Lloyd’s promotes May to international CFOLloyd’s of London has promoted Jonathan May to the position of international chief financial officer.
HDI adds Neon duo to management liability and FI teamHDI Global Specialty SE has built out its management liability and financial institutions with the hiring of Louise Parker and Charles Boorman.
Atrium names Chaucer’s Stooke chair as Cook retiresAtrium Underwriters’ non-executive chairman Steve Cook is to leave the Lloyd’s managing agent after 25 years, with former Chaucer chair Chris Stooke set to take over the position from 1 January 2021.
PwC global insurance leader O’Hearn retires; Bichard named successorJim Bichard has been appointed global insurance leader for PwC, succeeding Stephen O’Hearn who is retiring after 38 years with the firm.
Beazley overhauls cyber and tech business under BantickLondon-listed Beazley has overhauled the underwriting team within its global cyber and tech underwriting unit under the leadership of former London market and international cyber leader Paul Bantick.
Acquisitive Worldwide Facilities hires M&A headExpansive wholesaler Worldwide Facilities has hired former Aon Securities director Brad Perilman from Atlas General Holdings to oversee its merger and acquisition activities.
Orchid hires Banker’s Bowie as head of personal linesUS property catastrophe focused Orchid Underwriters Agency has hired Ross Bowie from Bankers Insurance Group (BIG) to head up its growing personal lines operation.
Alliant hires another Aon exec with M&A appointmentAlliant has hired Dan Schoenberg as co-leader of its mergers and acquisitions division with the executive joining from Aon, which is currently involved in litigation with Alliant over previous hires.
TigerRisk looks to Aon for retro broker DenbighAon’s retro team has suffered another departure with London-based Ollie Denbigh leaving the firm and joining TigerRisk, The Insurer can reveal.
WR Berkley makes promotions in legal teamWR Berkley has promoted John Littzi and Neil Keenan to senior vice president – deputy general counsel and vice president – senior counsel respectively.
Aon promotes Peralta to lead public sector unitAon has appointed Jose Peralta as its new public sector leader with responsibility for developing, planning and executing sales strategies for clients.
1347 PIH names Swets CEO as it hunts reinsurance opportunities1347 Property Insurance Holdings (1347 PIH) has named Larry Swets as interim CEO with the company now on the hunt for potential reinsurance opportunities arising out of the current industry dislocation.
FCA appoints LSE head Nikhil Rathi as new CEOHM Treasury has named the chief executive of the London Stock Exchange Nikhil Rathi as the next permanent head of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
UPC’s Forney appointed CEO of cat specialist GeoVeraGeoVera Insurance Holdings, a provider of specialty residential property insurance, has named John Forney as CEO and board member, taking over from longstanding leader Kevin Nish.
AGCS looks to Axa XL and New Re in senior exec overhaul; Browne and Mai exitAllianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), has named New Re’s Renate Strasser and Axa XL’s Tony Buckle as chief underwriting officer for specialty and corporate respectively as part of a global senior exec overhaul which sees UK head Sinéad Browne and Africa/central Europe head Hartmut Mai exit the carrier.
Lloyd’s gives Probitas greenlight to set up managing agency led by former QBE teamLloyd’s has granted ‘in principle’ approval for Probitas 1492 to establish a new managing agent, Probitas Managing Agency Limited (PMAL).
Willis Re adds Aegon’s van Excel to Dutch officeWillis Re today has hired senior ILS underwriter Kirsten van Exel as executive director of its Dutch team.
UPC CEO Forney resigns to pursue other opportunitiesJohn Forney has resigned as president and CEO of United Insurance Holdings (UPC), with former AmRisc CEO Daniel Peed named as the new CEO of the Florida carrier.
RSG’s Trident Marine opens Boston office with underwriting director hireRyan Specialty Group subsidiary Trident Marine Managers, a marine and offshore energy managing general underwriter, has announced the hire of Clarke Smith as director of underwriting and the opening of a Boston office.
Munich Re Syndicate looks to Axa XL for head of marineMunich Re Syndicate has named Rob McAdams as head of marine, taking over from Simon Parnell who is set to retire.