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MetLife Announces Senior Leadership Changes
MetLife today announced a number of changes to its senior leadership team. All changes are effective on January 1, 2021, unless otherwise noted. Executive Vice President and President of the Latin America region Oscar Schmidt will retire after a distinguished 26-year career with the company. He will step away from ...
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AXA UK and Ireland confirms new chief exec for UK retail arm
The new hire will replace Laurent Matras, who is moving to AXA Asia
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QBE International’s chief underwriting officer to retire
O’Farrell will adopt a part-time role during the transition period, which will begin on 1 January 2021
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Marsh expands UK Aviation Team
Marsh, today announced the appointment of Mark Walters as a Managing Director within the UK Aviation Practice, effective immediately. Based in London, Mr Walters will report to Andy Smith, UK Chairman and CEO, Aviation, Marsh JLT Specialty. In this role, Mr Walters will provide senior insurance and risk advisory services ...
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AIG names Ronald Reeves Chief Diversity Officer
AIG today announced it has appointed Ronald Reeves as Chief Diversity Officer, effective immediately. This newly redefined and focused leadership role reflects AIG’s commitment to creating an inclusive workplace focused on attracting, retaining and developing diverse talent and fostering a culture of belonging for all employees. Mr. Reeves previously served ...
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Allianz appoints new head of claims operations
Allianz Insurance has appointed Graham Stait to the position of head of claims operations. In his new role, Graham will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of Allianz’s claims operational strategy, leveraging enhanced people, data and digital capabilities to drive continuous improvement and positive customer outcomes. In his ...
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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance names Louise Kidd Head of Third Party Lines in Ireland
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced that Louise Kidd has joined its growing European team as Head of Third Party Lines in Ireland. “As our Irish team continues to expand, we are delighted to have Louise leading our efforts to bring proven underwriting acumen and service to the third-party ...
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Chubb appoints Nandini Mani to lead claims for international general insurance business
Chubb announced today that Nandini Mani has been appointed Executive Vice President, Claims for Overseas General Insurance, the company’s international general insurance business in 51 countries and territories.
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CII appoints Aon UK chief executive as new president
At the professional body’s annual general meeting today, the CII also confirmed a new deputy president
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SCOR Reinsurance Asia-Pacific appoints Hitesh Shah as an independent non-executive director
Hitesh Shah was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of SCOR Reinsurance Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd (SRAP) on August 20, 2020. Hitesh joins the SRAP board alongside existing independent non-executive directors, Eric Raynaud and Andre Chieng and he will Chair the Audit and Risk Committee.
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Covéa appoints new Managing Director for Personal Lines & Protection
Covéa Insurance is pleased to announce the appointment of James Gearey to the position of Managing Director, Personal Lines & Protection. In his new role, James will be accountable for all the company’s consumer-focused products, including Motor, Home, Pet, Income Protection, Personal Accident and Life insurance. In addition, he ...
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Munich Re subsidiary, NewRe, names Chief Executive Officer as Thomas Braune
New Reinsurance Company Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Munich Re, announced today that its Board of Directors appointed Dr Thomas Braune as its new Chief Executive Officer. Thomas will assume his new role on 1 October 2020 succeeding Dr Renate Strasser who, after 16 years with Munich Re, has ...
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Argo Group Appoints Allison Kiene to Serve as Group General Counsel
Argo Group has announced the appointment of Allison Kiene to serve as the company’s general counsel. In this role, Kiene will be responsible for the company’s legal and compliance teams and will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Kevin Rehnberg. “Allison joins Argo with a wealth of experience in all ...
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AXIS Insurance Expands Management Liability Team With Four Senior Underwriting Hires
AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (“AXIS Capital”) (NYSE:AXS), today announced the hiring of four experienced underwriters to its U.S. Management Liability team. Christina Segreti, Drew Kushnick, Matthew Holzinger and Sherry Alexakis have joined AXIS as Senior Underwriters to help support the Company’s profitable ...
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Organisational changes at SCOR global P&C
After absorbing the impacts of COVID, SCOR Global P&C approaches 2021 with a positive outlook and is making a number of changes to better accompany this anticipated improving market. We aim at being more agile to faster adapt to the evolutions of markets with different levels of socioeconomic maturity, varied ...
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Oneglobal: Duncan Urquhart appointed as Executive Director
Oneglobal, the broker that revolves around its clients, is pleased to announce the appointment of Duncan Urquhart as Executive Director. Duncan will join the Group Executive Committee and will report to Oneglobal’s CEO, Mike Reynolds. His appointment is effective immediately. Duncan Urquhart is a senior insurance leader with over 30 ...
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Allianz names Paul Evans as non-exec chairman
Evans will initially start in November as chairman elect, before taking over the role fully in April 2021
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Everest Re appoints Mark Kociancic Group Chief Financial Officer and Jim Williamson Group Chief Operating Officer
Everest Re Group today announced the appointment of Mark Kociancic as Executive Vice President and Group Chief Financial Officer and Jim Williamson as Executive Vice President and Group Chief Operating Officer. Both will serve on the Everest Executive Leadership Committee and report directly to President and ...
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Third Point Reinsurance announces appointment of David Junius as COO
Third Point Re today announced that David Junius has been appointed Chief Operating Officer effective October 1, 2020. Upon the Company’s anticipated closing of its merger transaction (the “Merger”) with Sirius International Insurance Group Ltd. (“Sirius” or “Sirius Group”), Mr. Junius will be appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company, ...
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Guy Carpenter announces the appointment of Paul Miller to lead Property Catastrophe value proposition for UK
Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, a leading global risk and reinsurance specialist and a business of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), today announced the appointment of Paul Miller to lead Guy Carpenter’s Property Catastrophe value proposition for UK, Global Specialties and key global clients, effective September 2021. Mr. Miller ...