman as President of its Canadian arm and as Attorney-in-Fact (AIF) for Lloyd’s Underwriters. He assumes the role of AIF from Lisa Duval, who stepped in last year on an interim basis and now returns to Lloyd’s International ... Read the full article
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