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Doppstadt and Paglia have served on the board for 14 and 10 years, respectively.
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Joe Morrello joined the firm in 2022 after serving as E&S property head at Beazley.
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The two will serve clients in the power, utility, and renewable segment.
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April Files is based in Houston, Texas.
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Previously, Grace Meek was CEO and president of Homesite Underwriting.
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Preet Gill spent nearly 20 years with Marsh McLennan’s technology practice.
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Chres Lee was previously M&A counsel for Liberty Global Transaction Solutions.
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Based in Miami, the executive has worked at Liberty Mutual for nearly 13 years.
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Deanna Brewer will work with NFP’s construction clients.
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Leigh Hellrung joins from Farmers Insurance, where she worked for 11 years.
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The executive has been with the firm for more than 20 years.
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Based in New York, he will report to chairman and CEO Frank Harrison.
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Spina will be based in New York and oversee surety accounts along the East Coast.
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The executive’s exit is part of a reassessment of Axis’s primary casualty book.
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Glatfelter CEO Chris Flatt will become interim chief executive.
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Driscoll and Lubert have been promoted to presidents.
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The team members’ backgrounds include construction, bonding and surety.
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This publication revealed Chubb was planning to re-enter the London TL market.
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Erich Lowe most recently served as SVP with Aon’s property practice.
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He joins from Odyssey Re, where he was treaty underwriting VP.
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The underwriter will report to Kristina Maffit.
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The executive has over 25 years of industry experience.
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The executive previously worked at Guy Carpenter and AIG.
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The executive was formerly Hartford’s head of small commercial and personal lines.
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Based in New York, the executive will report to global head of casualty Josh Everdell.
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Rodrigues’s retirement caps nine years with Markel.
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Coppola was also a member of the NA exec management board.
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Vanessa Hardy Pickering and Lester Pun have also been promoted.
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Bill Stratico joined the firm in 2010 as a management and professional liability broker.
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The firm hired Kami LaBerge and Egbert van der Graaff.
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Bridge Specialty president Boyd and RT director Dawson join board.
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Patterson will also serve as chair of the audit committee.
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The exit follows the broker moving its Climate Risk Advisory function into its Risk Capital segment this year.
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The challenger broker is continuing to build out its presence on the island.
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Sullivan is the former CEO of AIG and now a senior adviser at Lightyear Capital.
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The hires fill roles previously held by Martin Leitch and Dave Logan.
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Hank Dominioni will focus on Hartford, Torrington and greater Connecticut.
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Dejung spent 13 years at Scor, most recently as cyber CUO.
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He was most recently cyber product leader at Zurich NA.
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The former MS Re CUO brings over 30 years of industry experience.
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WTW hired Kolos for transactional solutions, Chin for tax insurance and Kesack for contingent solutions.
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He was executive managing director in Aon’s wholesale treaty team.
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Larson and Godlis will be based in New York and Mohamed will be based in London.
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He retired from Argo Group in November after the sale to Brookfield.
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Estevam Souza joins from Sompo Seguros.
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The firm took a major reserve charge and has gone into remediation mode.
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The broker has also appointed Charlie Liddle and Rowan Minhas to the team.
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Marty Becker was previously chair of QBE Insurance and Alterra Capital.
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The executive served in the role since January 2023.
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The executive will continue in his role as global head of distribution.
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He had most recently served as a managing director at Aon.
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The executive left OdysseyRe last August, as this publication revealed at the time.
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He joined K2 International in 2014 and established K2 Financial.
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The facility offers a range of $25mn to $50mn in excess capacity.
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He will assume the role of office president in mid-2025.
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The executive will report to Acrisure North America president Michael Cross.
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In September 2023, Cowbell made the same number of staff cuts.
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Mark Miller, currently COO, will succeed Mark Jones, who will transition to executive chairman.
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Both executives will report to Jim Wallace, head of E&S property.
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Jill Beggs has been named chief operating officer for reinsurance.
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The firm is investing in the next stages of growth and enhancing operations.
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The executive was most recently president of Vouch Specialty.
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Bill Fahrner most recently served as CUO at Joyn Insurance.
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The company is a key player in algorithmic underwriting.
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Ross' appointment marks the first of four hires to the new business lines.
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Tokio Marine's international co-head Williams is handing the role to TMK CEO Irick.
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Ross Bowie joins the MGA after serving as CUO at Orchid Insurance for two years.
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The recruits join from Ardonagh, Guy Carpenter, Howden and Miller.
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Peter Kestenbaum has nearly 20 years of industry experience, particularly in E&S.
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Peter Heard will leave Travelers on April 12, after 40 years at the company.
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The former Accredited CEO spent most of his career at Aon Reinsurance.
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It is thought that the move is part of a broader restructuring.
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The outgoing NA CEO joined the legacy carrier in 2022.
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Justin Ward will lead the firm’s production efforts in the expanding MGA market.
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The executive will head a team of over 70 energy specialists.
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It named CEOs for retail services and specialty markets, in addition to a company chairman.
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This follows a string of promotions dating back to last August.
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Duties will include setting strategic direction in marine, aerospace, and specialty niche lines.
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The broker has been adding to its capabilities in the region.
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Shannan Fort was a partner in McGill’s FI and cyber team.
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The team will be led by Alejandra Hernandez Irizarry and Courtney Alonzo.
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Chris Inglis served as the first US Senate-confirmed national cyber director.
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The executive will split his time between San Francisco and New York.
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Wood started at the wholesale broker in February.
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Laura Johnson most recently served as head of E&S primary casualty.
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Laxner has prior experience at Ambridge, Converge, Axis, Markel and Chubb.
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He joins Fairmatic’s executive team to lead new product production.
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David Shalders will be based in London and report to CEO David Howden.
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Between 2009 and 2012, Therese Vaughan served as CEO at NAIC.
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The executive joins from Chubb where she was EVP, digital business officer.
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Andrew Grim will continue to serve as national casualty practice leader.
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Chubb elevates Gillston to EVP, head of NA industry practices
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He is succeeded by interim co-CEOs Andrew Wheeler and Russ McGuire.
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She has over 15 years’ experience managing PL and cyber portfolios.
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David Bigley will also continue as head of property and catastrophe reinsurance.
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The executive will lead the company's global operational support organization.
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Deepika Srivastava will oversee claims, underwriting and risk management.
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The executive will drive expansion in NJ and southeastern PA.
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The executive most recently served as qualified solutions group leader at Marsh
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Current CEO Steven Johnston will remain as executive chairman.
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The changes precede the retirement of direct markets head Vince Santivasi.
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Jose Antonio Álvarez served as group CEO of Santander from 2015 to 2022
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Todd Schwartz spent over 21 years at Hilb’s Rampart Insurance Services.
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The appointment expands Alliant’s presence in the Southeast.
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Lamb’s previous position was controller with Kin Insurance.
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Robert Jones previously served at AIG as executive vice president of financial lines, specialty claims, working at the company for over 30 years.
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Boxell brings more than four decades of industry experience and joins from Mutual Aid Exchange, where he served for over ten years as chief financial officer, secretary and treasurer.
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Eric Halter has been hired as SVP, business development, while Bianca Hoshina will serve as chief reinsurance buyer.
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Glenn Pomeroy has over 30 years in the industry, including serving for eight years as the North Dakota Insurance Commissioner and, most recently, over 15 years as CEO of CEA.
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As part of Liberty Specialty Markets, John Krupczak will report to Manuel Moreno.
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Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Chris Meadows will focus on designing, implementing, and managing customized property and casualty insurance solutions for the broker’s Southeast client base.
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Dan Galbraith, BRP Group’s COO, and Jim Roche, the firm’s chief insurance innovation officer, will serve as co-presidents.
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Jamie Secor has over 20 years of underwriting and senior management experience and joined Hamilton in 2021 to oversee its US E&O business.
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The transfer is intended to allow Brad Martz to “focus on his position as president of American Coastal,” the company said in a regulatory filing.
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The role marks Miranda Rodriguez’s return to WTW from Brookfield Asset Management, where she was vice president of risk and insurance.
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Chuck Volker has been with Everest for more than 20 years, most recently serving as SVP, head of US property and specialty.
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Taylor Denier joins the specialty insurer’s New York office as SVP, head of US, environmental liability, reporting to global head Jim Finnamore
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Peterson will drive new business and client cross-sell initiatives, in addition to overseeing the retail sales infrastructure.
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The executive retired from Zurich effective 31 December, 2023, most recently serving as chief transformation officer, after beginning her career with Zurich in 1991.
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Munich Re Specialty Insurance (MRSI) has promoted Jeffrey Marks to COO, effective immediately.
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Intact Insurance’s Regina Williams and Sandi McIntosh joined the new team in December.
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It was announced earlier today that former Aspen UK CEO Richard Milner was set to join Chaucer as group CEO.
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Milner was appointed CEO of Aspen UK in 2020 and has held a number of senior roles within the market.
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Bill Hazelton replaces David Sandler, who is leaving Everest after six years.
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Both executives will report to CEO Guillermo Eslava.
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Adrian Jones will report to Acrisure’s president of global insurance Grahame Milwater, a spokesperson for the broker confirmed Tuesday.
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In his new role Bolaños will report to both Matthew Moore, Liberty Global Risk Solutions (GRS) president of underwriting, and to Phil Hobbs, LSM president and MD.
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In the newly created position, Kunert will lead efforts to build out and manage Amwins' formal claims infrastructure.
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The program offers professional liability, general liability and more for medical professionals in the healthcare industry.
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Effective immediately, Wolfe will help drive growth strategies across the region. He will also lead Guy Carpenter’s US facultative business alongside Frank Guerriero, chairman of Guy Carpenter Facultative.
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In October 2023, it was announced that Powell was leaving Marsh to join WTW as the broker’s global chief claims officer.
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CFO Kirk Lusk’s base compensation went down 16%, to $800,000 from $950,000, while his annual bonus increased to 65% of base salary.
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The executive joined Sompo in 2018 and most recently served as US Asian Risk Solutions leader.
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With a career spanning over 40 years, Bradley most recently served as chairman and CEO of Argo Group until his retirement in November 2023.
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Based in Brazil, the executive also has prior experience at Liberty Seguros, where he was regional manager, and Chubb, where he was LatAm surety underwriting manager.
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Steve Cooper has served in his current role since 2020, after joining the Lansing, Michigan-headquartered firm in 2006.
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The trio includes AIG’s Carson Lyons, Starr’s Jeffrey Tippins and Lockton’s Chris Latta.
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After serving as president of underwriting solutions since 2017, Neil Spector will move to a strategic adviser role effective January 16.
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Anna Tan will play a pivotal role in elevating the position of AXIS in the US wholesale casualty market in alignment with the company’s position as a leading specialty insurer.
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John Schwirtz will report to Matt Waters, head of Axa XL's US mid-market business, and build out a mid-market underwriting team.
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Based in Irvine, California, Tyler Banks brings more than 20 years' insurance experience to the position.
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The business will bring together aviation, marine, cyber, engineering and parametric solutions.
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Joining WTW in 2010, Despina Buganski has served as COO for the Ppersonal lines business since 2015.
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Canopius has also appointed Uwe Schoberth as head of distribution, US and Bermuda.
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Jon Colello will become president in the management shake-up.
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Mike Cueman will be based in New York and report to global head of construction Steve Cross and, via a matrixed structure, to Michael McKenna, head of North America.
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Prior to his new role, which Matt Prevost began this month, the exec spent nearly 10 years as Chubb’s SVP, cyber and product line manager.
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Amanda Ruback will focus on driving commercial P&C business growth, including supporting new business and client acquisition/retention and managing the region's commercial P&C account teams.
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Darly Polenz will be working with Russ McGuire, head of origination, with a focus on accelerating BMS Re’s growth strategy with balance sheet businesses.
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Michael Kehoe will relinquish the president’s role to COO Brian Haney and assume board chairmanship but will remain company CEO.
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Salvatore Sama has been named global product head for casualty, while Jane Farren has been named global head of financial professional lines.
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He most recently served as the Truist-owned broker’s national director of P&C.
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Booten has been COO at Citizens since May 2020, and at the public insurer in various positions since 2002.
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In this new role, she will manage cyber product and underwriting strategy across the globe, reporting to Matthew Hogg, global product leader, cyber.
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She joined The Hanover in 2015 and since 2018 has served as CUO of technology and life sciences underwriting.
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In her new role, Kozel will lead all sales and distribution efforts for Cowbell east of the Mississippi.
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Andy Stirk comes to Marsh from Ascot Group but had previously been MD in Marsh’s financial and professional liability practice.
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The new team is one of several the broker has set up in the past 18 months.
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In addition, the executive is eligible to receive an annual bonus of $262,000 for threshold performance, and up to $437,500 for maximum performance.
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The departure less than a month after GBLI announced it was halting the sale process for subsidiary Penn-America, parent company of Penn-Patriot.
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The appointment follows a senior leadership revamp at the Aquiline Capital Partners-backed broker, which included the promotion of Tim Hall to CEO.
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Russ Carlson has 20+ years of insurance and financial experience, most recently at InsurTech Bindable.
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Having spent 23 years at the firm, she most recently led the integration of its business finance teams.
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Buzz Mansfield will provide tailored P&C insurance solutions to the company’s growing southeast client base.
