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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.
MGIC names Steven Thompson Exec VP, Chief Risk Officer
8th November 2019
One of the largest mortgage insurers in the US, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC), has announced the promotion of Steven Thompson to the role of executive vice president, Chief Risk Officer. Thompson has been with the firm since 1998 and has held a number of management positions over the years, most ... Read the full article
Risk Strategies appoints Powers to lead employee benefits practice
7th November 2019
Risk Strategies, a privately held US insurance broker and risk management firm, has appointed Chris Powers to lead its employee benefits practice for the eastern US. Powers, who joined Risk Strategies in 2014, holds 25 years’ experience in the insurance space and previously oversaw the New England region of the firm’s ... Read the full article
Aon’s John Turner named Chairman of Ed Bermuda
7th November 2019
Global reinsurance brokerage Ed has announced the appointment of John Turner as Chairman of Ed Bermuda, reporting to Chris Bonard, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ed Bermuda. In this newly created position, Turner will provide hands-on support to realise the potential of the recently established operation. In June 2015, Ed received ... Read the full article
Voce accuses Argo board of ‘being asleep at switch for decades’
7th November 2019
Argo Group shareholder Voce Capital Management has described the specialty re/insurer’s board as having been “asleep at the switch for decades” and urged for immediate and sweeping changes at the company following the Read the full article
Greg Solomon joins Peak Re as Head of Life & Health
7th November 2019
Hong Kong based global reinsurer Peak Reinsurance Company Limited (Peak Re) has announced that Greg Solomon has joined the company as Managing Director of Life & Health, effective November 1, 2019. Solomon arrives from Willis Towers Watson, where he was in charge of Life & Health Reinsurance Broking for all of ... Read the full article
Johnston to succeed Whelan as CEO of Lancashire Insurance Company
7th November 2019
Lancashire Holdings Limited has announced that Hayley Johnston will become the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lancashire Insurance Company Limited (LICL), the Group's Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance carrier. Johnston previously held the role of Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) at the Group's UK regulated insurer, Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited (LUK), a ... Read the full article
Willis Re NA appoints Head of Global Accounts, promotes May to President
7th November 2019
Willis Re, the reinsurance business of global re/insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson, has appointed David Schoenrock as Executive Vice President and Head of Global Accounts for Willis Re North America. Effective December 23, Schoenrock will report to Doug May, who has concurrently been promoted to President of Willis Re North America. Schoenrock ... Read the full article
Francis Aaron Henry joins CoreLogic as Chief Legal Officer
7th November 2019
Property information and analytics provider CoreLogic has announced the appointment of Francis Aaron Henry as Chief Legal Officer. Henry joins CoreLogic from MoneyGram International Inc., a global money transfer company. He has served at this company for the past seven years as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. At CoreLogic, Henry ... Read the full article
Peter Clune appointed Lockton CEO
7th November 2019
Re/insurance broker Lockton has promoted Peter Clune to the role of Chief Executive Officer and appointed Ron Lockton as Chairman, effective May 2020. Clune has served with Lockton for over a decade and was most recently US President and Chief Operating Officer. He succeeds Ron Lockton, who is the son of Jack ... Read the full article
Michael Sevi named as Global Counsel for Guy Carpenter
6th November 2019
Marsh & McLennan has announced the appointment of Michael Sevi as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of its reinsurance broking subsidiary, Guy Carpenter. Sevi will succeed Michael Borik, who has served as General Counsel of Guy Carpenter for the past four years. Going forward, Borik will move into a joint business ... Read the full article
Chairman Ed Noonan departs StarStone
6th November 2019
Specialty insurer StarStone has announced the departure of Ed Noonan as chairman and member of the group board. Noonan, who arrived at the firm in April this year, joined from Validus Group, where for 13 years he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Noonan was President and CEO of American Re ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine HCC appoints Thomas Harmeyer as EVP
6th November 2019
Specialty insurance group Tokio Marine HCC has announced the appointment of Thomas Harmeyer as Executive Vice President (EVP), effective October 1, 2019. Harmeyer joined Tokio Marine HCC in 2003 and most recently served as Executive Chairman for its Cyber & Professional Lines and Public Risk Groups. Previously, he has held positions including ... Read the full article
Concirrus names Adrian Turner as CFO
6th November 2019
InsurTech Concirrus has appointed Adrian Turner, previously of Guidewire, as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), reporting the firm's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Andrew Yeoman. Turner brings more than two decades of industry experience to the role and joins from Guidewire, where he most recently served as International Finance Director. In ... Read the full article
Argo CEO Watson steps down with immediate effect
6th November 2019
Specialty re/insurer Argo has announced the departure of Mark E. Watson III as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Watson’s retirement follows news that Argo had been subpoenaed by The US Securities and Exchange Commission over compensation practices for its executives. Before that, the re/insurer was locked in a messy back-and-forth ... Read the full article
Robert Fettman joins Global Insurance Practice at Debevoise & Plimpton
6th November 2019
International law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has announced that Robert Fettman has joined its New York office as Counsel in the Global Insurance Practice. Fettman has represented insurance clients in a range of transactional and regulatory matters, including those related to insurtech such as blockchain, smart contracts, and AI. His representations ... Read the full article
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