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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.
Lockton hires two from JLT for new APAC Transactional Risks Division
18th November 2019
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Lockton has launched a new Asia Pacific (APAC) Transactional Risks Division, and has appointed Will Seccombe as Business Leader based in Hong Kong, and Mindy Ng as Vice President, based in Singapore. Seccombe brings 30 years of experience in the insurance sector to Lockton, having joined ... Read the full article
Holderness to continue as Paraline senior advisor
18th November 2019
Andrew Holderness, former global practice head of insurance at law firm Clyde, is to continue to act as a senior advisor at insurance holding company Paraline Group. In his role as a senior advisor to Paraline, Holderness will advise across Paraline and other insurance investments of parent company Elliott Management. In addition ... Read the full article
Sirius confirms Meyer Frucher as Non-Exec Chairman of the Board
18th November 2019
The Board of Directors of global insurer and reinsurer, Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd., has confirmed the appointment of Meyer Frucher as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board. Back in February 2019, during the announcement that Kernan Oberting was to succeed Allan Waters as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sirius Group, ... Read the full article
Allianz AGCS adds Williams as global head of financial lines
15th November 2019
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), Allianz Group’s specialist carrier for corporate insurance business, has appointed Shanil Williams as global head of financial lines, effective November 15. Williams, who joined AGCS in 2016 as global head of commercial for New Zealand, succeeds Bernard Poncin, who is set to leave the ... Read the full article
Daniel Hargraves joins AmTrust as EVP, Head of Litigation
15th November 2019
Daniel Hargraves has been appointed Executive Vice President (EVP), Head of Litigation at AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., reporting to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Barry Zyskind and EVP, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Adam Karkowsky. Hargraves brings extensive experience in insurance related litigation to the role, most recently serving as Managing ... Read the full article
Starr Companies adds Juan Carro Arbelo as regional manager
15th November 2019
Global insurance and financial services organisation Starr Companies has announced the appointment of Juan Carro Arbelo as regional manager for insurance, Iberia. Carro will oversee the development of Starr’s commercial lines presence across the Iberian Peninsula. “Juan brings more than 22 years of insurance industry experience working on both the brokerage and ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine HCC adds Heath, Johnson to delegated property team
15th November 2019
Specialty insurance group Tokio Marine HCC has appointed Stuart Heath and Linda Johnson to its delegated property team as head and senior underwriter, respectively. Heath brings over 40 years of market experience and will be responsible for building a new account, focused on UK and European specialty property. He most recently served ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Kiln recruits CUO Matthew Shaw from Chubb
14th November 2019
Tokio Marine Kiln, part of global insurance group Tokio Marine, has announced the appointment of Matthew Shaw as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO). Shaw, who will take up his new position in the first half of next year, joins the company from Chubb, where he served as Divisional President for Global Markets. Chubb ... Read the full article
State National CEO Ledbetter steps down, as Freeman takes over
14th November 2019
Markel has announced that Terry Ledbetter, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its State National division, will be retiring at the end of 2019. Matthew Freeman, currently State National President, will move into the role effective from January 1, 2020. Acquired by Markel in November 2017, State National is a specialty ... Read the full article
Allianz AGCS announces CEO succession amid leadership changes
14th November 2019
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), Allianz's specialist carrier for corporate insurance business, has announced that Joachim Müller will replace Chris Fischer Hirs as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective December 1st, 2019. It was revealed in the media recently that AGCS CEO Fischer Hirs had departed the firm, and the ... Read the full article
Chubb appoints Jason Keen to lead global markets division
14th November 2019
Global re/insurer Chubb has announced the appointment of Jason Keen as president of its global markets division, effective early 2020. Keen will oversee and lead the strategy and performance of the division, which comprises Chubb’s London market wholesale and specialty business including the firm's Lloyd’s platform. He has served with the firm ... Read the full article
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions names Head of Customer Experience
13th November 2019
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the commercial insurance arm of reinsurance giant Swiss Re Group, has appointed Loredana Mazzoleni Neglén to the role of Head Customer Experience & Global Sales Steering, effective 1 February 2020. In this newly created role, Mazzoleni Neglén will be responsible for helping SRCS to better address customer ... Read the full article
Everest Insurance adds four to financial lines team
13th November 2019
Everest Insurance, a division of global reinsurer Everest Re Group, has added four new members to its financial lines team. Tim Golden joins as an underwriting manager on the Cyber team and will be based out of the firm’s New York office. He will be reporting to Ayesha West, vice president of ... Read the full article
SSL Endeavour to launch Miami MGA, names senior leadership
13th November 2019
SSL Endeavour, the specialist independent Lloyd’s broker and delegated authority expert, is set to establish a Miami-based managing general agent focused on building construction, energy and power generation business throughout Latin America. Due to launch on 1 January 2020, the MGA will exist under a yet-to-be-confirmed brand name. SSL Endeavour says it ... Read the full article
QOMPLX adds John Ferrari, William Solms to senior roles
13th November 2019
QOMPLX, an intelligent decision platform provider startup formerly known as Fractal, has appointed John Ferrari to the role of Chief Administrative Officer and William Solms as President and general manager of the company's new government solutions division. Ferrari, who joins following a 32-year career in the US Army, will be responsible ... Read the full article
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