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He will be based in New York and report to Mike McKenna, head of North America.
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Devers’ was on the board of Ryan Specialty since 2013.
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Ogilvie joined the company in 2015 and has served as president of Church Mutual since January 2023.
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Underwriting, finance and technology veteran Shaun Shenouda will oversee continued growth and expansion of the real-estate-focused MGU.
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The industry veteran has served more than 35 years at Aon, where he most recently served as managing director and strategic account executive for high-profile Fortune-500 clients.
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The COO position had been vacant since 2018, when current president and CEO Kevin Burke was promoted from the role.
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Armijo will replace Bob Petrilli, who is retiring after serving as president since August 2018.
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The company announced in March last year that the executive was set to retire.
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The new unit, led by Hiscox 33, will launch with a $5mn line.
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The broking firm promoted Rachael Yelverton to director of strategic projects while Jeremy McCaslin was named chief innovation officer.
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Separately, sources said Swiss Re Miami-based head of auto overseeing the motor portfolio for the LatAm region Carlos Ricci has also left the reinsurer.
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The decision is based on the belief that the clarity provided under the old structure outweighs the benefits of the co-CEO structure that was put in place two years ago.
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Kevin Doyle joined RPS over five years ago as VP for the Western region, and in 2021 he was promoted to P&C Chicago area president.
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Based in Chicago, Michael Tate will be responsible for the design, implementation and execution of insurance solutions related to the US inland marine business.
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Peter Riihiluoma will succeed Richard Sammons, who is set to leave the business.
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Brian Costanzo, who joined the company in 2009, was previously CFO of Markel’s insurance business.
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Raymond Oral will report to Hiscox USA CEO Kevin Kerridge and Hiscox global chief information officer Chris Loake.
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The incoming SVP will be responsible for growing the MGA’s energy and engineering books in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Kelly Walsh has over two decades of insurance industry experience and will lead all underwriting functions at UFG.
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His last day will be December 2023, according to an internal memo seen by this publication.
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Schuermann joined Berkley Entertainment as chief operating officer in 2021 from NN Inc. Broshcart served in the president role upon the unit’s formation in 2004.
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Michael served as RLI CEO for around 20 years until he stepped down from the specialty insurer in 2021.
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She will have responsibility for Intact’s Quebec, West, Ontario and Atlantic divisions.
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In May, KAP named Kinney as president as Turner stepped down as CEO, although the executive remained with the retailer as a strategic adviser to the board through 31 July.
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The executive has worked at the private retailer for over five years and has held various positions, including PE and transactional VP.
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Over a 40-year career, the executive has held numerous high-level positions in the insurance and investment industries.
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Koscondy will set the global production and distribution strategy of all of Beazley’s cyber business sub-$250mn.
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The exec has nearly 30 years of property and casualty insurance experience and succeeds interim CWG president Melodee Saunders.
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The executive will continue reporting directly to Mercury General CEO Gabriel Tirador.
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Based in Jackson, Mississippi, he will provide tailored property and casualty insurance solutions to the broker’s regional client base.
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She joins Marsh following a 20-year career at Aon.
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The newly created role will see Frederico Spagnoli oversee Chubb’s consumer lines in 51 countries.
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The suspension of Global Indemnity’s effort to sell its E&S arm is likely specific to the franchise rather than an indicator of a dealmaking slowdown.
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Williams is taking over for LeAnne McCorry, who will take on a new role as head of enterprise clients, North America.
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The executive joins Alliant after 13 years at rival broker Woodruff Sawyer, where until recently he was VC and private equity leader.
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Sources said the executive will join Mitsui Sumitomo in a leadership position based in Brazil.
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Concert Insurance Group has promoted Alison Davidsen to the newly created role of COO.
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The former Aegis London CEO joins former AIG, Marsh McLennan and Ace CEO Brian Duperreault at the start-up.
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The executives will look to bring the company’s full suite of products to clients.
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Rob Newbold joined Verisk in 2002 and has held several roles, serving most recently as COO of extreme event solutions.
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The new SVP will leverage his construction and real estate industry background to work with CAC Specialty’s clients and prospects.
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Chris Bruno was most recently a vice president in Lockton’s Midwest cyber broking practice.
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The executive joined the firm in 2019 as senior vice president of program management and has since led the program and fronting business within the specialty admitted insurance segment.
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Christopher Laws is eligible to receive severance benefits under the severance plan for executive vice presidents.
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Nancy Woode and Erinn Pearson most recently worked at McGill and Partners and will be based in Aon’s Atlanta office.
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James Dunne is vice chairman and senior managing principal of investment bank Piper Sandler.
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Stan Galanski most recently served as president and CEO of The Navigators Group until its 2019 acquisition by The Hartford.
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Foy will remain board chair and expand his capacity as an ambassador for the company, primarily focusing on internal and external relationships and supporting M&A activities.
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Its confederation of insurance subsidiaries will have to operate with fewer strategic advantages than they do today.
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In addition, Westaim COO Robert Kittel also resigned from Skyward’s board while Tony Kuczinski was named lead independent director.
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After joining the firm in 2018 from Chubb, Cox oversaw the carrier’s Markel Specialty and Markel International divisions.
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He was previously president of Kelly Underwriting Services, now part of CorRisk.
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The executive joins Cover Whale after over two years at Bermudian SiriusPoint, where he was EVP and global CTO.
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Lowery-Biggers has more than 25 years of experience in the global finance and insurance industries, including as president of Lloyd’s North America.
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The underwriter will work in the retail property team at BHSI serving the central region.
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The executive will remain with the company as vice president of field operations.
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Nicole Martorana has been promoted to president from COO, while Russel Martorana was promoted to CEO from president.
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The executive will be based in the company's Morristown, New Jersey office.
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In tandem, the carrier announced that Stephanie Bush, who leads small commercial and personal lines, will retire after more than three decades with the company.
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Berkshire Hathaway announced that Munger “died peacefully” in a California hospital this morning, citing the Berkshire vice chairman’s family.
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The company has promoted CUO Sim Bridges to president, while retaining the CUO role, and Kim Bushong Petrillo to president and COO.
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Coburn will report to Jason Busti, Axis Re president of North America.
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Hansen’s role will be effective after a transition period with departing COO Chris Brook.
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Oliver Bäte joins Bret Johnson, CFO of SpaceX, and Coalition co-founders John Herring and Joshua Motta on the board of directors.
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Based in San Diego, California, the executive will focus on clients across the West Coast.
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The appointment follows Aon's recent hiring of Jeff Alpaugh, formerly Marsh McLennan’s US chief country officer, as president for North America.
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In his new position the executive will lead the Canadian broking firm’s national operations and will oversee strategic initiatives.
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As part of the US standard casualty team, she will develop and manage a portfolio of assumed casualty treaty reinsurance business.
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During his almost 10-year stint at The Liberty, the executive has also served as chief strategy officer, business development EVP and managing partner.
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Marohn will lead the company's E&S business, specialty industrial business, Hanover Programs, specialty general liability and Hanover Specialty Insurance Brokers.
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Based in Richmond, Virginia, the executive will oversee clients throughout the Metro DC/Chesapeake region.
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The executive will be responsible for all aspects of Everest’s retail, middle market and builder’s risk businesses.
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As part of the changes, former Andean CEO Alejandro Gregory will take over as LatAm chief commercial officer.
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The senior line-up at Convelo will now include Andrew Borst, Dan Shea and Eric Smith.
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In tandem, the Bermudian promoted David Corry and Greg Chilson to heads of casualty and professional lines, respectively.
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Current CEO Thomas Bradley, who announced his intention to retire on the closure of the deal, will receive a one-time cash bonus of $1.2mn.
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The executive will oversee AIG’s global technology and cybersecurity strategy and lead the insurer’s cloud strategy, along with other modernization technologies.
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In tandem, the firm elevated Cynthia Beveridge as global chief broking officer for commercial risk.
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The executive joined family-owned Lockton in 2020, as director of energy within the South Florida-based Latin America and Caribbean team.
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As CFO, Meier will oversee Assurant’s global finance and technology organizations and continue to report to Assurant president and CEO Keith Demmings.
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The executive will be responsible for formulating and implementing the healthcare liability segment’s strategy and approach to underwriting.
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The executive has over three decades of surety experience in underwriting, consulting, and claims roles, including a stint as surety claims counsel.
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The E&S personal lines insurer also named Malcolm Tsung as commercial lines product management VP and Scott Crozier for a similar role in the personal lines division.
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Christopher Balch is succeeding Matthew Mueller, who has been named chairman of the business. Both appointments are effective immediately.
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The low multiple shapes the decision set of the management team, negatively impacts staff, and creates potential opportunities for rivals.
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A liability underwriter for over 23 years, he will lead Aon’s contractor’s professional liability team.
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Camacho joins BMS after over three and a half years at Tysers, where he served as vice president based in South Florida.
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John Owen has been with Axis – and Novae prior to its merger with Axis in 2017 – for 19 years in underwriting and leadership roles.
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The specialist MGA has made senior hires to bolster its M&A segment and legal and operations support.
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The senior retro/specialty broker spent 26 years at Willis Re, which was acquired by Gallagher in 2021.
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The number of staff retained contrasted with more dramatic cuts made after the acquisition of Tokio Millennium and Platinum.
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Kowell succeeds Michael Pellegrini, who was appointed head of specialty for both markets last month as Michelle Sartain took over as US and Canada president.
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Michelle Bryer had been serving as senior vice president of claims operations at Combined, a Chubb subsidiary.
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Richard Sandor is widely regarded as being the architect of interest rate derivatives when he served as the vice president of the Chicago Board of Trade.
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The incoming chief exec was previously chief risk and strategy officer at TransRe from 2014 to 2023 and was CUO and held other strategic planning and underwriting roles at Harbor Point Re from 2006 to 2013.
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Former SiriusPoint CEO Dan Malloy has been tapped to lead the newly consolidated MGA and MGU businesses.
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Dual is partnering with Axis to provide a range of underwriting resources for clients in both commercial and contract surety.
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The executive will be responsible for construction property lines, including builder’s risk, contractor’s equipment and fixed property coverages.
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Aon’s Global Risk Management Survey also places failure to attract or retain top talent in the fourth spot.
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Kemper’s current results and historical trends suggest continued difficulty and remains a TBD story.
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The executive has been in post since September 2020.
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The executive will focus on designing and delivering insurance solutions that address existing and emerging industry risks and exposures.
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Shemi will develop credit risk transfer solutions for Guy Carpenter’s clients across asset classes uncorrelated to traditional property and casualty risk.
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Berisha will serve as head of US marine cargo, Vandermyde as underwriting manager, inland marine.
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He will be based in New York and report to head of management and professional liability Brian Chiolan.
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Based in Washington, DC, she will report to Pat Tomlinson, Marsh McLennan US and Canada CEO and Mercer president.
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Current EMEA CEO Eduardo Dávila is to leave the firm to “pursue the next chapter” of his career.
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Tim Mardon will become CUO at Aspen Bermuda Limited and a member of Aspen Re’s leadership team.
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Brodeur will have executive leadership and oversight responsibility for RLI’s pricing, reserving, risk management, reinsurance and due diligence functions.
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Peter Fallon is retiring at year’s end after two decades with the firm.
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He will report to Anthony DeFelice, Aon’s construction and infrastructure practice CEO.
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Work is at an exploratory stage, with efforts focused on London specialty and US P&C mid-market expertise.
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The carrier has appointed Scott Bailey as vice president of field operations for contract surety, among seven recent hires.
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Anthony Kuczinski has over 38 years of (re)insurance experience, including 15 years as president and CEO of Munich Reinsurance US Holdings.
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Jeff Alpaugh spent 34 years at Marsh McLennan, last serving as its US chief country officer.
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She will work with Atlantic Region, industry group, and risk practice leaders to grow NFP’s commercial P&C business.
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The executive left the company in June following a period of medical leave.
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Aon’s three-year plan will allow the firm to go “further faster” in serving clients with increasingly complicated needs, as well as creating additional operating leverage that will create the opportunity for Aon to deploy capital more broadly, CEO Greg Case told this publication.
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Markel named Alex Martin, Markel’s current CFO, as Sanders’ successor.
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The move follows an earlier announcement in May, when SiriusPoint disclosed that its equity stake in the Bermuda-based MGA was reduced to 49% from 100%.
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Pat Gallagher, who previously held the role of president since 1990, has “no plans to retire” and will remain as chairman and CEO.
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Simon Burton has been CEO of the Cayman Islands-based total return (re)insurer since mid-2017.
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He succeeds Focus founder Rudy Adolf, who will begin transitioning responsibilities immediately and retire at the end of 2023.
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The departure of the president of North America retail was disclosed in an internal company memo.
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Current cyber brokerage leader for the US and Canada, Meredith Schnur, will succeed Reagan as cyber practice leader, US and Canada.
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The firm has also hired William Lemos and Mike Griggs from USI, appointing them as SVP of Alliant Americas, based in Boston and Nashville, respectively.
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Karna has previously served as global chief data officer at Axa XL, while Gauthier is the former chief investment officer of Allied World.
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The appointment is the latest senior hire from AIG for the MGA, which recently hired Jordan Lanford as aviation head.
