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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.
Fidelis bolsters London underwriting team with Matthew Bellamy
22nd October 2019
Privately owned Bermuda-based holding company Fidelis Insurance has appointed Matthew Bellamy to Fidelis Underwriting Limited’s London team. Effective November 1, Bellamy will look to further build on FUL's property treaty reinsurance business. He brings over 13 years’ and joins from Lloyd’s Acapella Syndicate, where he most recently served as head of property ... Read the full article
Fortegra appoints CUO for specialty lines in London
22nd October 2019
Fortegra Financial Corporation, an international specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree Inc., has announced the appointment of David Barber as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for specialty lines in London. Barber is a recognised Lloyd’s underwriter with more than 30 years’ of experience specialising in US casualty business, on both a direct ... Read the full article
Markel makes senior appointments to global strategy & national markets teams
21st October 2019
Specialist re/insurer Markel International has announced the appointment of Simon Wilson as Managing Executive of Global Strategy for Insurance Operations, Markel Corporation, effective January 1, 2020. At the same time, the company said Henrik Bjornstad will move into Wilson’s former role as Managing Director of Markel International’s national markets division. Based in ... Read the full article
Willis Re’s Jeremy Ginter joins Tremor as VP of Sales
21st October 2019
Tremor, the programmatic insurance and reinsurance risk transfer marketplace, has named Jeremy Ginter as its new Vice President of Sales, effective October 28th, 2019. He brings more than 15 years of experience in business development and sales to Tremor, and in his new role, will take responsibility for the oversight, development ... Read the full article
Karl Wall launches new reinsurance run-off provider, The Carrick Group
21st October 2019
Karl Wall, who previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Enstar (US) Inc., has announced plans to launch a new international non-life legacy business called The Carrick Group. The Carrick Group will initially be based in the U.S., UK, and Bermuda, and will provide reinsurance and run-off management ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) enters Australian surety market
21st October 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Speciality Insurance (BHSI), a division of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has announced its entry into the Australian surety market, and has appointed Jonathan Griffiths as Head of Surety, Australia. Currently, BHSI provides surety products in the U.S., Canada, UK & Europe, and Asia. The new offering in Australia will ... Read the full article
Swiss Re names Kaspar Mueller as President of Reinsurance, LatAm
21st October 2019
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced the appointment of Kaspar Mueller as President of Reinsurance for Latin America, effective November 1, 2019. Mueller currently works for Swiss Re as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Reinsurance, and has spent a total of 13 years with the company. In his new Miami-based role, he ... Read the full article
Munich Re US names Juan Herrera as Head of Diversity & Inclusion
18th October 2019
Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. (Munich Re US), a subsidiary of reinsurance giant Munich Re, has announced the appointment of Juan Herrera as its first full-time Head of Diversity & Inclusion. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, Herrera will report to Brian Viscusi, U.S. Regional Head of Human Resources. He will be tasked with ... Read the full article
RAA’s Joe Sieverling added to Federal Reserve advisory committee
18th October 2019
The Reinsurance Association of America's senior vice president and director of financial services Joe Sieverling has been appointed to the Federal Reserve’s Insurance Policy Advisory Committee (IPAC). The IPAC consists of 21 members and was launched in 2018 to provide information, advice and recommendations to the Board of Governors on international ... Read the full article
Talbot’s Gillingham named head of war, terrorism at StarStone
18th October 2019
Specialty insurer StarStone has announced the appointment of Henry Gillingham as head of war & terrorism within its crisis management division. Gillingham will be based in London and is set to join in the first half of 2020. He joins from Talbot Underwriting, where he most recently served as a senior ... Read the full article
WR Berkley names David LeBlanc as Acadia president
18th October 2019
Re/insurance holding company WR Berkley Corporation has promoted David LeBlanc to serve as president of Acadia Insurance, its commercial property and casualty subsidiary. LeBlanc succeeds Douglas Nelson, who joined as president in 2011 and will now transition to chairman of Acadia. With over 35 years’ experience in the P&C insurance space, LeBlanc ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) announces leadership hires in Madrid
18th October 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), a division of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has announced three leadership appointments in Madrid, including Diego Espinosa as head of property, Juan Madrid as head of casualty, and Tomás Blas as head of technical lines. Espinosa joins with over a decade of experience from RSA ... Read the full article
CNA names James Chief Risk & Reinsurance Officer, Miralles to lead Warranty
17th October 2019
U.S. commercial property and casualty (P&C) insurer, CNA, has announced a couple of management changes in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Warranty, including the appointment of Mark James as Chief Risk and Reinsurance Officer. In his new role, James assumed leadership of the firm's ERM function and maintains leadership for the ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter appoints Samengo-Turner as Global Facultative Leader
17th October 2019
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking arm of Marsh & McLennan Companies, has announced the appointment of Dominic Samengo-Turner as Global Facultative Leader, while Simon Delchar takes over as Head of Marsh JLT Specialty, Asia. Samengo-Turner will relocate to London and will report to John Trace, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), North America, ... Read the full article
Gard’s Christian Pritchard-Davies appointed CFO
17th October 2019
Gard, the Norwegian shipowner-controlled provider of P&I, marine and energy insurance, has named Christian Pritchard-Davies Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective January 1st, 2020. Currently, Pritchard-Davies serves as Vice President - Head of Infrastructure & Operations at Gard, having joined the firm in 2014 from Skretting Group in Stavanger, Norway, where he ... Read the full article
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