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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.
Horseshoe Group appoints new Head of Insurance Management
25th April 2019
Bermuda-headquartered Horseshoe Group has announced the appointment of Fred LeMoine as its new Head of Insurance Management. He will succeed Nigel Godfrey, the Group’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Insurance Management services. Godfrey has elected to retire from 30 April 2019, but will continue to be involved with Horseshoe and ... Read the full article
Argo hires new Brazil CEO from Swiss Re
25th April 2019
Argo Seguros, the Brazilian underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products and a member of Argo Group, has announced the appointment of Newton Queiroz as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective May 1, 2019. Queiroz joins Argo Seguros from Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, where he most recently worked as CEO of Mexico ... Read the full article
Michael Ferber appointed CEO of insurtech Dovetail Insurance
25th April 2019
Dovetail Insurance, an insurtech company that serves independent agents providing small commercial insurance, has announced the appointment of Michael Ferber as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. He succeeds outgoing CEO Gregory Martin, who will retire from Dovetail at the end of May. Ferber joins Dovetail from ICAT, a digital-based underwriter of ... Read the full article
Swiss Re Corp. Solutions hires new CEO LatAm from Allianz
24th April 2019
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has announced the appointment of Angelo Colombo as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Latin America Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, effective 7 October 2019. As CEO, Colombo will be responsible for managing the company’s commercial insurance business in Latin America. He has more than 20 years of experience, and ... Read the full article
BAML’s Robert Giammarco named Chairman, CEO of Amynta
24th April 2019
The Board of Directors of the Amynta Group has elected Robert Giammarco as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Joining from the Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), Giammarco brings extensive insurance sector expertise to the role. Giammarco succeeds Stuart Hollander, who is set to become an advisor to the Amynta Board of ... Read the full article
Aviva Director and CEO of UK Insurance, Andy Briggs to step down
24th April 2019
As part of changes to its senior management, insurer Aviva plc has announced that Andy Briggs is to step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) UK Insurance and as a Director of Aviva plc, effective immediately. In order to support an orderly transition, Briggs will remain with the ... Read the full article
Lockton launches Food & Agribusiness Practice in Asia-Pacific, names head
24th April 2019
Re/insurance broker Lockton has launched a new Food & Agribusiness Practice across the Asia-Pacific region, and has hired Stephane Baldanoff to lead it as Regional Director. As head of the Food & Agribusiness team, Baldanoff will leverage Lockton’s experience in these industries and expand the group’s existing capabilities in Asia-Pacific. He will ... Read the full article
Stephanie Penner named Mercer’s Tri-state office leader
24th April 2019
Mercer, the global consulting subsidiary of broking and advisory giant Marsh & McLennan Companies, has announced the appointment of Stephanie Penner as Tri-state Office Leader. Penner, who has been with Mercer for over 20 years, will be responsible for building strong local client relationships, driving revenue growth and bolstering market presence ... Read the full article
Aon creates new Global Construction & Inland Marine unit
23rd April 2019
Global insurance and reinsurance broker, Aon, has announced the combination of its Construction & Engineering and Inland Marine teams into a single practice within its Reinsurance Solutions operation. The new unit will be known as the Global Construction & Inland Marine practice group, and Aon states that its formation reflects recognised ... Read the full article
Everest Insurance CUO elected chairman of WCIRB Governing Committee
23rd April 2019
Mike Mulray, the Chief Underwriting Officer at Everest Insurance, has been unanimously approved as Chairman of the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) Governing Committee. The WCIRB is a private, nonprofit association comprised of all companies licensed to transact workers' compensation insurance in California and has over 400 member ... Read the full article
AIG’s Dawn Gregg joins Everest Insurance as VP
23rd April 2019
Everest Insurance, a division of Bermuda-based reinsurer Everest Re, has appointed Dawn Gregg as Vice President of its risk management division. Gregg most recently served as Vice President at AIG, where she was responsible for the portfolio management of several regional offices. Based out of New York, Gregg will be tasked with ... Read the full article
Tony Ursano to depart TigerRisk
23rd April 2019
Reinsurance brokerage, risk and capital strategic advisory firm TigerRisk Partners LLC has announced that its President, Tony Ursano, will be stepping down and leaving the organisation. Ursano joined TigerRisk in 2015 to help build the company’s reinsurance broking and investment banking practices into a holistic risk solutions provider and advisor. Rod Fox, ... Read the full article
Francesco Martorana appointed CEO of Generali’s asset management arm
23rd April 2019
Generali Insurance Asset Management S.p.A. Società di gestione del risparmio (GIAM), a division of the Italian insurance giant, has appointed Francesco Martorana as Chief Executive Officer. Martorana replaces Santo Borsellino, who becomes Chairman of the Board of GIAM as well as Head of Generali’s asset and wealth management business unit Martorana also ... Read the full article
Trust Re appoints new CEO to succeed outgoing Fadi Abunahl
23rd April 2019
Trust International Insurance & Reinsurance Company (Trust Re) has announced the appointment of Talal Al Zain as Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding Fadi Abunahl. Outgoing CEO, Abunahl, had led the Bahrain-based company for 12 years since 2006, having been with the Group for more than two decades. Abunahl will relocate ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual elects Jay Hooley to Board of Directors
23rd April 2019
Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced that Jay Hooley has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors. Hooley is the Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of State Street Corporation, the U.S financial services and bank holding company. As former CEO of State Street, Hooley was responsible for leading a company ... Read the full article
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