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The hire comes more than a year after founder and former CEO John-Isaac Clark’s departure amid workforce reductions in July 2022.
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Drew Carnase joined Risk Strategies two years ago and will be based in Boston, focusing on scaling and optimizing the commercial lines operations.
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Lisa Hric will be tasked with leading Inshur's nationwide expansion and further bolstering the profitability of its portfolio.
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In June of 1999, Marsh McLennan acquired a 51% stake in the brokerage and merged its various operations with existing units including Guy Carpenter and Mercer.
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“In the next few weeks, the third chapter will begin and I am excited to engage with the new team. I can’t share the details just yet but will provide an update in the near future,” Joseph Meisinger announced.
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Carlton Maner is stepping down after having served at AXIS for almost 22 years.
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The exercise is understood to involve mainly junior and non-broking staff.
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The executive will lead a new specialty business line focused on global credit and political risk.
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Based in Boston, the executive will focus on designing and delivering insurance solutions for an expanding range of clients across the Northeast.
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The 30-strong segment will combine reinsurance and capital markets with data, analytics and technology.
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A 19-year veteran of the insurance industry, he has held executive positions in finance, operations and underwriting within property and casualty lines of business.
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The executive remains based in New York and will report to Jennifer Bell, Aon’s CEO of North America, and to Joe Peiser, CEO of CRS.
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Bohm joins from Swiss Re Capital Markets, where he was head of structuring for the Americas.
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Pat Tomlinson will also step into the role of president and CEO of Mercer and vice chair of Marsh McLennan when his predecessor, Martine Ferland, retires in March 2024.
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Blanch joined his father’s reinsurance firm in 1958, became CEO in 1977 and took the company public as EW Blanch Holdings in 1993.
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Jon Hancock has also been named as international insurance CEO.
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It is understood that Padin will take on a treaty role overseeing client relationships across LatAm and the Caribbean while Martinez will lead fac re for Central America.
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The executive will focus on placing representations and warranties insurance.
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Stoik has more than 35 years of senior management, underwriting and broker experience.
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The two rival brokers have reached an out-of-court settlement over the poaching of 38 Guy Carpenter staff by Howden.
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Company co-founder and co-CEO Nicholas Petcoff will become sole chief executive as co-founder James Petcoff retires.
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She retired from Zurich last month following a 20-year career at the firm.
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Scott Canales, Richard Roderick, and Greg Barnes will join as executive vice presidents, and Mark Racunas as senior vice president, of Alliant Specialty.
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Jeff Banasz will serve as EVP with the Cobbs Allen division, establishing an inaugural office in Philadelphia.
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Rokstone, the Aventum Group’s (re)insurance MGA, has appointed Jordan Landford as global head of aviation, to be based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Francisco Torres joins UIB as CEO of the Miami operation after a stint at Price Forbes and Ed Broking.
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The appointments follow the retirement of CEO Andrew Brooks and the consequent resignation of former directors on the Lloyd’s board.
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The two executives, based in Dallas, Texas, have close to 60 years of combined insurance experience.
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California-based retailer Alliant Insurance has recruited Kurt King as SVP, to be based in Rhode Island, overseeing mid-market industrial commercial accounts in the New England region.
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Pellegrini succeeds Michelle Sartain, who was promoted to US and Canada president earlier this year as Pat Donnelly took over as Marsh specialty president.
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The executive joined Risk Strategies in 2014 through the acquisition of DeWitt Stern, where she served since 2000 and held a fine arts VP role.
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Chief accounting officer Anthony Harnett will step in as interim, while Selective conducts a global search process to identify a new CFO.
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Joining the company in 2014 as senior underwriter, casualty, Meyer has held increasingly senior positions in BHSI’s North America casualty organization.
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The executive has prior experience at USI, WTW and Aon, where he worked for almost 12 years.
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Foglietta was previously an executive VP and CFO of global operations and technology at Chubb.
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The executive was most recently global engagement partner at Marsh.
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Forte joined the specialty insurer in early 2018 as public entity SVP, CUO and COO after a spell at AIG based in New Jersey.
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Bianconi joined Aspen in 2016 and has held a number of roles including, most recently, as head of US cyber.
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She will oversee the strategic direction and execution of all At-Bay’s underwriting, partnerships and field operations
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Alliant Insurance Services announced it has tapped two specialty brokers, one to serve as senior vice president for its tribal services unit and another to serve as executive vice president for its agribusiness segment.
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The leadership change follows Howden’s landmark acquisition of TigerRisk at the beginning of the year.
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Stevenson was formerly SVP at Aon Special Opportunities Group, and de la Haye was previously head of resolutions at Augusta Ventures.
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He will be responsible for oversight of all aspects of the practice and leading the firm's growth in the market.
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The executive will oversee all aspects of managing direct insurance operations at the business.
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The Orlando, Florida-based brokerage filed a complaint last week in a South Carolina court, saying the clients being solicited represent over $8mn in annual revenue.
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Ryan Powers will report to QBE NA president of commercial insurance Mike Foley.
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Nichols joins from Aeolus Capital Management, where he’d served as a portfolio manager after previously spending nearly a decade at Guy Carpenter.
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William Cullen is to be succeeded by current executive vice president and chief underwriter Bill Hillman.
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In their new positions, the two executives will report to Hilb Group COO Jason Angus, effective November 1.
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The decision to align across business units had removed the need for the regional presidents' roles, the company said.
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The hire follows an August announcement from the Bermuda insurer of plans to launch a US operation at the beginning of next year.
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Patin will oversee Somers’ overall investment strategy and direct its investment managers.
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Having joined AIG in 2000, Poux was one of the Private Client Group’s founding members.
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Wood had been serving as interim CEO since the departure of Todd Jones at the end of August.
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Hohman succeeds Elizabeth Kramer following her recent appointment as president of E&S Lines. He will also become a member of the MRSI executive leadership team.
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The Canadian fronting carrier has been expanding its surety business in the US for several months through various initiatives.
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The unit will focus on commercial risks with a specialized approach in niche verticals, such as construction, commercial real estate, hospitality, manufacturing and technology.
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In tandem, the carrier initiated a formal search process as part of the selection of a permanent CFO.
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Steve Carroll, Ian Larson and Patrick Savage are the newest additions to the team.
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Ali previously led Amwins Specialty Casualty Solutions, a full-service MGA specializing in niche workers' compensation, casualty and professional liability products.
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McBride, who served as the 2022-2023 chairman-elect, replaces John Costello in the role as part of an annual leadership changeover.
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Based in New York, the executive will report to Axa XL CUO Libby Benet.
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Prior to this, he held the role of CFO for US insurance and holding companies at SiriusPoint.
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Wu will focus on supporting and growing the broker’s existing US, Canada and Bermuda strategic partnerships.
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The carrier has expanded capacity north of the border in cyber, transactional liability, financial institutions, professional liability and environmental liability.
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The executive will move to the (re)insurer after almost two years at Gallagher Re, a company he joined after the acquisition of Willis Re in late 2021.
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The move comes three months after this publication revealed that England was to take a position at Westfield based in London after a stint at Hiscox.
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Pomeroy was previously vice president ceded re and head of retro at Axis since January 2020.
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Lamba joins as head of reinsurance, Canada, while Sheehan joins as senior vice president, head of North America accident and health reinsurance.
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The Hanover has tapped Stephanie Seibold as president of alternative markets and Arthur Barrett as president of programs.
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Mike Bruce was previously CEO for Global Risk Partners, acquired by Brown & Brown last year.
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Sources said the executive will head up Conosur's reinsurance operations following the departure of Andres Cisternas, who moved to THB earlier this year.
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A trained pilot, he has spent 20 years in aviation insurance.
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The former general counsel and communications chief will move to the role on 1 October.
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Prior to his stint at WTW, the executive worked for three years at Aon after a seven-year spell at Marsh.
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Paul Simons joined the company last year from Axa XL as deputy CEO of Convex Re.
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Zurich North America has named Eric Cittadino head of programs effective September 1, the carrier announced on Thursday.
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The promotions follow the appointment of Tim Hall as CEO two months ago as Joe Tatum remained on the intermediary’s board of directors.
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Pilko will succeed Joseph Tocco, who is retiring after more than 12 years with the company. He will remain as special adviser for the remainder of the year.
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The firm has also appointed Sean Chen as CEO of Starr International Insurance, Singapore.
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Earlier this month, Inside P&C revealed that the underwriter hired ex-Ascot EVP Becker and a team of four executives to spearhead the Aquiline-backed MGA’s entry into D&O.
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In addition, Arch Re global CUO Pierre Jal moved to Zurich to take over as Europe CUO, while president Matthew Dragonetti expanded his scope to lead client-centric initiatives.
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Based in New York, the executive will report to Markel’s terrorism director Ed Winter, who is based in London.
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The company is looking to intensify its underwriting focus following the split of Fidelis in July.
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In her new position, McDermott will report directly to Everest insurance CEO Mike Karmilowicz, effective immediately.
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In late May, this publication revealed the appointment along with Mauro Signorelli’s, who served as head of international cyber at Aspen Insurance.
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Schawe joins the San Francisco-based brokerage after over four years at Marsh, where he was managing director and head of office.
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The executive has over 20 years of specialty insurance experience and most recently served as Everest’s head of financial and professional lines.
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The executive joins Patriot Growth after almost two years at Aquiline-backed retailer Relation, where he was CFO.
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The executive joined the company from Scor, where he helped to launch Scor P&C Ventures.
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The carrier has taken advantage of what it says are inherent strengths in talent and tech as well as a ‘golden’ E&S age.
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The reshuffle is effective immediately, but Troy will remain with the AAA insurer until September 15 to support the transition.
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The appointment follows that of Williams and Drakontaidis as head of contract surety and head of commercial surety respectively.
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Julie Wood, group head of distribution, will step into the role of interim CEO until a replacement is found.
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Effective August 24, Kristen Hunter will start as head of inland marine – North America at Axis, bringing a team of three with her from Berkshire Hathaway.
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The executive has 15 years of underwriting experience and most recently led Liberty Mutual’s North America specialty primary casualty business.
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Having already served in the role in an interim capacity, Hopkinson will now permanently head up the company’s insurance operations north of the border.
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She will report to chief casualty officer Connie Germano, who joined Dual from Everest last month.
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The executive will be responsible for overall performance of the company’s insurance operations in the region and report to Axa XL’s US country manager Matt O’Malley.
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Guerville has worked at Ryan Specialty for nearly seven years in various positions, including actuarial director, director of underwriting and deputy CUO.
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Hamann previously served as the company's deputy president and CUO of small commercial.
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Sources said SVP Crystal Greene along with VPs Carol Smith and Devon Lay and assistant underwriter Maggie Holland are joining Distinguished’s new D&O unit.
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Sources said Baron is joining Price Forbes after nearly seven years at Aon, where he was managing director based in South Florida.
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The incoming deputy CUO spent 10 years at AIG, holding roles such as global head of portfolio analytics and chief risk officer for financial and liability lines.
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The executive brings 17 years of industry experience and joins from N2G Worldwide Insurance Services, where he served as SVP of underwriting.
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The appointment confirms this publication's report earlier this week that former Howden treaty specialists Posada and Ivan Monroy are joining Gallagher’s regional unit.
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Spore will be responsible for driving growth with Lockton's insurer partners, focusing on financial, professional, and cyber risks.
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The broker has also appointed Paul Shedden as head of advanced risk analytics for its Risk Capital business.
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The equity grants were awarded in the form of time-based restricted stock units (RSUs) and performance-based restricted stock units (PSUs), with a grant date of August 9.
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The executive joined the San Francisco-based brokerage in 2020 after almost six years at MCM, where she was marine account manager.
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The role was originally slated to be taken on by now retired James Kent, former CEO of Gallagher Re.
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She succeeds Jonathan Schriber who joined Arch Reinsurance as US division president earlier this month.
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The appointments, in global private equity and field underwriting, are part of an effort to drive growth in the US middle market.
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McGill chairman John Lloyd will take over the specialty lines responsibilities as Hennessy transitions to the US.
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New CEO Ami Barlev – who has a background in tech, AI, comms and real estate – said he took the role at an “extremely difficult moment” for the InsurTech.
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Gosselink will be responsible for driving growth of the program, which covers commercial and private art collections and stock in trade, and for expanding Dual’s portfolio in the fine art sector.
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The executive has worked at Risk Strategies for over six years, first as family office practice manager and then as vice president in the NY region.
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Chubb’s Victoria Learned-Fenty stepped down as insurer member following the resignations of agent members Joshua Morey and Ben Rathbun.
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Prior to joining WTW, Bryce was a partner and private client practice leader at Canadian broker The Magnes Group.
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Earlier this week, this publication revealed that the firm parted ways with treaty VP and former TransRe executive Humberto Contasta.
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As part of a number of senior role changes, the reinsurer promoted Ben Hodge to the role of head of US property, treaty and facultative.
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Tysers’ pullback comes as other broking firms have expanded their LatAm operations via M&A or strategic hiring in recent years.
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The executive will sit on the executive committee and work on cultivating new client relationships.
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The embattled ILS platform took the decision in an attempt to reassure its trading partners.
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The executive joined the reinsurer a year ago after over 14 years at TransRe, where he held various property treaty positions.
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The program will provide coverage for various inland marine exposures, including motor truck cargo, contractor's equipment and builder's risk.
