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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.
Canopius adds Willis Towers Watson’s Jamie Jeffers to Singapore office
11th July 2019
Global specialty re/insurer Canopius has announced that Jamie Jeffers has joined the firm from Willis Towers Watson (WTW) as Underwriter, Credit & Political Risk, Canopius Asia Pacific. Effective September 9th, 2019 Jeffers will support the firm's growth ambitions in the Asia Pacific region by targeting both bank and corporate business. He joins ... Read the full article
Chang, Evans & Sparro to co-lead Sompo’s Commercial P&C Insurance unit
11th July 2019
Specialty P&C insurer and reinsurer, Sompo International Holdings Ltd. has announced that together, Michael Chang, Graham Evans, and Christopher Sparro will co-lead the firm's Commercial Property and Casualty Insurance (SI Commercial P&C) business. The latest announcement is a continuation of the transformation of Sompo International's Commercial P&C Insurance business, which represents ... Read the full article
The Hartford promotes Scott to lead role within northeast division
10th July 2019
Property and Casualty (P&C) insurer the Hartford has named Matt Scott as Head of the northeast division for the firm’s large commercial insurance business. Scott joined in 1997 and has held a number of leadership positions with the company’s Claims organisation. Most recently, he was head of the Hartford’s Claims Solutions organisation ... Read the full article
EC3 Brokers US appoints new Chief Actuary & SVP
10th July 2019
Lloyd's of London headquartered commercial lines broker, EC3 Brokers, has expanded its U.S. operations with the addition of James Norris as Chief Actuary and Terry Holley as Senior Vice President (SVP). The pair will report to President of EC3 Brokers US, Chris Hilton and will work closely with Danny Driscoll, the ... Read the full article
PartnerRe names Chris Shanahan as President of U.S Life operations
10th July 2019
Bermudian reinsurance firm PartnerRe Ltd. has announced the appointment of Chris Shanahan as President of its U.S Life operations, effective July 1, 2019. Shanahan joined PartnerRe in May 2018 as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, North America Life, where he led the development of strategy for PartnerRe’s U.S life reinsurance business. He ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) adds QBE manager, opens Cologne office
10th July 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett’s global re/insurance company, has appointed Andreas Krause as Country Manager for Germany and announced the establishment of a new office in Cologne. Krause joins with close to 20 years’ industry experience and was most recently a General Manager at QBE ... Read the full article
Brit strengthens General Liability, Excess Casualty teams
10th July 2019
Global specialty re/insurer Brit has appointed Garick Zillgitt, Vice President, Primary General Liability and Justin Magee, Vice President, Excess Casualty to Brit Global Specialty USA (BGSU). Zillgitt, who reports to SVP, General liability Mark Richards, will be based in Walnut Creek, California. He brings over 35 years of underwriting experience across various ... Read the full article
Allianz (AGCS) reshuffles alternative risk transfer roles
10th July 2019
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) has made a number of changes to its Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) and Liability Lines business, including the promotion of Christof Bentele to Head of Global Client Management, a newly-created role. Bentele previously served as Head of Global Crisis Management,a role which has been ... Read the full article
Alison Martin to succeed Amanda Blanc as Zurich CEO EMEA
10th July 2019
Zurich Insurance Group has announced the appointment of Alison Martin to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Bank Distribution, effective immediately. She succeeds Amanda Blanc, whose surprise departure from Zurich was announced last week after less than nine months in the ... Read the full article
Conor Smith named Head of Contract Surety Canada, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
9th July 2019
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, a division of global reinsurer Swiss Re, has announced the appointment of Conor Smith as Head of Contract Surety Canada, effective July 15th, 2019. He will be based in Toronto and will have responsibility for the growth, strategy and underwriting for the new local surety business across ... Read the full article
Ed names Carrie Kelley as Head of Property Insurance in Bermuda
9th July 2019
Re/insurance brokerage Ed has announced the appointment of Carrie Kelley as Executive Vice President, Head of Property Insurance, Bermuda. Kelley joins Ed from Barbican Underwriting Bermuda, where she most recently served as underwriter of the Property D&F portfolio. She has more than 16 years’ industry experience, with previous roles including Senior Vice ... Read the full article
Markel announces two senior hires within Asia team
9th July 2019
Specialist insurer Markel International has announced the appointments of Christian Stobbs and Colin Fordham to its Asia team. Stobbs, who becomes Managing Director in the region, joined the firm in 2015 and has experience in developing local market insurance and operational strategy across Asia. He was previously Asia Strategy Director and will ... Read the full article
W. R. Berkley appoints Daniel Westcott as President of Berkley Re America
9th July 2019
W. R. Berkley has announced the appointment of Daniel R. Westcott as President of Berkley Re America, its specialty property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance underwriter. Westcott arrives from The Navigators Group, where he most recently served as Chief Operating Officer (COO), Reinsurance. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the P&C ... Read the full article
Canopius adds four to new Sydney branch
8th July 2019
Global specialty re/insurer Canopius has made four appointments to its recently-established branch Canopius Australia & Pacific. The new branch is based in Sydney and recently gained binding authority approval from Lloyd’s. Suzanne White joins from Woodina Underwriting Agency with almost 20 years’ experience and becomes an Accident & Health Underwriter. Jeanene ... Read the full article
Neil McConachie exits Third Point Re board
8th July 2019
Neil McConachie, a prominent reinsurance executive who previously helped to found Fidelis, has resigned from the board of hedge fund-backed Third Point Re. According to a United States Stock Exchange Commission filing Third Point Re's board received the resignation of McConachie on 1 July 2019. The effective date of the resignation ... Read the full article
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