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Oct

2018

Lloyd’s Market Association appoints Andrew Brooks as next Chairman

Posted on 10th October 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

Andrew Brooks, Chief Executive Officer of Ascot Underwriting Ltd., has been appointed the next Chairman of the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) with effect from 1 January 2019. Mr Brooks, who has served on the LMA Board as a member since 2012, will succeed Neil Maidment, who […]

Oct

2018

ArgoGlobal appoints Michael Scala as Chief Underwriting Officer, Asia Pacific

Posted on 9th October 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance, today announced the appointment of Michael Scala as Chief Underwriting Officer, Asia Pacific. Scala will report to Veronica Grigg, Chief Executive Officer, ArgoGlobal Asia. “Mike is a talented leader […]

Oct

2018

Canopius appoints Nattakorn Wattanaumphaipong Head Of Reinsurance Asia Pacific

Posted on 2nd October 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

Canopius today announces the appointment of Nattakorn Wattanaumphaipong (‘Natt’) as head of reinsurance Asia Pacific. He will join the Canopius Singapore office in January 2019 and report to Jamie Wakeling, CUO reinsurance. Natt joins from Swiss Re where he has held multiple senior roles over a […]

Oct

2018

Ascent appoints Caspar Stops as head of cyber

Posted on 2nd October 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

Ascent Underwriting (“Ascent”), the cyber and specialty lines MGA, today announces the appointment of Caspar Stops as head of cyber. Stops, who will take up the role at the end of November, joins from Brit where he held the position of global cyber, privacy and technology […]

Sep

2018

Alesco bolsters upstream offering with senior technical hire

Posted on 25th September 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

Alesco Risk Management Services (Alesco) – the specialist insurance and risk management broker – today announces the appointment of Steve Dewey as Executive Partner in its energy division. Steve will join the business early next year and focus on upstream business, primarily in the US, reporting […]

Sep

2018

Pioneer appoints Andrew McMellin as CEO, Dane Douetil becomes Chairman

Posted on 24th September 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

Pioneer Underwriters (“Pioneer”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew McMellin as chief executive officer, effective 8th October 2018 and pending regulatory approval. Dane Douetil, CEO of Pioneer’s parent company, Minova Insurance Holdings Ltd., and currently CEO at Pioneer, will become chairman of the business. […]

Sep

2018

Pioneer strengthens political violence offering with appointment of Mark Kelsey

Posted on 20th September 2018 by Gavin Warren and has No comment

Pioneer Underwriters (‘Pioneer’) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Kelsey as an underwriter in the Pioneer Political Violence team. Kelsey has nine years of experience in the specialty political violence space and joins from Advent Underwriting, where he was a terrorism and political violence […]

Sep

2018

Tokio Marine Kiln appoints Reeken Patel as new CFO

Posted on 18th September 2018 by Gavin Warren and has No comment

Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) is delighted to announce the appointment of Reeken Patel as chief financial officer (CFO). He takes over from James Dover who has chosen to leave the business after a highly-productive 12 years at TMK and eight years as its CFO. Patel, previously […]

Sep

2018

BMS continues expansion of energy division

Posted on 18th September 2018 by Gavin Warren and has No comment

BMS Group Limited (“BMS”), the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, today announces the expansion of its Energy division with four hires. They will report to James Chicken, managing director of Energy and will join later this year. Lynsey Green brings 20 years of experience to […]

Sep

2018

Colony Specialty appoints Jeff Canfield to Lead Casualty Business

Posted on 11th September 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

Colony Specialty, member of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE: ARGO), an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance, today announced the appointment of Jeff Canfield to serve as head of Casualty, effective immediately. Canfield succeeds Jim Cornwell, who now serves as SVP of Argo Construction, […]

Sep

2018

Lancashire Holdings Limited – planned underwriting and actuarial changes

Posted on 10th September 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

Lancashire Holdings Limited (“LHL”) has today announced the appointment of James Irvine as the Chief Underwriting Officer for Lancashire Insurance Company Limited in Bermuda (“LICL”) with effect from 1 October 2018 (subject to immigration and regulatory approvals). LHL has also today announced the appointment of Ben […]

Sep

2018

THB appoints senior aviation broker in further extension of ambitious growth strategy

Posted on 4th September 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

THB, the specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, today announces the appointment of Matthew Gould as senior broker for its aviation team, effective immediately and reporting to Tom Thompson, THB’s director of aviation. The appointment follows the new multi-sector UK strategy announced last week by Darren Nightingale, […]

Sep

2018

Ed bolsters Actuarial team with the appointments of James Francis and Laura Baird

Posted on 4th September 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

Ed, the global reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, today announced the appointments of James Francis and Laura Baird to its actuarial team. Francis brings more than a decade of industry experience to Ed, particularly in the areas of capital modelling, reinsurance analytics, as well as expertise […]

Sep

2018

Tokio Marine appoints global head of cyber risk

Posted on 3rd September 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

Leading international insurance group Tokio Marine Holdings (TMH) has appointed Daljitt Barn to the newly-created post of global head of cyber risk. Barn – who will be based in London – joins from Munich Re and is an industry leader in cyber insurance and cyber risk, […]

Aug

2018

Sheila Cameron to be next CEO of Lloyd’s Market Association

Posted on 28th August 2018 by Gavin Warren and has No comment

Sheila Cameron, currently Head of International Operations at Navigators Underwriting Limited, is to become the next CEO of the LMA following the announcement that David Gittings will be stepping down at the end of the year after 12 years in the role. Sheila currently has responsibility […]

Aug

2018

Canopius strengthens underwriting support capability with credit and political risk appointment

Posted on 28th August 2018 by Gavin Warren and has No comment

Canopius today announces the appointment of Sean Redden as underwriting counsel for its specialty division,with a specific focus on credit and political risk. This is a new London-based role, which reports to Bernie de Haldevang, head of specialty. Redden, a qualified lawyer, is an experienced legal […]

Aug

2018

Joint Hull Committee appoints new Chairman

Posted on 21st August 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

Paul Newton has been appointed as chairman of the Joint Hull Committee (JHC), succeeding Peter Townsend, who stepped down in June. Paul is Head of London Marine Hull & Liability Underwriting at AXA Corporate Solutions. The Joint Hull Committee comprises underwriting representatives from both the Lloyd’s […]

Aug

2018

Syndicate 2525 appoints London market claims manager

Posted on 20th August 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

D L Dale & Others, Syndicate 2525, the specialist employers’ and third party liability Lloyd’s insurer, is delighted to announce the appointment of Nick Ryan as London market claims manager. Syndicate 2525 is managed by Asta Managing Agency. Ryan joins from QBE where he spent 17 […]

Aug

2018

DARAG continues strategic expansion with appointment of James Halley as Group CFO

Posted on 16th August 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

DARAG, the leading legacy acquirer, today announces that James Halley has been appointed Group CFO, effective 3rd September and pending regulatory approval. Halley’s appointment is part of an ongoing strategic upscaling. It follows the appointment of Tom Booth as CEO and the completion of a €U260m […]

Aug

2018

Capsicum Re adds two to market leading cyber division

Posted on 15th August 2018 by Mazin Shammas and has No comment

Capsicum Re, the specialist reinsurance broker, is pleased to announce the latest hires to its rapidly expanding cyber division. Jasper Goring joins as a cyber broker and Prab Naidu as wordings director, both with immediate effect. They are based in London reporting into Ian Newman, global […]

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