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She succeeds Noel MacCarthy, who announced his retirement earlier this year.
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This will be the second senior appointment for Everest in LatAm after the (re)insurer hired Chubb’s Jaime Chaves as CEO in Mexico as part of its global build-out.
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Outgoing CEO Brian Hanuschak was named chairman and will remain as a strategic advisor to the MGU.
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Kattan’s role will include establishing the strategy and structure of SiriusPoint’s global ceded reinsurance function, managing the ceded team based in Stockholm and overseeing all reinsurance placements.
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In her expanded role, she will work with trading partners to represent Aspen in the US for all business segments and build out existing distribution strategies.
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Mark Sperring’s promotion comes just a few months after AIG’s former head of global aerospace, Steve Eccles, left the carrier.
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Areas of focus should include hiring external talent, securing capital for M&A, speeding up US growth, and answering the reinsurance question.
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In this new role, he will help shape the overall direction of the company’s specialty programs portfolio business.
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Rowley joins the broker after nearly five years at WTW, where he was most recently head of North American property.
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Rebecca Shelley has worked in investor relations and communications roles at Norwich Union, Prudential and Tesco.
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The appointments include elevations within wholesale and retail distribution, as well as commercial lines and construction.
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Boston-based wholesaler One80 Intermediaries has hired Jonathan Legge as senior managing director to launch a private equity and transactional liability practice.
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Pat Donnelly has succeeded Lucy Clarke at Marsh, and Adam Garrard at WTW has moved into a chairman role.
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The executive, based in Morristown, New Jersey, will be responsible for the company’s US reinsurance operations.
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Craig Rappaport was previously CFO and COO and will now assume the role of president, while Nick Dagenais steps into the chief financial officer position.
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Chubb has appointed Ryan France to an EVP role as technology industry practices leader.
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McDevitt will identify client opportunities to help build stronger risk management programs, specializing in professional liability and medical malpractice.
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The promotion caps an “extensive internal and external search” following the departure of former CEO and founder Matt Miller last year due to health reasons.
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Rees joins from Chord Re, where he was head of casualty for nearly two years.
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Liz King Kramer will be responsible for executing the sector’s business plan and driving growth.
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The firm’s statement followed allegations in Israeli tech media of missing collateral linked to deals it was concerned in.
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The executive has worked at the Bermudian carrier for more than two decades.
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It is understood that London-based SVP Andrew Drysdale, who has worked at Marsh for over six years after almost five years at Aon, will relocate to Chile.
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At CNA, the executive managed a $500mn P&L for mid-market business out of New York.
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The executive joins Atain after over a year at German insurer HDI Global, where she was executive underwriter.
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Brislane started the role in July and is based in Bermuda. Thorsteinson is set to start in early August and will be based in Miller’s London office.
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Jerome Lande is deputy CIO and managing partner at Scopia Capital Management.
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An industry veteran of 30 years, Germano served as president and head of specialty casualty at Everest between August 2015 and November 2021.
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The company also announced that Asia retail markets will join global risk solutions and that it was launching its enterprise transformation and solutions unit.
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The executive will be responsible for shaping the business unit’s strategy in alignment with the wider reinsurance business.
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Assuming the new role immediately, she will oversee growth, innovation and talent development for Icat and its Boulder Claims subsidiary.
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Allegretti joins as WTW’s personal lines P&C sales director for the ICT division, while Anderson-Higgins will step into the corresponding role for commercial insurance lines.
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The pair will retain their leadership roles for MGUs WKFC, CorRisk and AgRisk.
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The underwriter replaces Stuart Liddell, who is leaving the business.
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The executive joins Alliant from rival Californian broker Woodruff Sawyer, where he worked for almost 16 years and until recently served as SVP and partner.
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Charles Cooper will be responsible for the development of a significant growth driver for the business.
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Romeo will be responsible for building out the US cargo program and charting a course for growth ahead of its launch later this year.
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Stephens hired Green from brokerage McGriff, Seibels & Williams, where he focused on cyber, energy and marine.
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CNA said in a filing with the SEC that the $1.8mn will be paid in two installments, in addition to certain health and welfare benefits.
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The move is a promotion for Hamilton, who served for five years as regional vice president of Southern California.
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Marsh joins Alliant after over 16 years at Business Insurance Services, where he was an independent agent based in Hilo.
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Leach joins the MGA as a founder of K2 Financial’s US operations and was previously head of FI at Hanover.
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Based in San Antonio, Texas, the executive will report to Hanna Kam, Hiscox’s group CRO.
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The underwriter has previously worked at AIG, Chubb and Markel.
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From July 2021 until March this year, Smith served as CEO at Risk Theory, a Texas-based MGU with over $500mn in GWP.
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Hub International has tapped former Aon national property broking officer Blake Giannisis as its North American property practice leader.
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Housse and Elliott were appointed as managing director and facultative practice lead respectively, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and the UK.
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The executive will be responsible for the growth of the hospitality insurance portfolio and for providing service to current and prospective clients in this segment.
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Johnson will assume the role July 3, taking over from Marc Orloff.
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Scopia nominated Jerome Lande as its representative to be appointed to the R&Q board, subject to due diligence checks.
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The executive joins Alliant after over 23 years at Gallagher, where he began his broking career based in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Before joining AIG, the executive had served as chief underwriting officer of marine at The Hartford.
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She will report directly to the MGA’s new chief underwriting officer Tom Nasso.
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Founder and CEO Jeff Greenberg will remain as chairman at the investment firm.
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In addition to his new role, the executive will retain his current position as head of marine for the Australasia region.
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Based in New York, the executive will report to Lockton cyber and tech practice leader Michelle Faylo.
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The broker has also announced several internal promotions, including Jack Snowden’s to lead the GRC London team.
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Berding will retain his current role as president of American Money Management Corporation, AFG’s investment management services subsidiary.
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Also formally joining the board are Carlyle’s managing directors James Burr and Jitij Dwivedi, and Adam Halpern-Leistner, director at Hellman & Friedman.
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The executive worked for WTW for more than two decades.
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The underwriter has worked at Swiss Re, Ironshore and Alize during his insurance career.
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Formerly head of AIG’s separation management unit, Tarpey joined Corebridge last August.
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He was previously CEO at consulting firm Andros Risk Services and has written two books on D&O insurance.
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O’Donnell will focus on strategic and tactical operations within global reinsurance alongside his continuing responsibility for Chubb Tempest Re USA.
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The executive joins from Crum and Forster, with 20 years’ cyber experience.
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The appointments come after the company expanded its syndicated loan facility to bolster its financial resources and strategic-growth initiatives.
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Matus will be a member of the board’s audit and compensation committees, while Price will be a member of the audit and strategy committees.
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The retailer recruited Eric Harper as EVP, managing director, Bill Havard and Steve Sclimenti as SVPs and Robert Engles as first VP.
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The broker will also work to support traditional reinsurance and retro activities.
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Mark Drummond-Brady will be providing advice and counsel to support the broker’s growth plans.
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The executive worked for over four years at CMF first as specialty coordinator and then as Latin America leader of portfolio solutions.
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The financial lines MGA said the appointments follow a recent investment from private equity partner Direct Capital Group.
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Tim Hall has held increasingly senior roles at Relation, joining the firm in 2019 as executive vice president and head of M&A before being promoted to president.
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The cyber MGA can now serve clients in Italy, Spain, Ireland, Sweden and Denmark.
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Purtill became interim CFO in January after AIG terminated Mark Lyons, saying the executive violated his confidentiality/non-disclosure obligations to the firm.
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Based in White Plains, New York, the executive will focus on designing, implementing, and managing risk mitigation solutions and strategies for the firm’s growing client base across the Northeast region.
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Before working at ICS, Robert Nizzi spent over six years at Enterprise Risk Strategies, where he was president until 2017.
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Tartaglia will focus on driving process, data and systems excellence to support Aspen’s commercial and business strategy.
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Interim CEO Luke Lichty will become head of commercial and specialty insurance for Canada.
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The broker will report directly to Greg Case and move away from day-to-day client responsibilities.
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Based in New Orleans, Edwards will be tasked with developing comprehensive and cost-effective risk management solutions for a wide range of businesses and organizations across the region.
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Krump retired from Chubb in January of this year, while Masojada retired from Hiscox in 2021.
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Based in Irvine, California, the executive will focus on designing, implementing, and managing risk mitigation solutions and strategies for a diverse and growing client base across the state.
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The incoming executive brings over 25 years’ industry experience, having previously held roles at Allianz Trade, Altradius and Zurich.
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Chris Harris and Fiona Woodcock join the US liability and international liability teams in London, respectively, while Andrew Halls has joined Howden’s Bermudian property casualty team.
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He will join the North America regional management team, in addition to continuing to serve as a member of the company’s Canada management team.
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The new CUO has over 35 years of insurance experience and previously served as CEO and president of StarStone Insurance.
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Gallagher has over 25 years of insurance experience and joins Everest Re from AIG.
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Other appointments in the team include Nick Ayres as chairman of global credit and Doug Espenson named as head of US mortgage.
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The executive first joined Vantage in 2021 after stints at Hamilton and Allied World.
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John Welch left his role as CEO of domestic markets at Axa XL Re last year in a leadership reshuffle.
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The broker named Matthew McCabe as MD of cyber broking with a brief to tackle complex cyber issues.
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Sources said the executive, who has over two decades of experience in the (re)insurance sector, will take a position at regional intermediary Reasinter.
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Wintrust Financial Corporation led the loan, in which Synovus and JPMorgan Chase, among others, participated.
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The executive was previously co-CEO of First Republic Bank.
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Jarrier has been with the carrier for over two decades, most recently as head of worldwide pricing and analytics.
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Abram will not stand for re-election at the company’s 2023 annual meeting, according to the company, and will be succeeded by lead independent director Ollie Sherman.
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Previously, he led the underwriting team from the launch of the company’s MGA.
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Right now firms pursuing this strategy are winning, although there are some potential slow-burn issues to watch.
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Boeck will be IMA’s primary contact for cyber insurers concerning the development and distribution of cyber and related policies.
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He was previously North America Cyber Growth leader and before that Midwest Regional Leader - FINEX Cyber/E&O.
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Recent top line growth and improved performance will need to be weighed against historical underperformance at group level, but the opportunity could attract a non-traditional buyer.
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Buchmueller will leave the company at the end of 2023.
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The executive will be responsible for leading the firm’s surety operations and driving the growth of the practice.
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Mayer will manage a global centre of excellence for parametric products and report to Paul Schultz, CEO of Aon Securities.
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Pollaro joined Markel in 2009 and most recently served as managing director of management and professional liability for Markel Specialty.
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Gregg Cunningham joins from Liberty Mutual Insurance, where he was executive vice president for nearly six years.
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She will report to global head of cyber and technology Dan Trueman and play a key role in shaping the team’s strategic direction.
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Everest Insurance has appointed Glen Browne as head of international corporate strategy.
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Zhou will focus on implementing risk and actuarial practices, as well as managing risk-taking through Corvus Reinsurance Company.
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Bronek Masojada served as CEO of Hiscox until January 2022 and was appointed to SiriusPoint’s board in May.
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Douglas spent the last decade of his 23-year tenure as head of WTW’s climate and resilience hub.
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Markel established the new positions to address the unique needs of its wholesale and retail business models.
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He will be responsible for QBE NA’s more than $1bn commercial programs portfolio, which includes both property and workers' compensation.
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Veiga joins from IRB Brazil, where he spent the last 19 years in a variety of underwriting and executive roles across several business lines.
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Maritzen joins Everest after less than six months as head of underwriting for Berkshire Hathaway’s property program business.
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Johnson will be responsible for producing new business for large casualty structured reinsurance solutions, as well as driving talent recruitment and retention in North America.
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The new business unit will offer excess liability coverage to specialized markets, starting with environmental and energy industries.
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The executive will report to Guy Jolicoeur, managing director, technical risks and specialty lines, for NFP in Canada.
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Duck Creek has appointed Chris McCloskey as chief operating officer.
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Marcial will take over the position left vacant after the departure of Juan Costa, who moved to Berkshire Hathaway as casualty VP in Atlanta.
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The executives join the family-owned broker after a stint at Marsh, where they were both SVPs.
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Based in Stamford, Connecticut, the executive will oversee the carrier’s cyber fac and treaty operations reporting to NA CEO Brian Quinn.
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The executive will oversee the development of cyber and tech products reporting to Hiscox US SVP head of specialty risks Doug Karpp.
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De la Cuerda will oversee Allianz’s commercial unit in Spain and Portugal, reporting to both Allianz Spain CEO Veit Stutz and AGCS chief regions officer Henning Haagen.
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Bilbao joins from CNA Hardy, where he was a senior cyber underwriter, while Byrne joins from Corvus Insurance.
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Blount is taking over from Rob Rosenzweig, cyber practice leader, who recently assumed a leadership role at Risk Strategies
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Based in Birmingham, Alabama, the executive will report to NFP management, cyber and professional liability managing director Matthew Schott.
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Gallagher Re is looking to increase its presence in the North American large-account space, where it is underweight compared with rivals.
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Based in Miami, the executive joins BUA as partner, working alongside managing director and CUO Juan Calvache.
