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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.
Coverys Syndicate 1975 adds Priya Fathers as medical underwriter
3rd December 2019
Coverys Managing Agency Limited, the Lloyd’s managing agent of Syndicates 1975, 1991 and 3330, has announced the appointment of Priya Fathers as a medical professional liability underwriter. Fathers, whose appointment to Lloyd’s syndicate 1975 is immediate, will report to Interim active underwriter Phil Sloan. She had previously served as underwriting manager of ... Read the full article
Joan Lamm-Tennant joins AXA Equitable Holdings Board of Directors
3rd December 2019
AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. has named Joan Lamm-Tennant as an independent member of its Board of Directors, effective January 1st, 2020. The company states that this announcement follows the close of AXA's secondary offering of shares of AXA Equitable Holdings common stock on November 13th, 2019. Currently the co-founder and Chief Executive ... Read the full article
SageSure names Paul VanderMarck as Chief Tech & Innovation Officer
3rd December 2019
SageSure Insurance Managers, an independent US residential property managing general underwriter, has announced the appointment of Paul VanderMarck as Chief Technology and Innovation Officer. In this role, VanderMarck will lead the teams responsible for SageSure's proprietary technology platform. He will also drive the company's broader innovation strategy, including developing partnerships with emerging ... Read the full article
Lincoln Financial president of group protection Mucci to retire
3rd December 2019
Insurance holding company Lincoln Financial Group has announced the imminent retirement of Group Protection president Dick Mucci. Mucci, whose retirement is set for December 31, will be replaced on an interim basis by Eric Reisenwitz. Mucci joined Lincoln in 2014 and has overseen a period of improvement in profitability, along with growth ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual Surety names Stéphane Lizeray department head
3rd December 2019
Liberty Mutual Surety and Liberty Specialty Markets, both subsidiaries of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, have named Stéphane Lizeray as head of surety department, France with immediate effect. Lizeray joins from Zurich’s Paris office having most recently served as senior surety underwriter. Prior to that, he worked as a credit analyst at Euler ... Read the full article
Beazley appoints Rozina Karimali as exec risk underwriter
3rd December 2019
Specialist insurer Beazley has named Rozina Karimali as executive risk underwriter within the company’s cyber & executive risk division. Based in San Francisco, Karimali will underwrite public directors & officers and large private D&O risks as well as employment practices liability. She joins from Allied World having most recently served as an ... Read the full article
Chaucer hires US General Liability underwriter from Allianz
2nd December 2019
Chaucer, the specialty international re/insurance group, has announced the appointment of Colm Sheedy as Class Underwriter to work on its US General Liability account, focused on large wholesale facultative business. Sheedy joins Chaucer from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, where he worked on the company’s US liability account. He has nearly a ... Read the full article
Aspen’s Daniel Berry named Underwriting & Pricing Director, Coverly
2nd December 2019
Coverly, the pay-as-you-go InsurTech provider of on-demand insurance for small and medium sized enterprises, has appointed Aspen Risk Management Ltd.'s Daniel Berry as Underwriting and Pricing Director. Coverly launched in February and has since experienced significant growth, which is set to continue in 2020 with two new appointments. Berry brings 15 years ... Read the full article
Aspen Re’s Abdallah Balbeisi to join QBE as SEO, Head of MEA region
29th November 2019
QBE Insurance Group has announced the appointment of Aspen Re's Abdallah Balbeisi as Senior Executive Officer (SEO), Head of Middle East and Africa (MEA), effective May 2020. In his new role, Balbeisi will be based in Dubai and will report to Stephen Postlewhite, Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of QBE Re. He ... Read the full article
Swiss Re CorSo adds Seelan Naidoo to key South Africa role
29th November 2019
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the commercial insurance arm of reinsurance giant Swiss Re Group, has appointed Seelan Naidoo as head of property & specialty lines in South Africa. He brings with him over 30 years’ experience in the commercial insurance sector and most recently served as head of property and engineering ... Read the full article
Philip Turner joins Pioneer as a specie underwriter
28th November 2019
Pioneer Underwriters has announced the addition of Philip Turner as a specie underwriter within its Marine Specialty team, effective December 2nd, 2019. In his new role, Turner will be based in London and will report to Andy Corton, Head of Marine Specialty. He brings extensive broking and underwriting experience to the role, ... Read the full article
Munich Re makes key Business Development hire for Australia & NZ
27th November 2019
Munich Re has announced the appointment of Alex François as Head of Business Development for its savings and investment business in Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, François will focus on bringing reinsurance capabilities to insurance and superannuation clients in the Australian and New Zealand market. He will also be responsible ... Read the full article
Gard’s Magne Nilssen named London CUO
27th November 2019
Gard, a shipowner-controlled provider of P&I, marine and energy insurance solutions, has announced the appointment of Magne Nilssen as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) London, effective March 1st, 2020. In this newly created position, Nilssen will be responsible for all business routed through the firm's London branch, and will report to Group ... Read the full article
Lockton bolsters LatAm presence with exec hires
27th November 2019
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Lockton has added Andrew Perry and Ed Fyfe as senior Latin America executives, while also promoting Marcela Flores to form a new Lockton regional LatAm executive with effect from 1 May 2020. Perry joins from Marsh, having held various senior appointments including Chief Executive Officer of ... Read the full article
MS Amlin CEO to depart as re/insurer announces new operating model
27th November 2019
Insurer and reinsurer MS Amlin has today announced the details of a new operating model and senior leadership team as part of MS&AD's recently announced reorganisation of its international business. As announced previously, the reorganisation of the firm's international business includes the removal of the regional holding companies across Mitsui ... Read the full article
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