International re/insurance broker UIB has announced the appointments of Carl Smith as Operations Director and Olivier Carriere as a Senior Risk Engineer.
Smith will join the firm in mid-April, reporting to UIBL CEO Shaun Barrington.
He arrives from Marsh, where he previously held the roles of COO Specialty Practices between 2010 and 2017, and as COO London Markets from 2017.
Before this, he served with Cox Insurance as Aviation Underwriter and Head of Administration, with Sedgwick (Broker Airlines and General Aviation), and with British Insurance and Investment Brokers Association (BIBA).
Carriere, meanwhile, is a trained engineer and has spent his 30-year career within energy re/insurance as a Underwriter and Consultant, with particular expertise in the African markets.
Prior to running his own consultancy and training business, he spent 10 years as Senior Upstream and Downstream Energy Underwriter at PartnerRe.
And previously, Carriere spent with 14 years at AXA RE, also as Senior Downstream Energy Underwriter.
“Both Carl and Olivier are great additions to the team here at UIB,” said Shaun Barrington, CEO of United Insurance Brokers Limited (UIBL).
“They bring vast experience of their respective roles and following our recent announcement of Miles Taffs’ arrival, we are delighted UIB continues to attract the best talent that is available across the London market and is consistently able to offer our clients additional value in all our service propositions to help them fulfil their own requirements.”