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In addition, the mutual promoted Jelmer Andela to head of cyber underwriting within its London-based subsidiary Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM).
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The executive will report to CEO James Shea and is based in Florham Park, New Jersey, United States.
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Kuhn was previously AIG’s head of public D&O – New York, having spent nearly a decade with the organization in a range of financial lines roles.
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He has also worked in operational and innovation roles at Catlin, XL Catlin and Axa XL.
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The executive joins the group after four years at Allstate, where she was head of commercial lines property and liability product line management.
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The broker said it intends to vigorously defend itself against Aon’s allegations concerning the departure of fac re employees.
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Aguilar bring 20 years of industry experience and joins from Aon, where he most recently served as deputy finance director, Asia.
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Juan Carlos Gomez will report to CEO of BMS International Nick Gillett.
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He will be based in Connecticut and report to Alex Blanco, Vantage's chief executive, insurance.
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Anthony Kuczinski spent 34 years at Munich Re, serving as president and CEO for 15 years of Munich Reinsurance US Holdings until December 2022.
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The new chair joined Hamilton’s board in November 2013 and also briefly served as the carrier’s interim group CEO and interim Bermuda CEO.
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Kinney spent four decades at Travelers and has been a strategic adviser to KAP since December 2022.
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Thomas Uzzo brings more than a decade of industry experience to his new role.
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The outgoing CEO will now retire from the company rather than taking up a group carrier relationship role.
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Tom Wakefield will formally become CEO of Gallagher’s reinsurance broking unit on 1 June, reporting to EMEA CEO Simon Matson.
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The executive will be responsible for the growth and profitability of the carrier’s casualty lines in 51 countries and territories outside North America.
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He will be charged with driving CFC’s cyber underwriting strategy and broker development in the US with a specific focus on the company’s admitted cyber product.
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The executive will have responsibility for lines including property, casualty, professional lines, energy and marine.
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Julian Cusack has stepped down from his duties as ASML chair after eight years.
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In the newly created position, former Players Health group president Naveen Anand will report to Claude LeBlanc, Ambac president and CEO.
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Mark Gregory was previously CEO of Axis’s international division, while McKenna was CUO of Falvey Insurance Group for two years.
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Coletti will work closely with Coalition’s risk management team to set the firm’s global underwriting and pricing standards.
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The New Jersey-based insurer has recruited James Bluzard as large contract surety CUO as well as Chris Raines and Kyle Fuller.
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Browne becomes deputy global chief underwriting officer and Holmes assumes the role of global underwriting officer of property for energy and construction.
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The pair will be responsible for managing underwriting activity across their respective lines.
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Following the departure of Gretchen Hayes and the appointment of Masojada, SiriusPoint board will consist of nine directors, six of whom are independent.
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Risk capital comprises commercial risk and reinsurance, with human capital covering health, wealth and talent.
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The firm elevated James Jinhong to head of capacity and product development, hired DJ Postles as underwriting EVP for NBIS and recruited John Kopach as excess liability EVP.
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The executive will manage a team of 80 professionals that serve clients through more than 20 programs focusing on niche markets.
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Senior departures, the Corebridge stock price and the arrival of Dan Loeb all throw up additional obstacles.
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The company also named Jeff Smith as president and CUO of the MGU.
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Byrnes joined BHSI almost four years ago as construction vice president for the US Eastern region, overseeing construction professional liability.
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He was previously vice president – North America construction manager at Scor, and held past roles at Liberty, Swiss Re and CNA.
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The executive joins from Excess Underwriting, where she most recently served as chief operating officer.
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He has over 15 years of experience in the insurance business, working in multiple areas, including catastrophe risk management and ceded reinsurance.
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Jay Weber succeeds Dennis Barger, who was appointed as chairman of the business, effective immediately.
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The previous Aston Lark CEO will be responsible for supporting the leadership team to build out the broker’s geographic reach and product expertise.
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The underwriter will be based in southern California and lead global strategy in cyber for the insurer.
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The industry veteran retired from AIG’s board in January for health reasons.
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He will also join the board of At-Bay Specialty Insurance Company.
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GC’s Steve Housse and AJG’s James Elliott have resigned to join the challenger reinsurance broker.
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The executive will relocate from London to New York and report to Chubb NA field operations COO Rob Poliseno.
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The appointment comes after a slew of cyber reinsurance brokers left Aon to join Howden.
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Last month, the company hired former SiruisPoint COO Gangu as president, reporting to the CEO.
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She has served as interim CEO since January, after former CEO Michael Kerner was appointed as a board member.
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Sir Keith Skeoch takes over from Tim Ingram, who has retired after nine years as chairman.
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He joins the division during a period of growth, with GWP surpassing $1bn for the first time in 2022.
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Both executives were serving as presidents of their respective divisions at the brokerage arm.
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EMEA CEO Simon Matson said the company will announce “the optimum structure for this part of Gallagher” once it is finalized.
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In his new role, Mulray will lead all aspects of North America, the Insurance division’s largest portfolio, and report to Everest Insurance president and CEO Mike Karmilowicz.
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Both of them bring decades of experience in the private client industry.
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Based in New York, the executive will lead over 500 employees worldwide to boost Aon’s insurance consulting capabilities.
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She joins from Aviva Canada and has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry in North America and the UK.
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Sompo International has promoted Margaret Hyland to president of its North American reinsurance division. She replaces Steven Hanke, who is leaving for a “leading brokerage firm”, according to a statement.
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Tizzio’s new employment agreement starts May 4, 2023 and ends December 31, 2026, with automatic one-year renewal periods unless either party gives prior notice of non-renewal.
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Sources said BlueChip NY-based managing directors Chris Opisso, Jon Sprintz and Jason Tomitz will join Volante to run the unit.
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The reinsurer has made a series of high-level reshuffles this month, including the appointment of Greg Schiffer as head of US national accounts.
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He replaces Steven Barnett, who is leaving to pursue opportunities outside the company.
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Smith served as chief accounting officer, chief compliance officer and senior advisor at Goldman Sachs before retiring in 2021.
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He was previously executive vice president and chief operating officer at the rival Floridian.
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In this role, the executive will be responsible for developing and executing the company’s strategy in the programs and E&S casualty market segments.
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Swiss Re has appointed Greg Schiffer its managing director, head of US national accounts.
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The executive will start in his new role on April 10.
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Based in Atlanta, Duncan will report to Travelers EVP and president of small commercial and business insurance business centers Eric Nordquist.
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Longo was previously underwriting manager for Axa XL’s construction group.
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Before his retirement in 2021, he had worked for Liberty Mutual for more than two decades, serving roles including president of global risk solutions and CFO.
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The company is also realigning its retail insurance sales structure.
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Based in London, Artunduaga has served as Aon’s LatAm network leader. In addition, Chile-based Jose Necochea, Victor Padilla and Andres Claro will move to WTW.
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Butera was previously head of P&C client markets US, in the company’s reinsurance division.
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The executive will be based in Markel's Glen Allen office and report to chief claims officer Nick Conca.
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The executive will oversee the broker’s operations in Dallas, Houston, Ft Worth, New Orleans and Birmingham, Alabama.
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Bart Zanelli will work within Gallagher Securities, specialising in capital raising and M&A.
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The executive has served in her current role since late 2019, and prior to that, worked with Valen Analytics as president and chief marketing officer.
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Fox will report to Zurich North America CEO Kristof Terryn, with a shared reporting relationship to group CUO Penny Seach.
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Pina Albo spoke to Inside P&C on the heels of her appointment to the organization’s chairmanship for a two-year term since January.
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Sutherland was previously head of the US central zone at Axa XL and spent 13 years as senior vice president, management liability at Allied World.
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Based in London, the executive will report directly to incoming CEO Guillermo Eslava, who will take over the position in Q2.
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The role will involve managing alternative capital strategies for the specialist lines insurer.
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Jeffrey Hayman has been nominated as non-executive chairman.
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Ciano was most recently practice leader for management liability with USI Insurance Services.
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Ringsted will remain a core member of the Risk Underwriting Committee and was assigned a new role as chief digital business officer.
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Gangu was previously president of the insurance and services division and COO at SiriusPoint.
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The executive joins Lockton Re after almost 11 years at Aon Benfield, where he was treaty broker based in Chile.
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Based in New York, Watt will report directly to Axis specialty insurance head and incoming group CEO Vince Tizzio.
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Incoming Gallagher Re CEO Tom Wakefield will also report to EMEA CEO Matson, who gets an expanded role.
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As part of her new position, the executive will join Mapfre’s senior management committee, effective April 1.
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Howden’s reinsurance unit has once again hired extensively from its larger rival in a move likely to spawn further litigation.
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DeSett will report to NFP EVP and head of brokerage and consulting Ed O’Malley. The P&C unit generated $740mn in revenue last year.
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The executives bring diverse management experience from energy, motor, publishing and agriculture.
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In his new role, he will be part of Lockton's global operations team, focused on the company's continued growth.
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Based in Boston, Wilson will report to Newfront’s head of executive risk, Deirdre Finn.
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An industry veteran with nearly 20 years of experience, Albert served as executive vice president of strategy and business development at Selective.
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AmTrust also named Peter Farrell AmTrust as CFO / head of investments at International Underwriters DAC, and appointed him to its board.
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Based in Mexico City, Chaves will report to Everest insurance Latin America regional president Pablo Korze, who is based in Chile.
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In addition, Echo Re recruited Ariadna Garcia as senior underwriter for LatAm and the Caribbean.
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Jennifer D’Arcy will be responsible for building out the carrier’s fac strategy for North America from London.
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His predecessor Consedine announced his resignation as CEO earlier in March.
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The insurer also hired David Selchen as senior vice president of organizational and total talent management.
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Bolig has been executive managing director at Aon since 2014.
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The appointment comes as the legacy and investment banking divisions join under common management.
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Litigator Sarah Bowden has been appointed to oversee the new book of business.
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He will coordinate product management and development of related products, which are anticipated to be available in the late second quarter of 2023.
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The group CUO role is being eliminated with the function pushed back into the regions and specialties.
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An industry veteran of nearly five decades, the newly appointed independent director previously served as executive chairman for AIG's board of directors, and as the company’s CEO from 2017 to 2021.
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Tran also previously held various leadership roles at Tokyo Marine Kiln, XL Catlin, and Catlin Group.
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Singhvi most recently served as the company’s COO after joining the firm in 2018.
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The executive joined the firm in April 2022 as senior vice president of cyber liability, technology E&O, media and management professional liability insurance.
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Johnson was the founder of North-Carolina-based Axiom Re, which was acquired by Brown & Brown in 2006.
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Kenney will take on the CEO role in addition to his position as president and CFO of the insurer.
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It is understood that Scholz is taking the position that remained vacant after Jeff Arricale left the private broker over four months ago.
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The specialty leader had worked at recent acquisition Willis Re since 1998.
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Inmaculada Gonzalez was previously US head of ceded reinsurance placements.
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The firm added Tony Roehl, Lori Bibb and Joe Holahan from Morris, Manning & Martin.
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WSIA members also elected RT Specialty president Brenda (Ballard) Austenfeld vice president and Axis wholesale CEO Carlton Maner as secretary.
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The executive will be charged with unifying carrier engagement and bringing together Gallagher’s offerings.
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He most recently served as the chief underwriting officer for the company’s commercial casualty business.
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Toby Gorman joins the expansive broker from Arrow Risk Management, while Matt Taylor joins from Chesterfield.
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Gordon Browne will head up lines including marine, aviation and energy, representing 30% of AGCS premium.
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Yaworsky has served as interim insurance commissioner since being nominated by Governor Ron DeSantis last month.
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The executive was not part of the company’s layoffs in late 2022, as he departed earlier this year.
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The announcement follows the appointment of Diana Murphy and Vanessa Wittman as independent directors, which will be effective on March 16.
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It is understood that Everest acquired XL’s insurance license in Mexico from Axa, which already had one in the LatAm country when it acquired XL a few years ago.
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CFO Matthew Kirk assumed the role of principal accounting officer as of March 7.
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The executive has been president of investment firm Seabreeze since 1997.
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VanAcker previously served as chief operating officer at the subsidiary for five years.
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The company elevated Ken Mueller to head of inland marine and Brett Musser to head of marine liabilities for the Americas.
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Jennifer Zhu is a principal at Golden Gate Capital, a majority stakeholder in Mosaic.
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The insurer plans to launch a mid-market-focused division in July, offering workers' comp, commercial auto, GL, property and umbrella coverages.
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David Altmaier previously served as the commissioner of insurance for the state of Florida, leading the office of insurance regulation for more than six years.
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The executive joins Lockton after two decades in the industry, having worked for Marsh, AIG and WTW based in Pittsburgh.
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She will succeed Bill Scaldaferri, who has decided to leave Allianz after 23 years – 11 of which were served as a member of the AGCS board.
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The new captive operation is domiciled in Tennessee, and LaDelfa will be based in New Jersey.
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Mario Binetti will be responsible for leading Conduit’s global casualty underwriting team.
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The senior exits come a matter of months after the business was created in a landmark transaction.
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Romer will succeed Neil Greenspan, who is leaving the reinsurer at the end of March.
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McMorrow joined Kinsale in 2010 and served in underwriting roles of increasing responsibility before being promoted to vice president in 2021.
