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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.
Liberty Specialty Markets names President of US, Bermuda & LatAm
9th September 2019
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Alexander Montoya as President of LSM – US, Bermuda and LatAm, effective immediately. Montoya has served as President of Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) Latin America for the past four years, where he was responsible for ... Read the full article
Markel recruits Senior Surety Underwriter from Travelers
9th September 2019
Specialist insurer Markel International has announced the appointment of Jonathan Finch as Senior Underwriter in its surety team in London. He joins Markel from Travelers Insurance Company Limited, where he also served as a senior surety underwriter. Finch has more than 25 years of experience as a surety professional and has worked ... Read the full article
Former Marsh SVP Palmer to become HDI Global SE’s Head of Crisis
9th September 2019
Primary commercial specialist HDI Global has appointed David Palmer to the role of Head of Crisis Management. Palmer brings 35 years’ experience in the industry and most recently served as a Senior Vice President at Marsh. He previously also held senior crisis management lines of business roles at both AIG and Aon. “David ... Read the full article
Dr. Haoming Zhou joins Starr China P&C Insurance as General Manager, President
9th September 2019
Starr Insurance Companies has announced that Dr. Haoming Zhou has been appointed General Manager and President of its Starr China Property and Casualty Insurance Ltd. subsidiary, effective September 2nd, 2019. Zhou brings over two decades of insurance industry experience to the role, and before Starr, has worked in Singapore, Sydney, Hong ... Read the full article
Pioneer appoints HDI’s Sam Bishop as renewable energy underwriter
8th September 2019
Pioneer Underwriters, part of Minova Insurance Holdings, has added Sam Bishop as an Underwriter within its Renewable Energy team. Based in London, Bishop reports to Warren Diogo, Pioneer’s Head of Renewable Energy. Bishop, who joins from HDI Global Specialty SE having served as an underwriting manager responsible for the operational power portfolio, ... Read the full article
David Priebe named Chairman of Guy Carpenter
8th September 2019
Long-standing leader David Priebe has been named as the new Chairman of reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter this morning. Having worked at the brokerage since 1981, Priebe has held a range of leadership positions, most recent as its Vice Chairman. Moving up to Chairman effective immediately, Priebe will continue to report to Guy ... Read the full article
AXA XL reveals simplified reinsurance organisational structure
6th September 2019
AXA XL has announced a number of executive appointments in what it describes as a new, simplified Reinsurance organisational structure. The new structure is aligned around the firm's key markets and is intended to enhance the focus on AXA XL's payer to partner strategy. Currently, AXA XL has four reinsurance underwriting regions: ... Read the full article
Gossmann & Cie reveals management team for new risk carrier
6th September 2019
Gossmann & Cie. has introduced its new management team, including the appointment of Joanna Aquilina as Executive Director of Gossmann & Cie.'s new risk carrier, which is currently being setup in Malta. Gossmann & Cie. was founded in 2018 by former DARAG Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Arndt Gossmann, to develop an ... Read the full article
Coca-Cola’s Simon Gilliat joins Lockton to drive International Benefits Strategy
6th September 2019
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Lockton has added Simon Gilliat to lead its International Benefits Strategy, based in London. In his new role, Gilliat will provide strategic direction to the broker's global employee benefits proposition, leading teams in the UK, Asia, Latin America and MENA. He joins Lockton from Coca-Cola where he ... Read the full article
Chaucer adds Catherine Soyka to Treaty team in Singapore
6th September 2019
Chaucer, the specialty international re/insurance group, has announced the appointment of Catherine Soyka as Deputy Class Underwriter to its Treaty team base in Singapore. Soyka joins Chaucer from AXA XL, where she has worked for almost a decade across their Sydney and Singapore offices. While at AXA XL, she helped to develop ... Read the full article
BPL Global names Gregory King-Underwood as Head of Global Reinsurance
6th September 2019
Credit and political risk re/insurance broker BPL Global has announced the appointment of Gregory King-Underwood as Director and Head of Global Reinsurance and Portfolio Solutions. A former barrister, King-Underwood has worked at Guy Carpenter since 2012, where he recently headed up the broker’s trade credit, political risk, and surety and bond ... Read the full article
Aon appoints Weston Vice Chair of Bermuda Reinsurance Solutions
6th September 2019
Global re/insurance brokerage Aon announced the appointment of Neville Weston as Vice Chairman of its Reinsurance Solutions in Bermuda. He joins from Aeolus, where he served as a Partner and Senior Underwriter for its property catastrophe fund. Previously, Weston was with Guy Carpenter, having managed the firm’s casualty and professional liability broking ... Read the full article
Johnny Bøgelund replaces Gero Michel as Head of Chaucer Copenhagen
6th September 2019
Global specialty insurance and reinsurance group, Chaucer has announced the appointment of Johnny Bøgelund as Head of Chaucer Copenhagen. In his new role, Bøgelund will be responsible for managing the firm's European and Scandinavian underwriting portfolios, and will work with teams in Copenhagen, Oslo and London to support the long-term development ... Read the full article
Marsh announces senior cyber, digital assets appointments
5th September 2019
Global re/insurance brokerage Marsh has announced the appointments of Adam Wickens as Digital Asset Leader and Brian Warszona as Cyber Growth Leader in the UK Financial & Professional Practice of Marsh JLT Specialty. Wickens, who brings 20 years’ experience to Marsh, steps into a newly created position and will be responsible ... Read the full article
Hiscox names Joanne Musselle Group Chief Underwriting Officer
5th September 2019
Global insurer and reinsurer Hiscox has appointed Joanne Musselle as its new Group Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), following the retirement of Richard Watson. She will assume the role at the end of the year and will join the Hiscox Ltd Board as an Executive Director in February 2020, subject to regulatory ... Read the full article
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