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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.
Mercer’s Jeff Ray joins Arch as SVP, Accident & Health
12th November 2019
Jeff Ray, previously of Mercer, has joined Arch Insurance as Senior Vice President (SVP) for Accident & Health, reporting to Linda Fallon, Executive Vice President (EVP) of Arch's Travel & Accident operation. Ray brings over 35 years of industry experience in both establishing and leading Accident & Health businesses, most recently ... Read the full article
Munich Re, US promotes Oliver Horbelt to CFO
12th November 2019
Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. (Munich Re, US), the U.S. operations of global reinsurance giant Munich Re, has announced the appointment of Oliver Horbelt as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1st, 2019. In his new role, Horbelt will report to Tony Kuczinski, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Munich ... Read the full article
CAC Specialty adds Chelley Schaper as SVP
12th November 2019
CAC Specialty, the specialty insurance brokerage and investment banking platform recently established by Cobbs Allen, has announced the appointment of Chelley Schaper to the role of senior vice president. Schaper brings over 20 years experience to the role, including 16 years at Lockton working with complex risk accounts, with a specialisation ... Read the full article
AXA CEO Thomas Buberl elected to IBM board
12th November 2019
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of global insurer and reinsurer, AXA, Thomas Buberl has been elected by information technology firm IBM to join its Board of Directors, effective April 28th, 2020. Buberl was appointed CEO of AXA in 2016, and continues to lead the Paris, France-based re/insurer through its digital transformation. ... Read the full article
Aon’s Johnston & Komposch join Guy Carpenter, Bermuda
12th November 2019
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking arm of Marsh & McLennan Companies, has appointed Robert Johnston as Chairman of its Bermuda operations, and Peter Komposch as Head of Casualty and Specialty, Bermuda. The appointments are effective immediately and both Johnston and Komposch join Guy Carpenter from rival brokerage Aon. Johnston brings almost two ... Read the full article
Blenheim Syndicate increases capacity, strengthens property team
12th November 2019
Blenheim Syndicate 5886 at Lloyd's of London has announced an increase in capacity to £250 million for 2020, as well as the addition of Simon Anthony to its property team. Asta-backed Blenheim Syndicate 5886 commenced underwriting from Jan 1st, 2017 with underwriting capacity of £150 million. For next year, the syndicate ... Read the full article
Michelle Bree promoted to COO of Pen Underwriting
12th November 2019
Pen Underwriting has promoted Michelle Bree to Chief Operating Officer (COO) and has announced that she will also join the Board of Pen Underwriting Limited, effective December 1st, 2019. Bree joined the firm in 2015 from Accenture as a programme manager, where she had a specialist focus on change-management in the ... Read the full article
WTW adds JLT’s Danyluk as head of international property, London
12th November 2019
Re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has announced the appointment of Andrzej Danyluk as head of international property, London. Danyluk joins from JLT, where he most recently served as Head of the London power broking team. He will be responsible for growing the international property portfolio placed in the London insurance market on ... Read the full article
Lockton adds David Spence as account exec
12th November 2019
Re/insurance broker Lockton has appointed David Spence as an account executive at its Aberdeen office. Spence joins with over 16 years’ experience, having spent over a decade at Carmichael & Partners prior to their acquisition by PIB Insurance Brokers in 2016. Following this, he was responsible for the servicing of existing clients ... Read the full article
Assurant adds Paget Alves, Ogi Redzic to board
12th November 2019
US specialty insurance group Assurant has appointed Paget Alves and Ogi Redzic to its board of directors. A retired Chief Sales Officer at Sprint Corporation, Alves led 17,000 employees between the company’s consumer and business sales channels. Earlier in his career Alves also served as president and Chief Executive Officer of PointOne ... Read the full article
Hyperion promotes Craig to CFO, names Hudson as Finance Director
11th November 2019
Hyperion Insurance Group (Hyperion) has announced that Mark Craig will become Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Mark Hudson will serve as Group Finance Director, effective January 1st, 2020. Both Craig and Hudson will undertake a full handover from Interim Group CFO, Richard Houghton, before he leaves the company later in ... Read the full article
Aon appoints new President of Health Solutions
11th November 2019
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has announced the appointment of Dave Guilmette as President of Health Solutions. Most recently, Guilmette served as President of Global Employer and Private Exchanges for global health service company Cigna Corporation. He spent nine with years with the company in a series of roles with ... Read the full article
Alliant names John Ludwig co-Chief Operating Officer
11th November 2019
US specialty insurance broker Alliant Insurance Services has named John Ludwig co-Chief Operating Officer. Ludwig brings over thirty years experience to the role and previously served as president and Chief Executive Officer of EnRisk. He will continue to lead the Alliant Specialty retail vertical for Energy & Marine. Ludwig, who will work ... Read the full article
W. R. Berkley adds Talisman to board
11th November 2019
Re/insurance holding company W. R. Berkley Corporation has appointed Jonathan Talisman to its board of directors as a director. The move increases the number of board members to eleven and independent directors to nine. Talisman is a founder and managing partner of Capitol Tax Partners. Before forming the company in 2001, he ... Read the full article
Sompo Intl adds Allstate’s Harriet Harty to key human resources role
11th November 2019
Bermuda-based property and casualty re/insurer Sompo International has announced the appointment of Harriet Harty as executive vice president and chief human resources officer for the firm’s commercial P&C operations. Harty will have oversight of all human capital strategies globally for Sompo International P&C and will report to Brian Goshen, Chief Administrative ... Read the full article
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