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In his new position, he will oversee excess casualty, E&S casualty and environmental within the Ascot US portfolio.
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Based in Boston, the executive will report to Sompo International CEO James Shea.
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David Porter left Ardonagh Specialty’s subsidiary Ed after almost two years as head of cyber and VP of casualty.
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In tandem, the company elevated David Ni as chief strategy officer, Paul Brockman as chief operating officer and Matthew Kirk as chief financial officer.
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The executive will report to Hiscox US head of distribution Sarah Bourdeau, who joined the firm in November.
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She will be responsible for fueling PCF's agency partnership potential, organic growth, enterprise carrier relationships and strategic partner initiatives.
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Steven Hill will report to Michael Mollica, division president of North America financial lines.
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William Cheney is set to join the firm as head of insurance US later this month.
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Alun Thomas will report to Bermuda CEO Chris Bonard.
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Amwins Global Risks has hired Carlos Herrera as a Latin America-focused reinsurance P&C senior vice president (SVP), based in Miami.
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Binkley previously served as deputy CFO, chief accounting officer and principal accounting officer.
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Cynthia Chan will succeed Keith Buckley, who retired at the end of February.
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Ben Fortune joined Fidelis in 2015 as an underwriter, later becoming head of international reinsurance in 2020.
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In addition to the role, Glomb will continue to serve as CEO at PHLY and Tokio Marine North America Services.
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The appointments are effective September 1, 2023, after which Henderson will remain active with the company and assume the role of executive chairman.
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Paul Chirchirillo has spent the last eight and a half years as a managing partner at WTW.
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Cargo MGA Falvey Insurance Group has expanded its product offering with inland marine coverage and a newly hired team of six.
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Alpert joined BAML in 2018 from UBS as managing director to lead the bank’s EMEA insurance-focused team while Kleinsteuber has led the US insurance unit since 2020.
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Diana Murphy has been managing director at Rocksolid for 15 years, while Vanessa Wittman was most recently CFO of Glossier.
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The executive also stepped down from the InsurTech’s board of directors on Monday.
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The financier founded the private equity firms THL and Lee Equity.
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Weston Hicks has previously served on the boards of Alleghany Corporation and AllianceBernstein Corporation.
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Maria Guercio, Melanie Markwick-Day and Jared Concannon join the unit as executives.
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He is responsible for managing the specialty carrier’s general liability portfolio including binding authority, wholesale casualty, which is offered on a primary and excess basis, and related programs.
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The executive will work closely with John Greenbaum, national employee benefits practice leader.
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He will report to John Van Decker, president of global financial lines, and will also work closely with Axis Wholesale, led by CEO Carlton Maner.
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Carl Overy will become CEO of Odyssey’s global reinsurance business, as Brian Young takes on broader Fairfax responsibilities.
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The appointments aim to provide clients with a product-agnostic view on accessing capital in a capacity-constrained market.
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Casey Santangelo joins has head of fine art & specie across the Americas.
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The appointments will be effective July 1, subject to regulatory approvals.
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It is understood that industry veteran James Grieve will retire this summer after over 16 years at the French reinsurer.
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Dean Dwonczyk established Catalina in 2005 with former UK CEO Chris Fagan, who exited the business in February 2021.
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In a career spanning more than two decades, Dolce has worked at Marsh & McLennan, WTW and Starr Companies, where he served as regional vice president in New York.
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The member joined the board in August 2022, two and a half years after ending his activist campaign against the carrier’s management.
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The reinsurer is planning to offer limits up to $10mn per client and $40mn per territory across the region.
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Based in Chicago, the executive will lead digital underwriting transformation projects for global commercial lines insurance clients.
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Canopius also added Jade Weaver, former management and professional lines underwriter at Argo, to its Bermuda team.
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The unit will be led by GRS insurance solutions president Liz Geary, until the appointment of a global head of cyber, who will report to her.
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Throughout his career, James Matusiak also worked at RenRe, PXRE, PWC Bermuda and Guy Carpenter.
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Based in Mexico City, Brockmann will report to Marsh McLennan International CEO Flavio Piccolomini, who took over that role earlier this month.
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Axis CEO Albert Benchimol has led posthumous tributes to industry veteran Michael Butt.
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The executive will build out Vesttoo’s capital markets team in the region.
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She will be responsible for providing strategic guidance for the organisation.
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Scott Bailey previously spent 12 years at CFC managing the technology and media division.
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In this newly created position, Korte will report to GRS NA CUO Brandon Fick.
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The executive brings more than 25 years' experience helping businesses manage their employee benefits programs.
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Teri Gendron joins from Jefferies, where she served as chief financial officer since 2014.
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Shea has worked at RenRe for seven years, most recently having served as head of underwriting for credit before the promotion.
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Marty Young co-founded the InsurTech with Dustin Walsey and had served as CEO since the company’s launch in 2017.
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In his new position, the executive will report to GRS North America specialty president Matt Dolan.
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Steve Eccles joined AIG in April 2020 from Argo, where he was active underwriter of Syndicate 1200.
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Both veterans of the industry will be based in the US, reporting to Josh Everdell, head of global clients and global casualty.
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Based in Stamford, Connecticut, she will work to align Gallagher Re’s extensive resources with the needs of MGAs.
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As head of the new in-house operation, Goodwin will oversee inland, ocean marine and related properties claims.
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Jonathan Zaffino joined Ascot in 2020 and was responsible for running the carrier’s (re)insurance platforms in the US and Bermuda.
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In her new position, the executive will oversee the South American region, excluding Brazil.
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WTW has appointed Pieter Van Ede as global head of trade credit, in a move the broker said demonstrated its commitment to growth in the class of business.
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Schlesinger replaces Joseph Caruso who has left AGCS.
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They will lead a new effort to deliver “innovative solutions” at the intersections of Marsh, Mercer, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman.
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The executive joined Citizens as general counsel in June 2021.
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He will be responsible for expanding the company’s platform of MGAs and MGUs.
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Prior to joining Newfront, Wagner worked as Marsh’s central zone growth leader, overseeing 18 offices throughout central US.
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To replace Lyons, AIG appointed Sabra Purtill as interim CFO and Turab Hussain as interim chief actuary.
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The executive joins the firm after stints at Markel, Chas. Lunsford Sons & Associates, and Colony Insurance.
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The funding will be used to extend the distribution of its advanced commercial and high-net-worth flood insurance products, and to further hone its technology platform.
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The executive will report to Brian First, president of Arch Insurance North America, as a member of the executive leadership team in the region.
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The former Canopius CEO will chair the company’s nominations and governance committees.
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Fernandez joins the MGA as the company is beginning to operate with capacity from five different carriers fronted by BMI, including Chinese carrier PICC.
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The former reinsurance CEO had previously parted ways with Bob Cooney after working together on a reinsurer start-up last year.
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Singer’s hire was perceived as an attempt to build out the finance function of the broker in a way which would make the firm public market ready.
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Chairman Kessler remains in place until the 2024 General Meeting when he will stand down on hitting the age limit of 72.
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The charges spanned workforce actions, rationalizing technology and reducing the overall real estate footprint.
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The proposed change could disrupt M&A at brokers, shift the calculus in favor of team lifts and dial up C-suite focus on becoming an employer of choice.
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Maddi Morris will be responsible for overseeing the growth and refinement of the insurer’s marine and energy liability account.
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Before the move, the executive spent 12 years at Aon working as a reinsurance broker based in London.
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The commercial InsurTech has initiated a search to find the next CEO.
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Dan Rance was previously head of financial lines for Bermuda at Liberty.
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Motamed has been a member of the carrier’s board since January 2019.
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The executive was previously chief actuary in the organization, a role he served for more than 20 years.
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The broker appointed Marc Tauber to lead FIG’s broking and advisory team, Patrick O’Neill to head large accounts and Justin Corey to oversee business development.
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Moore is Aon’s global excess casualty practice leader in New York, a role he has held since July 2022.
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After Skogman’s departure, the UFG board of directors will consist of 11 members.
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Daniel Castillo assumes the position after Marcos Falcão was elevated to the role of CEO in November last year.
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The launch follows similar establishments in the US and Bermuda.
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For nearly four years, Patel served as executive chairman at Perennial Climate following a three-year stint as CEO of Softbank-backed Brightstar Corp.
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Based in Bermuda, the executive will oversee the firm’s investments in technology and support its growth initiatives.
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The executive worked at Howden’s office in south Florida for over two years, following a nine-year spell at Guy Carpenter.
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The executive spent three decades in the specialty insurance markets.
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Brian Chiolan will become interim head of D&O, according to the company.
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The parametrics pioneer said Ardonagh would bring additional capacity to clients with new solutions.
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The executive joins from Strata Underwriting Managers, where he worked for four years as president.
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Based in Chicago, the executive will report to national casualty practice group leader Bob Greenebaum.
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The new hire spent 12 years at Canopius and a decade at Novae.
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In his new role, the executive will oversee One80’s distribution strategy for various lines of business, including property, casualty and financial lines.
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Having joined the company in 2016, the executive was working as a lead underwriter in LATAM prior to the announcement.
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Dixon will report to North America CEO Christopher Sparro.
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Based in Texas, the executive will engage with public entity clients to provide employee benefits solutions that optimize productivity and reduce healthcare spending.
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It is understood that the executive will be joining the conglomerate’s reinsurance business, run by Ajit Jain.
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The firm hired Jonathan Lacorazza from CNA, Carol Warfel from AGCS and Cy Villarosa from Great American.
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The executive will focus on business development, strategy and execution in the Northeast.
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In her role as NA COO, Guyler-Alaniz will report to Leighton, but in her international responsibilities she will report to AgriSompo chairman and CEO Bob Haney.
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In her new role, Sutton will report to GRS COO Susanne Figueredo Cook and GRS North America president Kevin Smith.
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The executive specializes in the real estate and manufacturing markets.
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He will report to North America COO Elizabeth Johnson who has continued to oversee the CUO role after her promotion in June.
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James River's board approved the appointment effective January 6, with a term expiring at the 2024 annual shareholder meeting.
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Former CFO Mark Lyons will step in as interim CFO, in addition to his current role as EVP, global chief actuary and head of portfolio management.
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The executive will report directly to AM Specialty CEO Shevawn Barder.
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The appointments follow CAC’s merger with Cobbs Allen, a P&C and employee benefits broker, last week.
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Ibarra joins the climate risk-focused platform after more than six years as CEO of Global Parametrics, a London-based InsurTech.
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Based in North America, Julie Wood will lead QBE’s global distribution capabilities.
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Albo is the first woman appointed to the organization’s chairmanship in its 30-year history.
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Brian Espie has been appointed as CUO having previously held the position of group head of North American reinsurance at Fidelis.
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Having retired from the brokerage firm last year, Glaser will join as operating partner in CD&R's financial services team.
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The bank is running a process to seek a minority stake sale of its broking arm, and is in talks with Stone Point and CD&R.
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The executive will assist in the development of P&C opportunities, and strategize methods to accommodate growth in the commercial space.
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The firm elevated Justin O'Keefe, Cathal Carr, Fiona Walden and Bryan Dalton to US and Bermuda, Europe, casualty & specialty, and property CUOs, respectively.
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The executive takes over from predecessor Guy Rawlins, who served in the position for eight years.
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Julie Stephenson will succeed long-time COO Michael Wilkins, who retired on September 30 from the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based company.
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Nick Acker joins from Arch Insurance group, where he spent 10 years, most recently as a vice president in its wholesale and distribution management team.
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In tandem, the company announced promotions of Chris Hughs to VP of general liability and Chris Gleason to VP of contract surety.
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The executive had previously served as the company’s vice president and senior treaty underwriter, based in Mexico.
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The executive will assume the role of CEO Ian Muress, who is set to retire in March.
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The executive brings in more than three decades of claims experience to succeed Welzenbach who announced retirement last year.
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The company has also employed Margaret Peloso as global climate officer.
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The executive will continue as chief regional executive of the region – a role he has held since 2019.
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The executive brings more than 20 years of industry experience, and most recently worked as Florida property leader at Aon.
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The executive brings more than 30 years of industry experience. He joins from Bristlecone Partners, a consultancy firm, where he had served as partner since 2017.
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The former M&A head will now take a principal role in performance management, a priority for the company in 2023.
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AIG’s Hansen, Truist’s Howard and Oliver Wyman’s Ricci will join the eight-member committee.
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The company also elevated three senior executives within the division: Williams, Riley and Theberge.
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No dates have been set, but it is expected that he will retire before the 2023 Florida state legislative session in March.
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The announcement comes after a year and a half since Cohen was tapped to succeed Mike Miller after a “planned transition”.
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She will continue to report to Stephen Haney, Chubb Group’s vice president and division president of North America surety.
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The executive will take on the firm’s top finance position on May 1 next year.
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Tristan Abend has been with the Axa XL Reinsurance team for 10 years.
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The outgoing CEO will step down in May and spend six months as a strategic adviser to the company.
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The executive has worked at Marsh since 2010, and is currently the client and markets projects leader for UK and Ireland.
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Murphy will fill the position left vacant after former board member David Gottesman died on September 28.
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Ed Page was set to retire and remain as a strategic adviser, but will instead relinquish all roles at Relation to focus on his health.
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Current CEO Ken Kirk will become vice chair and take on responsibility for driving inorganic growth.
