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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.
Zurich to put the customer first with new hire
10th June 2019
Conny Kalcher has been has been appointed to Zurich's newly-created Chief Customer Officer role, effective July 1. Reporting directly to the Group Customer Officer, Mario Greco, she joins from MindFolio, an innovation and analytics consultancy based in London and Chicago, where she was Partner since 2018 She also brings with her a ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets appoints Steve McMurray CFO
10th June 2019
Liberty Specialty Markets, a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has named Steve McMurray as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective immediately. Prior to joining Liberty Specialty Markets, McMurray was CFO for global brokerage BGC Partners Inc. He brings extensive experience across multiple industries to the role, and previously spent ... Read the full article
Accenture’s Cusano to lead AIG’s business, technology operations
10th June 2019
Global insurer American International Group (AIG) has announced the appointment of John Cusano as Chief Business & Technology Operations Officer, effective July 1. Cusano, who joins from Accenture having held a number of leadership positions in the company, has over 30 years’ experience and has demonstrated a successful track record of ... Read the full article
Jason Storah to succeed Colm Holms as Aviva Canada CEO
7th June 2019
Aviva Canada has announced the appointment of Jason Storah as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Colm Holmes, who is set to become CEO of General Insurance. Storah has more than 15 years of experience with Aviva Canada, serving most recently as Chief Distribution Officer, overseeing Broker Distribution, Partnerships, RBC Insurance, Aviva's Direct ... Read the full article
Sedgwick appoints Bob Neo as Director of Singapore operations
7th June 2019
Sedgwick, a provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, has appointed Bob Neo to its Singapore operations as Director. Neo joins with over 40 years’ experience in the industry and previously served as Governor of the board of the Singapore Insurance Institute. He also spent time as President of the ... Read the full article
Kirt Walker named CEO of Nationwide
6th June 2019
US-based insurance and financial services provider Nationwide has announced the appointment of Kirt Walker as Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1. He succeeds outgoing CEO Steve Rasmussen, who earlier this year announced his retirement. Walker, who since 2009 has served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Nationwide's financial services business ... Read the full article
AIG subsidiary Blackboard adds Uwe Schoberth from QBE
6th June 2019
AIG subsidiary Blackboard Insurance has brought in Uwe Schoberth to focus on market relationships and bolster the company’s expanding go-to-market strategy. Schoberth, who joins from QBE Group, will apply his background in the commercial insurance industry to enhance Blackboard’s connection with brokers in this market to help clients better manage risks ... Read the full article
TMR’s Meredith Head joins Aspen Re to lead NA Property Cat
6th June 2019
Aspen Re, the reinsurance arm of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited, has announced the appointment of Meredith Head from Tokio Millennium Re (TMR) as Head of North American Property Catastrophe. In her new role, Head will report to Christian Dunleavy, Aspen Re's Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ... Read the full article
Aviva to cut 1,800 jobs in expense saving push
6th June 2019
UK insurer Aviva has announced that it plans to cut approximately 1,800 jobs across the group over the next three years as part of a new expense saving push. This would represent a 6% reduction in the company’s total workforce of 30,000, although Aviva claimed that redundancies will be kept to ... Read the full article
Eurobase adds Mark Broadhurst as Group Director of Insurance
6th June 2019
Eurobase International Group, an international software and service provider to financial institutions, has announced the appointment of Mark Broadhurst as Director of Insurance, adding him as a member of the Group Board. Broadhurst, who joins with over 28 years’ experience and strong industry knowledge of the insurance sector, was previously European ... Read the full article
Validus Re CEO, Kean Driscoll joins AIG CUO office
6th June 2019
Insurer and reinsurer AIG has appointed Validus Re Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kean Driscoll, Global Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for Property and Agriculture, General Insurance. At the same time, Alexander Baugh has been named Global CUO for Casualty and Financial Lines, General Insurance. Both appointments are effective immediately, and in these ... Read the full article
Tom Stoddard to step down as CFO of Aviva
5th June 2019
UK insurer Aviva plc has announced that Tom Stoddard will step down from his role as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and as a Director of the company from June 30, 2019. Stoddard is due to remain with Aviva until December 31, 2019 to support an orderly transition, while Jason Windsor will ... Read the full article
AIG names David McElroy as head of General Insurance for North America
5th June 2019
American International Group, Inc. has announced the promotion of David McElroy to President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the North America operations of General Insurance, taking over from Lex Baugh. McElroy, who first joined AIG in October 2018, previously served as President and CEO of Lexington, a surplus lines ... Read the full article
Stephen Catlin joins Motive Partners as Global Advisory Council member
5th June 2019
Motive Partners, an investment firm focused on technology companies in the financial services industry, has announced that Stephen Catlin has been appointed as a member of its Global Advisory Council. Catlin was the Founder and CEO of Catlin Group, the specialty insurance and reinsurance company that was acquired by XL Group ... Read the full article
Risk modeller Kovrr adds Lloyd’s of London’s David Clouston to Advisory Board
4th June 2019
Israel-headquartered cyber risk modeller Kovrr has added David Clouston to its Advisory Board. Clouston previously served as interim Head of Catastrophe Risk at Lloyd’s of London and currently advises multiple global firms on exposure management processes and cyber strategy. His previous roles have included underwriter, broker, reinsurance buyer, IT systems, and run-off ... Read the full article
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