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News on insurance and reinsurance industry hiring, appointments and people move news and announcements. Covering key hires and people moves across the global reinsurance, commercial and specialty insurance markets.
Compre welcomes Daniel Fiehn as group COO
11th July 2023
International legacy group Compre has announced the appointment of Daniel Fiehn as group Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. Reporting to group chief executive officer Will Bridger, Fiehn will be responsible for IT /data, change and facilities, with a particular focus on driving the use of technology and data across the ... Read the full article
SRS expands further into Latam with Delgado’s appointment
11th July 2023
Independent insurance company manager, Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS), has announced the appointment of Luis Delgado as Latam Regional Director. In his new role, Delagdo will be responsible for leading SRS’s business development strategies and the geographical expansion of the firm into Latin America. He has been relocated to Colombia to establish ... Read the full article
Sory Diomande named new CEO Santam Re & International
11th July 2023
Sory Diomande has become the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Santam Re & International at Santam Insurance, the largest general insurer in South Africa. Santam Re was formed in 2010, it only transacts proportional and non-proportional TREATY reinsurance for both marine and non-marine classes. No facultative reinsurance capacity is offered. It offers ... Read the full article
DUAL appoints Gustavo Baraldi Head LATAM Reinsurance for Financial Lines & Casualty
11th July 2023
Gustavo Baraldi has joined as the Head LATAM, Reinsurance for Financial Lines & Casualty, DUAL Group. The role is based out of São Paulo in Brazil and was effective from July 2023. DUAL is an underwriting business founded in 1998. The company is one of the largest international MGA's with over ... Read the full article
Maria Morzello promoted to CRO Bermuda & NA, AXA XL Re
10th July 2023
Maria Morzello has been promoted to the role of Chief Risk Officer (CRO), Bermuda & North America at AXA XL Reinsurance. Based in Stamford, Connecticut, she takes on this new role after spending over two years serving as a Senior Risk Manager. An experienced veteran across the industry, Morzello brings over two ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Kiln expands cyber team with series of appointments
10th July 2023
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has announced a series of appointments to further bolster its presence within the cyber market. Firstly, the company has confirmed that Aoife Woulfe, former Head of intellectual property (IP) at TMK, has been appointed to the position of Head of delegated cyber. In her previous role as ... Read the full article
Athora appoints Michael Koller as Chief Risk Officer
10th July 2023
Athora, a European savings and retirement services group, has appointed Michael Koller as Group Chief Risk Officer, succeeding Lukas Ziewer, who stepped down from the role in May. Koller has more than three decades of industry experience and was most recently CRO at MS Amlin. Before this, he was Group Risk Director ... Read the full article
Falvey appoints Juanita Shaikh as VP of Marine Cargo
10th July 2023
Falvey Insurance has announced the appointment of Juanita Shaikh to its underwriting team as Vice President, Marine Cargo. Shaikh will be located in Houston, TX and will conduct business there from a remote office. Shaikh is a market veteran with experience spanning over 22 years in the marine insurance industry. Prior to ... Read the full article
K2 Financial hires The Hanover’s Leach to build on US growth
7th July 2023
K2 Financial, a business unit of K2 International and part of K2 Insurance Services LLC, has appointed Kevin Leach as Senior Vice President and founder of K2 Financial’s US operation. An experienced veteran across the industry, Leach joins K2 from The Hanover where he most recently served as Vice President - ... Read the full article
Chaucer hires Liberty Specialty Markets’ Sidawi as new Class Underwriter in Dubai
7th July 2023
Specialty re/insurance group Chaucer has hired Nadine Sidawi as a new Class Underwriter within its political violence team in Dubai. Sidawi joins the reinsurer following 12 years of service at Liberty Specialty Markets. The firm, part of US based Liberty Mutual Group, provides commercial insurance and reinsurance solutions across Europe and the ... Read the full article
Costero Brokers appoints Will Wright as a Senior Broker
7th July 2023
Privately held London-based brokerage, Costero Brokers Ltd., has hired Will Wright as a Senior Broker. Wright joins the brokerage with over 10 years of broking experience within London and overseas. Costero has confirmed that in his role, Wright will heavily focus on marine liabilities, energy, cargo, and aviation business in the United ... Read the full article
Michael Baumstein joins Martello Re as CIO & CFO
6th July 2023
Martello Re has announced the appointment of Michael Baumstein as Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with Virginia Perinelli and Alana Rathbun receiving promotions. Baumstein holds three decades of reinsurance, banking, and private equity experience, having most recently served as Head of Private Equity & Real Assets at Barings as ... Read the full article
Banyan Risk names Ben Munro Chief Underwriting Officer
6th July 2023
Specialty Managing General Agent (MGA) Banyan Risk, has appointed Ben Munro to the newly-created role of Chief Underwriting Officer. In his new role, Munro will be responsible for overseeing the execution and achievement of Banyan Risk’s plans for profitable growth globally, as well as using his depth of experience in the ... Read the full article
Swiss Re appoints Ali Shahkarami as Global Head of P&C Solutions
6th July 2023
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced the appointment of Ali Shahkarami as Global Head of P&C Solutions. He will be reporting to Russell Higginbotham, CEO of Reinsurance Solutions. Shahkarami’s appointment was effective July 1st, 2023, and he will be based out of Munich. Russell Higginbotham, CEO of Reinsurance Solutions, commented on the ... Read the full article
AM Specialty Insurance appoints Peter B. Smith as a non-executive director
6th July 2023
AM Specialty Insurance Company (ASIC), an Excess and Surplus (E&S) insurance firm and an accredited reinsurer, has appointed Peter B. Smith as a non-executive director. Smith has over three decades of experience in the insurance sector, having held executive leadership roles at insurance organisations in both the U.S. and internationally. Most recently, ... Read the full article