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The announcement comes on the helm of both houses of the Florida legislature passing the proposed overhaul of the state's property insurance market.
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Activist investor Capital Returns had nominated Ron Bobman and David Michelson, but withdrew the nominations on Monday.
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The executive has served on Argo’s board as chair of the audit committee and is also a member of the risk and capital committee.
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The announcement is the latest as part of the newly created vertical Alliant Cyber, along with Hall and Stampfl from Aon.
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Based in Exton, Pennsylvania, Baron reports to Axa XL head of construction primary casualty Michael McKinley.
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No successor will be named and some of Kuczinski’s responsibilities will be transferred to a new board division called GSI.
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The executive worked at CoreLogic after a 25-year stint in the broking business, including spells at Guy Carpenter and Holborn.
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The state is the second largest in the US for the number of licensed drivers, according to the InsurTech.
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Based in Toronto, the executive will focus on supporting clients to redesign their businesses with structures aimed at delivering better results.
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Joining from Stroz Friedberg, an Aon company, the executive will be focused on business development, strategy and execution at the organization.
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Mai was hired along with senior transaction liability brokers Ashley Parsa and Michelle Jensen, this publication revealed.
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John Hendrickson succeeds Jonathan Reiss, who has been CEO since Concert’s inception in 2021.
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Hearn joined the broker along with his brother Peter Hearn in 2015, after serving as executive vice president of Willis Re.
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Five other executives in the unit will get promoted, including Greg Freeman to US retail leader and Mark Lees to global property underwriting officer.
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Based in New York, the executive will continue to report to Katie McGrath, CEO North America, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions.
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Based in New York, the executive will oversee the newly created Alliant Cyber, one of the retailer’s 14 industry verticals.
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The appointments come after a slew of acquisitions, with many executives from acquired entities taking senior roles.
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With the election, WR Berkley increased the number of board members to ten and independent directors to eight.
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Based in New York, Sallada will focus on developing and executing an industry vertical growth strategy for the broker’s casualty business.
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Evan Freely will head up a team of 130 staff specializing in credit and political risk.
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The private equity-backed broker hired Yem Mai as R&W managing director and senior brokers Ashley Parsa and Michelle Jensen.
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The members were unanimously selected by the board as part of its multi-year succession planning process.
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Bussiere and Pontillo joined the retailer in 2014, following the acquisition of DeWitt Stern.
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The executives will report to AGCS regional head of cyber, tech & media, Tresa Stephens.
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Former CEO Monica Cramér Manhem is to retire after 38 years with the business and its predecessor.
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Alex O’Brien succeeds David Kirk, who retained his cargo product head responsibilities following his promotion to head of marine in July.
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At Sompo International, Neville served as executive vice president and global head of insurance claims.
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The executive spent over 40 years at Chubb, first joining the carrier back in 1982 as a trainee.
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The executive will oversee Alliant’s private client operation based in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Keith Allred will succeed the late Bill Pinson, who passed away in June.
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The executive will help define Next’s customer segmentation strategy as the company evaluates new industries to serve.
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Mahoney joins from Aon, where he was team leader for US general casualty and energy in London.
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The executive will oversee the insurer’s management liability, financial institutions, and healthcare businesses.
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Amwins has recruited Nirvana Insurance’s Jennifer Nuest for the newly created position of transportation practice leader, effective immediately.
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Javier Gomez will report to Insight Re’s new CEO and head of cyber and financial lines Javier Duque.
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The executive succeeds Steven Goldman who has left the company, and will report to John Lupica, vice chairman of Chubb Group.
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Shavel will serve concurrent roles as president and CEO of the data analytics provider.
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In this position, the executive will work closely with the claims divisions from Old Republic’s subsidiaries across the US.
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The executive will lead Newfront’s insurance, benefits and retirement services.
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Brian First was previously CUO of programs, property and specialty at Arch.
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Prior to her promotion, Kareen Richardson was a vice president, senior underwriter, in Axa XL’s excess casualty team.
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In addition, the brokerage hired Mike Prindle as head of complex property and Mike Riehle as head of complex casualty.
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Based in Boston, Willett will report to Jonathan Monks, Sompo’s EVP head of distribution, business development and client engagement for North America.
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It is understood that Revilla will work at Lloyd’s in South Florida until year-end.
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Based in Chicago, Norman will oversee the firm's regional teams underwriting commercial public and private non-profit management liability insurance.
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The executive also said that the firm seeks to grow in Canada and in the middle market space, where it has already increased the number of underwriters by 30%.
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It is understood that the executive joined THB Peru in a managing director position.
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The executive assumes the role from Bill Hazelton, who was recently made head of North American industry practices.
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In his new role, Knowles will report to Lucy Clarke, president of Marsh Specialty, and will relocate from London to New York in Q2 2023.
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In her new role, the executive will oversee actuarial reserving functions and technical pricing for business underwritten in the US and Bermuda markets.
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Blackburn will assume the new role of vice chairman of Everspan Holdings and join the company’s board of directors.
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The reinsurer said the appointment comes as it looks to grow in the property treaty arena.
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Jon Martin will succeed Schuler as management liability VP and Greggory Ketay will become distribution VP.
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The role was assigned in addition to his current duties as global head of captive solutions.
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Consistent underwriting performance, the completion of the exit from life, acquisitions, organic growth and succession planning will all be focuses.
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The new unit will offer online quote and bind insurance, initially across 12 US states.
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The executive has served on the company’s board since 2017 but is looking to focus on venture capital interests.
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The executive will step into her new position on November 28 and will report to Andrew Shaw, the company’s lead property underwriter.
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The share purchases take the founder’s stake in the legacy firm to $124mn.
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The cyber MGA promoted Dan Law to chief commercial officer, Theresa Le to chief claims officer and Neeraj Juneja to chief risk offer and finance SVP.
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The executive has more than 15 years of specialty casualty underwriting experience, previously having worked at Aspen, QBE NA, Zurich NA and Chartis.
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The executive will help grow the insurer’s presence in the region and support the office’s overall operations and strategy.
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In his new position, the executive will report to Arch’s head of cyber and technology E&O, Marcus Breese.
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The appointment completes the CUO team at Liberty Mutual’s Global Risk Solutions office of underwriting.
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Gutting was named interim CFO from October 2015 to August 2016, when he was appointed to the position on a permanent basis.
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The executive will also act as CUO on an interim basis.
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Following Whitt’s retirement, co-CEO Thomas Gayner will become sole chief executive, while SVP and CFO Jeremy Noble will become president.
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The executive will report to Westfield president Jack Kuhn and be based in New York.
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With a four-decade-long career in global financial services, McNeilage also serves on the boards of the Reinsurance Group of America and Scholarship America.
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Before joining BMS Re, Christopher Larson spent 24 years at QBE Re, helping to expand the (re)insurer’s North American operations.
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Dijak joins the firm’s executive team less than five months after he moved to AI-based insurance-linked investment platform Vesttoo as VP.
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Dover and Nersessian-Hristova’s appointments mark the first expansion of Convex US since its launch earlier this year.
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The executive will also serve on the company’s North America executive management board, responsible for portfolio optimization and management in the region.
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Former renewables head Hamish Roberts has moved to work as growth leader for the broker in the UK and Ireland.
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Sources said Miami-based Everest fac VP Sean Berry is set to move to London as head of international property.
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Since joining the company in 2017, the executive has helped to spearhead a turnaround in performance for the carrier.
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The Bermudian reinsurer said both appointments are effective January 1, 2023.
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The Bermudian claimed Ron Bobman and David Michelson’s directorship would ‘diminish’ the board’s capabilities and expertise.
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Baker will report to Group CEO Pina Albo and replace Peter Skerlj, who will be moving to Vantage as chief risk officer.
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Lockton has recruited Liberty Mutual’s Ben Beauvais to serve as the construction practice leader for the Northeast region.
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Skerlj will lead the development of Vantage’s data-driven enterprise risk management.
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The new executive will support the company’s underwriting practices, launching new program opportunities, and reinforcing efficient operational activities.
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Mosby will be responsible for managing Ascot’s U.S. Inland Marine portfolio and advancing the market strategy for this business.
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The executive joins from Purves Redmon Limited, and brings more than 30 years of industry experience.
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Sources said Ardila succeeds Sylvia Rincon, who will continue serving at the firm on its board of directors in Colombia.
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The executive was based in Bermuda for eight years, and has also worked for Sirius Point and QBE Re in the region.
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Bergamaschi joins the insurer’s board as Douglas Steenland will not stand for reelection in the next annual meeting of shareholders.
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The executive will report to Hamilton Group CEO Pina Albo, and will succeed Clay Rhoades, who has left the carrier.
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The Q3 settlement gain of $35mn net of litigation costs and taxes will be recognized in Q4, SEC filings show.
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SiriusPoint International CEO Monica Cramér Manhem has decided to retire from the business.
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Based in New York, the executive will report directly to Hiscox US CEO Kevin Kerridge.
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The executive will oversee all middle and large commercial business units serving multiple industries including construction and large property.
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The activist investor has been trying to join the board of the struggling firm and has been interviewed by Argo.
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Daniel Bond and Vanessa Pellettier will each lead the company’s offering in continent liability insurance and claims advisory services.
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The company said the resignation was due to “professional and personal commitments”.
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UPC said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the departure was effective October 24.
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In addition, the executive was appointed to the audit committee of the board.
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Other members of the board include CAC Specialty SVP Paul Wendler and Lisc NY senior executive director Valerie White.
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The executive will work on insurance-related solutions used in middle-market transactions.
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The company announced the appointment amid a leadership reshuffle in which COO Reiner Mauer also departed.
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Christof Bentele joins from AGCS, where he was a director within the alternative risk business.
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Former Embroker COO Julie Zimmer has joined the leadership team as CEO as part of the fundraise.
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The two new members have served senior executive roles across insurance and finance industries, bringing more than 50 years of industry experience.
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The executive joins the San Francisco-based brokerage after stints at Aon, Lockton and Chubb.
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The executive steps into the role at a significant time where the company faces the task of dealing with the consequences of Hurricane Ian.
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SF: In his new role, the executive will lead the development of the commercial InsurTech’s insurance vertical products – particularly its cybersecurity, technology and privacy offerings.
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The addition of talent follows the departure of 12 employees who left the Dallas-based practice earlier this year and moved to rival broker Howden.
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The executive will lead the overall strategic vision for Lockton’s cyber claims practice, reporting to its US cyber and technology practice leader, Michelle Faylo.
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Meg Carter will succeed Richard Vaughn, who left the firm a few months ago to head sales at Main Street America Insurance.
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He is the latest addition to the leadership team in the US where the company has been aggressively expanding business.
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Based in New York, the executive will report directly to Everest Group COO and head of reinsurance Jim Williamson.
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Based in New York, Greer is responsible for leading the surety reinsurance efforts in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
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The executive will report to Hiscox US CUO Steve Prymas, who joined the firm in late June from Embroker.
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Penny Seach is to succeed Hayley Robinson, who has decided to step down at year end for family health reasons.
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The executive joins Platinum Specialty after over two years at UK MGA Optio, where he was NA managing director.
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The executive will report directly to SiriusPoint CEO Scott Egan, who joined SiriusPoint from RSA in early September.
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The executive will be responsible for leading RPS Signature Programs to deliver admitted and non-admitted proprietary programs for niche markets.
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Slabbert’s appointment comes after Mitsui Sumitomo’s recent acquisition of US hybrid fronting carrier Transverse Insurance.
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The unit is led by marine veteran Ricardo Castro, who joined the firm from Marsh and has over four decades of experience in the industry.
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The executive, who had worked at the AI-driven platform for over four years, announced his departure on social media.
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The executive is the latest addition to the broker’s Houston-based energy team, as it looks to expand its footprint in the natural resources business.
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Last month, Axa XL appointed Mark Twite as CEO for its Bermuda reinsurance operations.
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She will be responsible for building out a specialized real estate practice to complement the broker’s existing operations in the construction market.
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Kagabo Ngiruwonsanga has also been elevated to head of underwriting of innovations.
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He will also join the board of directors on January 1, while predecessor Jeff Dailey will remain as board chairman.
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Lopez succeeds Hector Martinez, who was appointed as Latin America leader at WTW earlier this year.
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His predecessor, Inszone co-founder Norm Hudson, will remain as the agent’s executive chairman, and will serve in an advisory role during the transition.
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The executive joins Aon after three years at IT security company vArmour, where she served as SVP and adviser to the CEO.
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Rob Romeo has been named head of claims in North America.
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The group will provide clients with construction and surety services designed for complex national and cross-border projects.
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Neches will also join the board of directors of the Bermuda-based company, effective immediately.
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Prior to his new role, Mark Twite served as global head of reinsurance finance at Axa XL.
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Based in Denver, the executive will oversee the surety practices across Colorado, Arizona, Washington, Utah and Nevada.
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The incoming CEO is different than his predecessor, but has already won hearts and minds in Marsh McLennan, and outside it.
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Josh Brekenfeld succeeds Patrick Mahon, who has been appointed head of group business for global accident and health.
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Based in Chicago, Van Osdol will report to Relation’s EVP and head of M&A Tim Hall.
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The new executive’s primary focus will be serving clients in the consumer-packaged goods space.
