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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.
Lloyd’s appoints former U.S Senator John Sununu to Council
30th January 2019
Lloyd’s has appointed former U.S Senator John Sununu as a member of its Council on a three-year term. During his time in the senate, he served on the Senate Banking Committee - where he actively prioritised insurance issues - and the Senate’s subcommittee on Science, Technology and Innovation. Effective 6 February, the ... Read the full article
Arch Insurance appoints Eric Boquist as EVP for Retail Energy
30th January 2019
Arch Insurance North America has announced the appointment of Eric Boquist to the role of Executive Vice President (EVP) for Retail Energy. Boquist joins Arch from Travelers, where he most recently served as President of the insurer’s Oil & Gas unit in Houston, Texas. In his new role, he will remain in ... Read the full article
Stephen Warwick named CEO of Reinsurance, Asia Pacific at RFIB
30th January 2019
International insurance and reinsurance broker, RFIB, has appointed Stephen Warwick as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reinsurance, Asia Pacific, effective February 1st, 2019. In his new role, Warwick will report to Kevin Stratton, Managing Director of the broker's Specialty division. He will be based in Hong Kong where he will establish ... Read the full article
AXIS Re names Jason Arbuckle Head of Underwriting, Canada
29th January 2019
AXIS Re, the reinsurance arm of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has named Jason Arbuckle as Head of Underwriting for Canada. In his new role, Arbuckle will take responsibility for the Canadian office operations, which includes enhancing and expanding the reinsurer's Canadian market business, and both identifying and establishing new AXIS Re ... Read the full article
Channel Syndicate 2015 promotes Anderson to Head of Tech & Cyber
29th January 2019
Channel Syndicate 2015 (Channel) at the specialist Lloyd's of London insurance and reinsurance marketplace, has announced the appointment of Gillian Anderson as Head of Technology and Cyber, effective immediately. In her new role, Anderson will report to Active Underwriter at Channel, Tom Corfield. She joined Channel in the summer of 2016 ... Read the full article
AIG appoints Global Head of A&H, General Insurance
28th January 2019
Edward Levin has been named as the new Global Head of Accident & Health, General Insurance, at American International Group, Inc. (AIG), effective next month. Levin will be based in London and will report to Christopher Townsend, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AIG International General Insurance. In his new position, Levin will ... Read the full article
ACORD reveals 2019 Board of Directors
28th January 2019
International standard-setting body for the insurance sector, ACORD, has announced its new 2019 Board of Directors, as well as numerous returning members. J. Spero Zacharias will continue as Chair of the Board of Directors, which consists of 27 members, including nine new Directors. ACORD President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bill Pieroni, ... Read the full article
EC3 Brokers launches Middle East division, appoints head
28th January 2019
EC3 Brokers is targeting growth in the Middle East and Africa with the launch of a new division, called EC3 Brokers MEA, which is to be led by Senior Executive Officer (SEO) Steve Hart. This new venture, based in Dubai’s International Finance Centre, expands EC3 Brokers’ existing operations in London and ... Read the full article
Allianz partners with PIMCO to launch P&C ILS unit
25th January 2019
Premier fixed income investment manager PIMCO, which is owned by global re/insurer Allianz, has launched a new property and casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) business, working in partnership with its parent. The new ILS business launch is to be led by Rick Pagnani as Executive Vice President (EVP), who brings more than ... Read the full article
RGA adds IT and operations veteran to Board of Directors
25th January 2019
Global life and health reinsurer, Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), has announced the addition of Steven Van Wyk, currently Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Head of Technology & Innovation at PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., to its Board of Directors. Van Wyk will start his tenure as an independent director on February ... Read the full article
RMS names Cihan Biyikoglu Exec VP of Product
25th January 2019
Catastrophe risk modelling and analytics firm RMS has announced the appointment of Cihan Biyikoglu as Executive Vice President of Product. Reporting to Chief Executive Officer Karen White Biyikoglu will serve as a member of the company’s Executive Committee. He joins with 20 years experience overseeing product management for big data, data analytics ... Read the full article
Qatar Re CEO Gunther Saacke to step down this year
24th January 2019
Qatar Re, the reinsurance arm of Qatar Insurance Company (QIC), has announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gunther Saacke, is to step down as CEO and Executive Director at the next Board meeting, which is scheduled for March 2019. The Board of Directors has said that it is with regret ... Read the full article
Langhorne Re names Pestcoe Executive Chair and Bermuda CEO
24th January 2019
Large in-force life and annuity focused reinsurer, Langhorne Re, has named Marvin Pestcoe as Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Langhorne Re Bermuda. Langhorne Re was launched last year by Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) and RenaissanceRe (RenRe), which, at the time, secured $780 million of equity capital commitments ... Read the full article
Nick Garrity joins IGI from Swiss Re as CEO, Labuan office
24th January 2019
Specialist commercial insurer and reinsurer, International General Insurance Holdings Limited (IGI), has hired Nick Garrity as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IGI's Labuan office, based in Kuala Lumpur. In his new role, Garrity will be tasked with strengthening the firm's Asia Pacific offering, within a planned growth strategy from the re/insurer's Kuala Lumpur ... Read the full article
Aon Reinsurance Solutions launches life specialty practice, names head
24th January 2019
Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions business has announced the launch of a new life practice group and appointed Colin Dutkiewicz to lead as the firm’s Global Head of Life. The broker hopes to foster growth in the life market by building upon the firm’s existing annuity transactions and the success of its PathWise ... Read the full article
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