Insurance Times rounds up the most significant appointments, hires and leadership developments from 10 to 14 August 2026
Among this week’s biggest people moves stories was Bspoke Group’s appointment of Jim Cadle as head of distribution and Ryan Biggs as business development manager.
The firm said that the appointments are intended to support growth across the group’s specialist underwriting businesses and strengthen relationships with brokers and distribution partners.
Next, Insurance Times readers learned of Lockton’s appointment of ex-Howden head Bob Birtwell as client leader and senior vice president of the firm’s new regional real estate offering, based in Manchester.
More big news came in the form of Marsh Risks’ appointment of Chetna Gulati-Kapoor as global chief claims officer.
Gulati-Kapoor will take up the new role on 1 September and succeed Rob Powell, who will move into the role of chairman of global claims at Marsh Risk.
This week’s biggest appointment in the MGA sector was that of industry veteran David Eynon, who takes on the role of managing director at Lloyd’s-backed firm Subscribe.
Finally, readers’ interests were captured by Augment Risk’s promotion of Kurt Cripps to the newly created role of group head of growth and broking.
Cripps originally joined Augment Risk in October 2023 to help the business build its parametric proposition.
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