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The executive joins CAC after a stint as an investor in various firms, including Thea Health, Careignition and InsureLife.
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WTW has hired Michelle Cui from Zurich North America as director of actuarial property and casualty in its insurance consulting and technology business.
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Based in Argentina, the executive has also worked for QBE, AIG and local insurance agency Meridional Seguros.
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Retiring Marsh McLennan CEO Dan Glaser said the company’s staff had demonstrated “real grit in tough times”.
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Glaser’s decade in post included the JLT takeover and a doubling of revenues.
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Bobby Heerasing joined SiriusPoint in October 2021 as head of international strategic development before being promoted to UK country manager earlier this year.
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The executive joins the San Francisco-headquartered broker after over six years at Marsh, where she served as vice president based in Atlanta.
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The attorney joins Clifford from Sidley Austin's insurance and financial services group, where he worked for 15 years and was a partner prior to his move.
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The executive will oversee the Boston-based brokerage’s high-net-worth operation in the New England region.
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The team will sit within Miller’s delegated authority unit, led by Chris Hardcastle.
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Based in Glen Allen, Virginia, the executive will report to Tim Pasik, the commercial casualty product lines leader.
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The executive worked for JP Morgan after various stints in the insurance industry with State Farm and Allstate.
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Before his stint at Axa XL, Bryan Stevenson worked for five years at Old Republic’s construction practice as SVP.
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Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty (AGCS) has named John Gambale its new North America large accounts head of distribution, effective October 3.
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The motion comes a month after Carpenter sued the rival reinsurance broker over the "orchestrated” exit of 12 executives from its Dallas-based practice.
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The pair will report to Artur Klinger and Paul Tester, respectively.
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In their new positions, the executives will report to Chris Kopser, Axa’s president and CUO of primary casualty, Americas.
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The insurance veteran will also work on growth and sustainability in his new role.
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In tandem, the reinsurer elevated Stephanie Danbrowney to take over Crutchley’s previous role as head of US facultative casualty.
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The executive will succeed Carlos Luna, who moved to head Swiss Re CorSo’s business in Colombia in late May.
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Matt Walsh will oversee all sales and operations as managing director for the construction unit, while Robert DiBiase takes on the national director role.
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Both Chu and Leahy will report to GRS president of underwriting Matthew Moore.
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The industry veteran is tapped with leading Alliant’s risk finance and strategic consulting practice.
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Robin Mackie will join as a senior adviser in London, while Samantha Hagar joins as an associate in New York.
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Donavan was previously at Fin Capital as a venture partner leading the insurance segment, working on investment thesis development and deal sourcing.
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Steve Bowen will work closely with the Gallagher Research Centre, which was launched just yesterday.
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The expansive broker has also hired Mario Binetti from Everest Re as head of casualty treaty and actuarial.
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The executive will no longer serve as an officer and director of the program manager and its subsidiaries.
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The company also announced it was rebranding Interstate Insurance Management to Ryan Specialty Transportation Underwriting Managers.
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In the newly created position, Rudow will report to Everest North America reinsurance head Jill Beggs.
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The executive has over two decades of experience in the property underwriting sector, having worked for various carriers, including PartnerRe and RSA.
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In his new role, Ryan will report to WTW North American leader for CRB Mike Liss.
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The industry veteran was named EVP and head of international insurance by the US carrier.
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The company has appointed Carlton Maner as CEO, who will report directly to Axis Specialty and Reinsurance CEO Vincent Tizzio.
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Rhoads joined Markel in 2013 as part of its acquisition of Alterra Capital Holdings Limited.
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The executive will relocate from London to head the North America team of cyber brokers and actuaries.
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The appointment comes after the sudden departure of previous chief Sid Sankaran in May.
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The executive has spent more than 11 years at the company and oversaw the integration of Navigators.
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Kellom most recently served as president of the public entities group at Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions.
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Rayis joins the family-owned broker after over 25 years at Skadden, where he served as tax partner and adviser.
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The board expects to appoint Karaboutis to the audit committee.
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The company also shifted former CEO Carlsen to EVP for National Programs; tapped Bowie as president and CUO.
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The company also named David Liebes as SVP in its San Francisco office.
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The executive joins Aon after 16 years at European reinsurer Scor, where he served as Caribbean market manager.
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The industry vet will oversee producer development and organic growth strategies in the region.
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Logue was most recently at ProAssurance as assistant vice president of miscellaneous medical.
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The industry veteran joins the San Francisco-based brokerage after nine years at Hub’s cyber and tech practice.
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The executive will step into a newly created role, which was announced in the company’s strategic plan in June.
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Prior to his promotion, the executive served as project solutions national practice leader
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The appointment marks an expansion of the agency’s financial lines portfolio, which already includes D&O, E&O, EPL, fiduciary, fidelity, and related lines.
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The executive brings more than 15 years of industry experience, having worked for Neon and Validus Reinsurance.
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Richard Quinn becomes the latest to depart from a property cat-related role at Axis Capital.
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Reporting to MPL managing director Matthew Schott, Smith will serve as the operations technology leader within the practice.
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The executive, with over 15 years of experience in the insurance industry, was previously senior vice president at McGriff.
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Jonathan Zisaruk will be based in London and report to group CEO Will Bridger.
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The executive has worked at Kaufman for 15 years in various roles overseeing Burns & Wilcox’s specialty risk underwriting divisions.
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Sean Park is joining the board of directors, while Matthew Jones is the company's new chief strategy officer.
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Based in Toronto, the executive will report to AGCS North America head of marine and global head of inland marine Rich Soja.
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In his new role, the executive will advise Alliant’s clients on risks associated with renewable energy – solar, wind and power
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Based in Mexico City, the executive will report directly to Marsh’s LatAm and Caribbean CEO Ricardo Brockmann.
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The executive will also serve as senior underwriter of professional liability.
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The former COO of RenaissanceRe and CEO of AQR Capital Management has been a SageSure advisory board member since 2020.
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Based in North Carolina, the executive brings around two decades of P&C experience to the retail brokerage.
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De Couto has worked at Aspen for over seven years, first as underwriting and portfolio analytics SVP, and as head of exposure management over the last year.
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Based in Austin and Dallas, Texas, the new company will provide fronting insurance to four US carriers.
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The executive rejoined Travelers excess casualty unit over two years ago after almost four years at Aon, where he was account executive.
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Germán Torres-Ortíz, who joins from Carpenter Marsh, will start work on 29 August.
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Turcotte, CFO since 2008, was part of the leadership that took the company public in December.
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The New York-based executive spent nearly 15 years with Chubb before moving to Sompo.
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Based in New York, the executive joins WTW with almost two decades of experience in the construction industry.
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The agency recruited Richard Edwards, Kevin Fussell and Joliana Hodges. The team will report to Magnolia president and CEO Justin Crawford.
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In his new position, the executive will focus on the firm’s expansion of its aviation insurance offerings.
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Kevin Smith was most recently president and COO of CNA's specialty business.
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Based in Toronto, the executive’s main role will be strengthening and building relationships with Canadian clients and their brokers.
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Prior to joining CRC, Gulati spent 10 years at AmTrust in various underwriting management and business development roles.
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Rizzo will take over on September 1. Jess Merten will also assume his role as CFO effective September 1.
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The BRP Group subsidiary hired the former Aon director to lead its Midwest expansion.
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Contasta joins the Connecticut-based reinsurer after over 14 years at Alleghany-owned carrier TransRe.
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The company expanded its cyber team in LA with senior underwriter Marisa Vero and in Minnesota with underwriter Hanna Baker.
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The new position includes an emphasis on growing Venbrook’s high-net-worth personal lines.
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The executive is succeeding Scott Holden, who has taken over a global engagement partner position overseeing some of the company's largest client relationships.
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The InsurTech is rapidly expanding its leadership, having announced two C-suite level recruits in May.
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The appointment follows a delay of plans to take the life and health unit public.
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Wilkins’ retirement comes at a transitional time for UFG, which named Kevin Leidwinger as president and CEO in July.
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Ottaviano was most recently chief risk officer with Aspen Insurance, while Rodriguez has been with Liberty Mutual for 13 years.
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Evans has more than 10 years of experience with NSP.
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The announcement comes as the InsurTech MGA expands reinsurance capacity for its clients.
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The Hartford has appointed Edmund Reese to its board of directors, effective October 17.
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Michael Perrotti will assume the CUO role from Anne Marie Elder, who will focus on her role as global CUO for the company’s marine business.
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The executive will report to CEO and executive chairman Tom Bradley, who recently took over the role on a permanent basis.
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Scott Smith has experience as an investment banker, having served at Citi Group for three years.
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The company announced three promotions to senior leadership roles, including Eric Quinn and Chris Taggart to senior vice president.
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In his new role, Hardman will be based in Colombia and report to LatAm risk management & large client practice leader Ana Patricia Giraldo.
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The managing director is the latest in a series of hires at WTW’s natural resources division.
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Tadikonda will join the Corvus board of directors and will report directly to the board.
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Based in Morristown, New Jersey, the executive will report directly to Victor CEO Brian Hanuschak.
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Nichols served as Interim CEO and chairman of the board at Protective Insurance Company.
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In the newly created role, Lowe will develop excess cyber facility for large accounts along with overseeing Hudson’s cyber portfolio.
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CFO Christa Davies will also take responsibility for Aon Business Services as Simon transitions to the industry.
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The scourge of former CEO Mark Watson will finally join the board after wielding major influence over the last three years.
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The company also brought in WR Berkley’s John Littzi as general counsel and Julie Richardson as a board member, following a $250mn funding round in July.
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Specialty Underwriting head Adam Sills is promoted to president and CEO.
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Prior to joining the fast-growing MGA, the executive served as head of tax insurance at Everest’s transactional risks team for over two years.
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The two executives will each head efforts to expand client experience and sales leadership in the segment.
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Fick joins the Boston-based mutual after nearly 24 years at Zurich NA, where he was CUO for the last four years.
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The carrier will operate regional offices in New York, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco.
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Richard Liu will assume the role with immediate effect and report to managing partner Brian Hayes.
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As part of senior role changes, TransRe has also promoted Brian Gallahue to the role of deputy CFO.
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Inside P&C revealed in late May that Luna was succeeding Juan Manuel Merchan, who stepped down earlier this year to become CEO at Seguros Equinoccial.
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Tokio Marine Highland (TMH) has promoted Linda Long to chief administrative officer, Eric Wurmser to COO and Kelly Cretti to specialty property division president.
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Sources said Obregon will retire at year end after over 26 years working for Chubb Colombia.
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Sources said Bizet will succeed Ricardo Garcia, who will assume a senior expert role in the company prior to his retirement next year.
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Kelli Morash is joining a newly established North America vertical and will be tasked with driving new business.
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Termeer joined USAA five years ago after stints at Chubb, The Hartford and Nationwide.
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Lee, who joined Axa XL in 2013, will be responsible for underwriting management of the E&S property business.
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Waters comes to the company from Liberty Mutual, bringing more than 20 years of middle market underwriting management experience.
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The new recruit joins from Guy Carpenter and has worked at JLT Re and Willis Re.
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The promotion is one of several that Chubb has announced in recent months.
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The industry veteran of 21 years is the San Francisco-based InsurTech brokerage’s first independent director.
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Board member David Patterson took on the role on an interim basis, while Monarch has recruited a new CFO who previously served at Security First.
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The carrier’s former accountant KPMG will now have to respond to EY’s enquiries.
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The executive will rejoin as EVP, reinsurance purchasing and risk capital optimization.
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In the role, Pasik will provide oversight for Markel Specialty's commercial primary and excess – retail and wholesale – product lines.
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The industry veteran of 36 years will also serve on the board’s audit committee.
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Vern Suckerman has been named head of US complex accounts while Rachel Rossini has been appointed product manager for cyber and technology E&O.
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The underwriting executive is taking on a role within the company’s GRS unit, where she will report to president Moore.
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The executive will lead the team for global product strategies, financial planning and applied data, reporting to CEO Brandt.
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Guy Harris, Jason Rockel and Matt Madar are the latest additions to the rapidly expanding organization.
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Luis Maurette, current head of Latin America and head of global sales and client management, will retire on December 31, 2022.
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Metromile’s Preston and Lemonade co-CEOs Wininger and Schreiber all joined industry stalwarts in this year’s top 10.
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The former Chubb exec will remain on the board as an independent director, along with president and CEO Jacques Bonneau.
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The firm has been actively building out its team with industry expertise in 2022.
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The moves are expected to enable NFP to form and administer Alberta-domiciled captive insurance companies for their clients.
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The newly created role is part of Corvus’ efforts to expand internationally.
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It is understood that the outgoing exec left the company amid operational challenges and that the company has shrunk its workforce.
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Danny Engell will serve as chief underwriting and analytics officer, succeeding Mark Barba who retired in June.
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Natalie Chiaramonte will be the second person to head Chubb’s political risk insurance company after Price Lowenstein, who took part in its creation.
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Loh Wei-Lyn has been promoted to CEO of Asia, while Luann Petrellis has joined as US CEO.
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Joining from Marsh, the industry veteran will help build out the broker’s property and casualty business in the market.
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Industry veteran John Katilus is joining from Marsh, where he last served as SVP, specializing in the renewable energy sector.