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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.
BHSI adds Anna Spink as Head of Marine, Australasia
5th September 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a provider of commercial property, casualty, and specialty insurance solutions, has appointed Anna Spink as Head of Marine, Australasia. In her new role, Spink will be based in Sydney and lead the marine specialty lines, including marine cargo, marine liability, marine hull, pleasure craft, plant and ... Read the full article
Lockton Re names James Stephens as Head of Crisis Management in London office
5th September 2025
Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of the privately owned independent insurance broker, has announced the appointment of James Stephens as Head of Crisis Management in its London office. Tom Meyer, Head of Specialty, Lockton Re, added: "We are delighted James has joined Lockton Re supporting our drive to provide clients with ... Read the full article
Tim Barber becomes CEO, London for Price Forbes Re
5th September 2025
Independent reinsurance broker Price Forbes Re has announced the appointment of Tim Barber as CEO, London, reporting directly to Chris Bonard, president of the company. Barber brings over four decades of industry experience to his new role. As part of his responsibilities, he will lead Price Forbes’ London reinsurance operations and ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re names Max Garratt & Russell Hails as Executive Directors
5th September 2025
Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the appointments of Max Garratt and Russell Hails as Executive Directors for its Australia team. Garratt brings over 20 years of industry experience to his new role. He joins Gallagher Re from Lockton, where he served as a Partner. Prior to that, he was ... Read the full article
Rokstone appoints Allman and Turgeon as Senior Underwriters, NA Inland Marine
5th September 2025
Rokstone, the international specialty re/insurance managing general agent (MGA) and part of the Aventum Group, has appointed Adrianna Allman and Charles Turgeon as Senior Underwriters in its North American (NA) Inland Marine division. The appointments align with the MGA's ambitious growth strategy for the class. The MGA's Inland Marine underwriting team ... Read the full article
Blenheim Underwriting adds SCOR Syndicate’s Lawson & Hewlett as property underwriters
5th September 2025
Blenheim Underwriting, a specialist managing general agent (MGA) and Lloyd’s coverholder, has appointed Phil Lawson and Alex Hewlett as Class Underwriters, effective February 2026. The pair will join the delegated authority team, further strengthening the MGA's highly regarded property account. Blenheim stated that combined, they bring 50 years of industry experience. The ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint appoints Martin Hudson as Board Director
5th September 2025
Bermuda-domiciled global specialty insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint Ltd. has appointed Martin Hudson as Board Director, effective September 1st, 2025. Hudson has over four decades of international re/insurance leadership experience, spanning underwriting, risk management, governance, and executive management. His leadership experience covers wholesale and retail insurance, specialty and reinsurance markets, and global operations ... Read the full article
Mike Reynolds named Group CFO of McGill and Partners
4th September 2025
McGill and Partners, an independent global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of Mike Reynolds as Group CFO, succeeding Dominic Mignon. Reynolds brings nearly 30 years of leadership experience in the insurance industry, and will join the company later in the year, subject to regulatory approval. The executive is ... Read the full article
Aon names Qin Lu as Head of North Asia
4th September 2025
Aon, a global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has announced the appointment of Qin Lu as Head of North Asia. In this role, Qin will oversee teams across Japan, Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau, uniting them under a single subregion. He will expand his current responsibilities as Head of ... Read the full article
Neville Ching joins Willis Re in Bermuda to support joint venture
4th September 2025
Willis Re, a specialised reinsurance broking joint venture between Bain Capital (BCIS) and WTW, has announced that industry veteran Neville Ching has joined the company in Bermuda to support the firm’s reinsurance joint venture. As a reminder, in December 2024, WTW confirmed its plan to re-enter the treaty reinsurance broking market ... Read the full article
Stephen O’Flynn named SVP, Underwriter on Ascot Re’s Casualty Treaty team
4th September 2025
Global specialty insurer and reinsurer Ascot Group has announced the appointment of Stephen O'Flynn as Senior Vice President, Underwriter on the Ascot Re Casualty Treaty team in Bermuda. In this role, O'Flynn will report to Sean Ramlal, Head of Casualty and Professional Underwriting at Ascot Re. O'Flynn brings 30 years of industry ... Read the full article
KCC appoints Milan Simic as Global Strategy Advisor
4th September 2025
Karen Clark & Company (KCC), a provider of catastrophe risk modelling solutions, has announced the appointment of Dr. Milan Simic as Global Strategy Advisor. In this role, Simic will lead global growth initiatives and manage international client relationships. Based in London, he will report to Karen Clark, Co-Founder and CEO of ... Read the full article
Descartes Underwriting appoints Sébastien Bardy as CFO
4th September 2025
Descartes Underwriting, a specialist in corporate parametric insurance solutions for climate and emerging risks, has appointed Sébastien Bardy to the newly created role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bardy will report to CEO Tanguy Touffut and lead Descartes’ financial scale-up with a focus on value creation for stakeholders. He will build ... Read the full article
Everest names Voralia CUO for Global Reinsurance
3rd September 2025
Everest Reinsurance, the reinsurance division of Everest Group, has announced the appointment of Jiten Voralia as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for Global Reinsurance, effective immediately. Voralia will be succeeding Chris Downey, who was recently promoted to EVP and Group CUO, and will report to Jill Beggs, EVP and CEO of Reinsurance. In ... Read the full article
Oceanview Re names Timothy Gasaatura as President & CEO
3rd September 2025
Oceanview Reinsurance Ltd. (Oceanview Re), a subsidiary of Oceanview Holdings Ltd., has announced the appointment of Timothy Gasaatura as President and CEO. Gasaatura succeeds Stelian Dragan, who has chosen to relocate to the US after serving as President and CEO of Oceanview Re for the past three years. Since June 2024, Gasaatura ... Read the full article
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