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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.
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
Lloyd’s adds country managers for Mexico, Colombia
15th April 2020
Lloyd’s has announced the appointment of Yelhis Hernandez as country manager for Mexico and Sebastian Gomez as country manager for Colombia as the company looks to bolster its market in Latin America. Based in Mexico City, Hernandez has been conducting the role since September 2019 with a focus on improving Lloyd’s ... Read the full article
RKH Specialty adds Paul O’Neill as CEO for Asia Pacific
15th April 2020
Specialty lines broker RKH Specialty has announced the appointment of Paul O’Neill as Chief Executive Officer for Asia Pacific. Although O’Neill will join on 1 May 2020, he will assume the role once local regulatory formalities are finalised. He was previously the Chief Underwriting Officer of Specialty at Allianz Global Corporate & ... Read the full article
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions appoints Delavy to senior distribution role
15th April 2020
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the commercial insurance arm of reinsurance giant Swiss Re Group, has appointed Claudine Delavy as Head Distribution Management, Europe, Middle East & Africa. Delavy will be responsible for advancing the company’s distribution strategy, representing all Swiss Re Corporate Solutions’ products and solutions to commercial insurance brokers, and ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets expands marine team
15th April 2020
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has promoted Rachel Watkinson to Head of Underwriting, Marine Transportation and Logistics. At the same time, Alex Becker has joined the division and will lead the Hull account as Underwriting Manager for Marine Hull, reporting to Watkinson. In her new role, Watkinson ... Read the full article
Markel International adds Bo Yu as Claims Lead for Asia
14th April 2020
Specialist insurer Markel International has announced the appointment of Bo Yu as Claims Lead for Asia. Bo joins with close to ten years’ experience and will be the first point of contact for all claims arising through Markel’s offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, India and Labuan. He will work closely with the ... Read the full article
Todd Germano named MD of Optio Insurance Services NA
14th April 2020
Optio Group, a house of insurance companies, has appointed Todd Germano as Managing Director of Optio Insurance Services North America, effective immediately. Optio is comprised of MGAs Ascent Underwriting, Cove Programs, and brokerage Bay Risk Services. The company notes that this appointment coincides with the development of its U.S. platform as ... Read the full article
Everest Re adds Poracchia as CFO of Global Markets division
14th April 2020
Bermuda-based re/insurer Everest Re Group has appointed Alex Poracchia as international chief actuary and Chief Financial Officer of its Global Markets division. Prior to joining Everest, Poracchia spent nearly eight years at Deloitte UK as a partner within the firm’s Actuarial, Reward and Analytics practice predominantly supporting international clients' Audits, M&A ... Read the full article
Ed appoints AJG’s Niraj Perera as Head of Transactional Risk
14th April 2020
Global reinsurance brokerage Ed has launched its transactional risk team with the appointment of Niraj Perera as Head of Transactional Risk within its professional and executive risk division. Perera joins the firm from brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher and brings more than two decades of insurance industry experience to the role, having ... Read the full article
Venbrook recruits Sonia Ahuja as COO
14th April 2020
California-based re/insurance firm Venbrook has announced the appointment of Sonia Ahuja as Chief Operations Officer (COO). In this role, Ahuja will be responsible for growing the company through both organic initiatives and strategic acquisitions and partnerships. She will oversee operations efficiencies and margin improvements for Venbrook Group and its subsidiaries. Most recently, Ahuja ... Read the full article
D L Dale & Others, Syndicate 2525 adds Harcus as head of Intl casualty
9th April 2020
Specialist employers' and third party liability Lloyd's insurer D L Dale & Others, Syndicate 2525, has announced the appointment of Charles Harcus as head of international casualty. Harcus joins from Apollo Syndicate where he has served as head of international casualty since 2014. Prior to this, he was portfolio manager, international casualty, ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s appoints country managers for Benelux regions
9th April 2020
Lloyd’s Insurance Company S.A. has announced several senior appointments to countries in the Benelux regions, including the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Firstly, Iwan Ropcke has been appointed as the interim LIC Country Manager for the Netherlands and Belgium, with effect from 1 January 2020. Most recently, Ropcke served as Business Strategy & ... Read the full article
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