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WTW hires Robert Lasovski as Head of P&C for Australasia
24th October 2022
WTW has appointed Robert Lasovski as Head of property & casualty (P&C) for its Corporate Risk & Broking (CRB) business in Australasia. Based in Sydney, Lasovski joins WTW from Marsh McLennan in Australia where he was the National Corporate & Commercial Leader. Overall, Lasovski brings 29 years of extensive experience in P&C ... Read the full article
WTW names Michael Machin Head of Broking for FINEX North America
21st October 2022
Global advisory, broking and solutions company, WTW, has announced the appointment of Michael Machin as Head of Broking for FINEX North America, Corporate Risk & Broking (CRB). Machin will also join the FINEX NA leadership team and partner with the FINEX segment leaders to advance strategic priorities for the business. In his ... Read the full article
WTW names Terry Rolfe Director – CRM of Aerospace
18th October 2022
Global advisory, broking and solutions company, WTW has announced the appointment of Terry Rolfe as Director - Client Relationship Management (CRM), within the company’s Aerospace business. Rolfe has more than 30 years of industry experience in managing client relationships, strategic planning, and risk management, which according to WTW, will benefit the ... Read the full article
WTW makes senior hire for Luxembourg
13th October 2022
Advisory and broking solutions company, WTW has appointed Alain Dufraisse as Managing Director of its Luxembourg Captive and Insurance Management Solutions (CIMS) office. Within this role, he will report to Elizabeth Carbonaro, WTW CIMS regional lead for Western Europe. Overall, Dufraisse brings over 30 years of industry experience towards the role. Over ... Read the full article
WTW launches new analytics platform
12th October 2022
Global advisory, broking and solutions company, WTW, has announced the launch of Risk Intelligence Quantified (Risk IQ), a platform aimed to help risk specialists to understand and navigate their business’s risk portfolio. According to the WTW, Risk IQ provides on-demand and direct access to the company’s modelling tools, allowing businesses to ... Read the full article
WTW adds Jamie Lee to Natural Resources team
11th October 2022
Global advisory, broking and solutions company, WTW, has appointed Jamie Lee as Managing Director, Head of Upstream Energy, North America, in its Natural Resources business. Based in Houston, Lee will be responsible for delivering tailored advice, developing solutions to capacity constraints for WTW’s clients, and growing the upstream portfolio. He will ... Read the full article
Miller appoints WTW’s Archie Horne to lead new Bloodstock & Livestock team
5th October 2022
Leading independent specialist re/insurance broker, Miller, has launched a new dedicated Bloodstock and Livestock team. The new team will be led by Archie Horne, who has taken up the role of Head of Bloodstock & Livestock, where he will report to Katie Small, Head of Private Clients. Horne joins Miller from broker ... Read the full article
WTW hires Chang from Sompo Intl. as Head, Corporate Risk & Broking NA
4th October 2022
WTW has hired Michael Chang to be its new head of corporate risk and broking for North America, succeeding Mike Liss, who plans to retire in the first half of next year. Prior to joining WTW, Chang served for six years as co-leader of Sompo International’s Global Insurance and CEO of ... Read the full article
WTW names Michelle Cui P&C Director of ICT business
28th September 2022
Global advisory, broking and solutions company, WTW, has announced the appointment of Michelle Cui as Director, Actuarial Property & Casualty (P&C), in its Insurance Consulting and Technology (ICT) business. Cui is joining the ICT team from Zurich North America, where she served as vice president and actuarial director. In her new ... Read the full article
Aurora appoints WTW’s Ian Thomas as Head of Product and Insight
28th September 2022
Digital platform and managing general agent (MGA) Aurora has hired Ian Thomas as Head of Product and Insight. As Head of Product and Insight, Thomas will be responsible for driving Aurora’s creative use of data with a key focus on the intelligent use of insights to deliver a first-class customer experience. He ... Read the full article
WTW makes three appointments for its natural resources business
26th September 2022
Advisory and broking solutions company, WTW has announced three appointments for its natural resources business. Andrew Brunero has been hired as the global head of downstream energy broking for the company’s natural resources business. Brunero joins WTW after spending more than a decade at Marsh Energy. Throughout his tenure at Marsh Energy ... Read the full article
WTW and University of Cambridge launch new Airport Risk Index
23rd September 2022
WTW and the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Risk Studies have unveiled a new Airport Risk Index, allowing the world’s airports to introduce risk profiling methods to future-proof their resilience planning. The new Index was presented to global airport executives at the annual WTW Airport Risk Community conference in Lisbon. It compares ... Read the full article
WTW and CodeEast partner on workers’ comp
22nd September 2022
WTW and software company CodeEast are to collaborate on enabling MGAs and carriers to rapidly implement a digital platform for workers' compensation insurance. The collaboration will be centred around CodeEast’s ONEview platform, which now includes functionality tailored for US workers' compensation insurance. This includes a workers’ compensation ratings component delivered through ... Read the full article
WTW brings Alessandro Pesci back into the fold
20th September 2022
Advisory firm WTW has appointed Alessandro Pesci as EMEA reserving practice director in its Insurance Consulting and Technology business. Pesci is returning to the company and will be based in the firm’s Rome office where he will work to support and strengthen client relationships within the EMEA region. He will also ... Read the full article
WTW rehires Christian Ryan to lead NA Industry Specialties
12th September 2022
Insurance and reinsurance broker WTW has added Christian Ryan to its North America Corporate Risk & Broking division as Industry Specialties Leader. WTW states that Ryan, whose career has focused solely on industry specialisation and expertise, brings a depth of understanding around the genuine value this approach offers clients. He previously worked ... Read the full article