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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.
Westfield names Dan Thomas SVP, Chief Actuary
24th July 2025
Westfield, a US-based property and casualty insurer, has appointed Dan Thomas as Senior Vice President (SVP), Chief Actuary, to strengthen the company’s risk insight, capital strategy, and predictive capabilities. In his new executive role, Thomas will lead Westfield’s enterprise-wide actuarial function, driving strategic initiatives to enhance pricing governance, reserving, capital modelling, ... Read the full article
Amwins names Shah as General Counsel, Hargrove transitions to Senior Advisor
23rd July 2025
Amwins, a distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has appointed the current Deputy General Counsel, Molly Shah, as General Counsel effective January 1st, 2026. Simultaneously, Donna Hargrove transitions from her current role as General Counsel into a new position as Senior Advisor. As part of the transition, Hargrove will remain ... Read the full article
Jurecka to take over from Wenning at helm of Munich Re
23rd July 2025
Global reinsurer Munich Re has announced the appointment of Dr. Christoph Jurecka, currently the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), as Chair of the Board of Management, succeeding Dr. Joachim Wenning, who is set to retire. According to the announcement, Wenning’s decision to retire is driven by personal reasons. He wishes not ... Read the full article
Andrew Laing named Head of PartnerRe Capital Management
23rd July 2025
Bermuda-based reinsurer PartnerRe has announced the appointment of Andrew Laing as Head of PartnerRe Capital Management, effective October 1st, 2025. Laing will succeed Andrew Hughes, who is leaving the company after more than four years of service. Laing has been with PartnerRe for 17 years, having joined in September 2008 as AVP ... Read the full article
HDI Global Canada names Derek Reedie as Head of Engineering & Construction
23rd July 2025
HDI Global Canada has announced the appointment of Derek Reedie as Head of Engineering and Construction. In this role, Reedie will lead insurance solutions for complex infrastructure and industrial projects. He brings over 25 years of industry experience, ranging from general P&C to construction and contractor specialisation. Reedie joins HDI Global from Ecclesiastical ... Read the full article
QBE NA promotes Atkinson to President of NAU Country Insurance Company
23rd July 2025
QBE North America (QBE NA), part of the global insurer QBE, has promoted Jordan Atkinson to President of NAU Country Insurance Company, effective August 18th, 2025. He succeeds long-serving NAU Country President, Jim Korin, who announced his intention to retire earlier this year. NAU Country is QBE North America's $4 billion Crop ... Read the full article
Novatae appoints Anju Arora VP of data, business intelligence & innovation
23rd July 2025
Novatae Risk Group, a managing general agent (MGA) and underwriting manager, has announced the appointment of Anju Arora as Vice President of data, business intelligence and innovation, a newly created role. Arora has been tasked with driving Novatae's data-driven transformation overseeing business intelligence, analytics, and innovation programs that align with the ... Read the full article
AXA XL promotes Ed Totten to Head of Construction Casualty
22nd July 2025
AXA XL, the property and casualty (P&C) and specialty risk division of global insurer AXA, has announced the promotion of Ed Totten to Head of Construction Casualty, consolidating Primary and Excess Casualty lines under his leadership. Totten brings over two decades of experience in construction and casualty insurance to the role. He ... Read the full article
Porfilio joins WTW’s ICT as Head of Personal and Commercial Lines Business Development
22nd July 2025
Insurance and reinsurance broking group WTW has announced the appointment of Dale Porfilio as Senior Director and Head of Personal and Commercial Lines Business Development to its Insurance Consulting & Technology (ICT) business. Porfilio, based in Chicago, will be responsible for enhancing growth, market share, and profitability across both personal and ... Read the full article
Allianz Commercial appoints Hyeji Kang as new CFO
22nd July 2025
Allianz Commercial has announced the appointment of Hyeji Kang as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Allianz Commercial and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), effective October 1st, 2025. In her new role, Kang will report directly to Thomas Lillelund, CEO of Allianz Commercial. She will succeed Oskar Buchauer, who ... Read the full article
Howden appoints Saloni Bhandari as SVP, M&A and Co-Head of Transactional Risk
22nd July 2025
Howden, the global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has announced the appointment of Saloni Bhandari as Senior Vice President (SVP) - M&A and Co-Head of Transactional Risk. In her new role, Bhandari will focus on warranty & indemnity (W&I) and transactional risk insurance solutions. She brings nearly a decade of experience at ... Read the full article
Davies names Mike Heard President of Operations for North America amid strategic growth initiatives
22nd July 2025
Davies, a professional services and technology provider for the insurance and regulated markets, has appointed Mike Heard as President of Operations for its North American business. Heard will report to Dhara Patel, CEO of Davies North America, and will be responsible for overseeing the company’s operations in the region. He joined Davies ... Read the full article
QBE appoints Anna Connolly as European Property Product Manager
22nd July 2025
Commercial insurer QBE has announced the appointment of Anna Connolly as European Property Product Manager. Based in London, Connolly will join QBE’s European Operations (EO) team on 1st October 2025, reporting to Naintara Agarwal, EO Director of Underwriting and Portfolio Management. Connolly joined QBE in 2009 as a Geographical Risk Analyst before ... Read the full article
Differentiated asset management firm 1823 Partners launches led by Anant Bhalla
21st July 2025
1823 Partners (US) LLC, a differentiated asset management firm focused on insurance-first investment strategies, has launched with a multi-billion-dollar asset mandate from JAB Insurance. Co-founded by Anant Bhalla, Joachim Creus, and Frank Engelen, the firm will be led by Bhalla as CEO. It is headquartered in Miami, with an office in ... Read the full article
Dr. Maxim Baer appointed Managing Director of Tysers Belgium
21st July 2025
Tysers, an independent Lloyd’s broker and member of the Australian AUB Group, has appointed Dr. Maxim Baer as Managing Director (MD) of Tysers Belgium, based in Brussels. The appointment aligns with AUB’s ambitious European expansion plans, leveraging Tysers’ Lloyd’s market access and strong specialty capabilities. In his new role, Dr. Baer will ... Read the full article
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