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THB to retain brand name amid LatAm expansion
23rd February 2021
Specialist re/insurance broker THB has announced that it will retain its brand name in Latin American (LatAm) regions following the renaming of its UK expansion operation to Amwins Global Risks. As part of its expansion, THB LatAm is planning to grow on a regional basis and to facilitate this approach the ... Read the full article
THB rebrands to Amwins Global Risks
22nd February 2021
Amwins Group, Inc., the independent wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products in the U.S., has announced the rebranding of THB to Amwins Global Risks. THB is Amwins' international broking arm based in London, which joined the company in 2012. Since then, THB has doubled its annual premium placed to more than ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s syndicate Ki binds first risk with AmWINS’ THB
30th November 2020
Ki, the fully digital and algorithmically-driven Lloyd’s of London syndicate, has revealed that it has now bound its first risk with THB, the international broking arm of AmWINS Group, Inc. The risk was bound by the Brit and Google Cloud backed Ki on its fully-aligned Lloyd's Syndicate 1618, with Ki's line ... Read the full article
THB adds Paul Baker as associate director for North America special risks
7th September 2020
Specialist re/insurance broker THB has appointed Paul Baker as associate director for its London-based North America special risks division. Baker joins from Tysers with 35 years' experience specialising in North American property/catastrophe and transportation risks, both on a facultative basis and in the form of binding authorities. “Like many in the Lloyd’s ... Read the full article
THB Europe adds Jord Westerloo as facultative broker
1st September 2020
THB, the specialist re/insurance broking operation of US wholesale broking giant AmWINS, has announced the appointment of Jord Westerloo as facultative broker for THB Europe. Westerloo’s appointment follows THB Europe’s engagement in July of a new executive director to lead its treaty offering. He has worked for Aon Re Netherlands since 2016, ... Read the full article
Matthew Crane named CEO of THB Group & President of Intl. for AmWINS
5th May 2020
Specialist insurance and reinsurance broker THB has named Matthew Crane as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of THB Group and President of the International division of AmWINS Group, Inc. Crane takes over from Frank Murphy, who has served as CEO of THB Group since 2009 and who is in his 45th year ... Read the full article
AmWINS appoints Matthew Crane as CEO of THB Group
3rd February 2020
Specialty insurer AmWINS has announced the appointment of Matthew Crane as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of THB Group, its specialist international re/insurance broking and risk management firm. Crane, who will also take up the role of President of the International division of AmWINS, succeeds outgoing CEO Frank Murphy. Murphy has served as ... Read the full article
AXA to underwrite THB’s Fleet UK product
19th November 2019
Global insurer AXA is to underwrite Lloyd’s wholesale broker THB’s Fleet UK product, as part of a new partnership deal. THB says the decision to pair with AXA originates from wanting to partner with a fleet insurer that values underwriting expertise, as well as AXA’s commitment to offering flexible solutions for ... Read the full article
THB bolsters binding authority team with two JLT Re hires
15th May 2019
Specialist re/insurance broker THB Group has announced two senior appointments to its binding authority team. Lee Collins, a Partner at JLT Re, will join as Director, Head of binding authority placements. Adrian Steele, also a Partner at JLT Re, joins as Director, binding authorities. Both start at THB in November and will report ... Read the full article
THB Group appoints new Strategic Binding Authority Director
1st May 2019
Specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, THB Group, has announced the appointment of Steve Ford as Strategic Binding Authority Director. Ford joins from Pen Underwriting, where he was global managing director. THB's binding authority team transacts over $700 million of premium annually. Commented on the appointment, THB Worldwide Specialty Chief Executive Officer (CEO), ... Read the full article
THB bolsters board with four senior appointments
22nd February 2019
Specialist insurance and reinsurance broker THB Group has made four senior board appointments including Kay Smith, who joins as Group Chief Financial Officer. Smith takes over from Rob Wilkinson, who transitions to commercial director. Smith has held a number of senior financial positions in the insurance broking sector, most recently at Arthur ... Read the full article
Ricardo Borges takes leadership of THB Europe
1st February 2019
Specialist insurance and reinsurance broker THB Group has now completed the leadership transition of its THB Europe division, which includes the retirement of Joaquim Caria. Caria has been facilitating a "smooth transfer of responsibility" to the firm's Managing Director Ricardo Borges since he was appointed in August 2018, and has now ... Read the full article
THB appoints Matthew Gould as Senior Broker for aviation team
5th September 2018
Specialist re/insurance broker, THB, has appointed Matthew Gould as Senior Broker for its aviation team, effective immediately. He will report to Tom Thompson, THB’s Director of aviation. This announcement follows the new multi-sector UK strategy announced last week by Darren Nightingale, Chief Executive Officer of THB MET, which encompasses the Lloyd’s ... Read the full article
THB names Declan Durkan as Head of UK Risk Solutions business
29th August 2018
THB, the specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of Declan Durkan as Managing Director of THB UK Risk Solutions, the company’s wholesale broking operation that places UK risks on behalf of 1,300 brokers. Durkan joined THB in 2017 as Commercial Placement Director, before which he held a variety ... Read the full article
THB appoints Ko Bertelkamp as Operations Director of European business
2nd August 2018
Specialist re/insurance broker, THB, has appointed Ko Bertelkamp as Operations Director of its European business, effective immediately. Bertelkamp will be based in Amsterdam and report to Ricardo Borges, Managing Director, THB Europe. This follows the recent THB Europe leadership transition, with Ricardo Borges becoming Managing Director as Paul Lindeboom retires and Joaquim ... Read the full article
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