People Moves – Page 159
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NewsBroker Ropner hires six following GRP backed-MBO
Lloyd’s and London Market broker, Ropner Insurance Services, has appointed six new brokers following its Global Risk Partners-backed management buyout last year. Gary Watson and Stewart Alliston have joined the international non-marine division. Nick Kirby has joined the Fine Art team from JLT. ...
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NewsRoss denies Dalgarno move is linked to lack of FCA approval
Sarah Dalgarno’s move to head up Towergate’s new historical liabilities unit was not triggered by her current lack of FCA approval, chief executive David Ross has insisted. He said that her move to run the new unit, dubbed the Legacy Resolution Unit, was an interim one ...
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NewsTowergate makes hire from DUAL to lead regional specialty arm
Towergate Underwriting has hired Martin Joyce to lead its newly formed regional specialty business. In his new role Joyce will be responsible for financial lines; including professional indemnity, directors and officers and crime. He will be based in Manchester and will report to commercial lines chief ...
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NewsFormer Windsor MD to head Towergate London unit - reports
Towergate is about to hire former Windsor managing director Neil Pearce as head of its London market operations, according to reports. Pearce left his most recent role as head of UK and international liability at RKH Specialty in April, the reports said. Both Windsor and RKH ...
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NewsPrice Forbes hires team from Marsh in retail push
Price Forbes has hired Audrey Corfield as managing director of its European retail arm. Corfield joins Price Forbes from Marsh, along with directors Richard Grimshaw and Jason Ellis, while Helen Morrison will be an associate director. Price Forbes said all four bring more than 60 years ...
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NewsAIG UK and Zurich GI bosses join ABI board
AIG UK and Europe chief executive Anthony Baldwin (pictured) and Zurich UK General Insurance chief executive Vibhu Sharma are among four new members of the ABI’s board. Also joining are Scottish Widows chief executive and Lloyds Banking Group insurance director Antonio Lorenzo and Prudential group regulatory ...
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NewsLloyd's syndicate Probitas 1492 expands underwriting team
Lloyd’s syndicate Probitas 1492 has expanded its casualty offering with the appointment of Ernesto Medina within its financial lines team. Previously senior financial institutions underwriter at Zurich, Medina brings experience of underwriting a large portfolio of international banks, asset managers and private equity and hedge funds, ...
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NewsBluefin promotes Steve Hook to personal lines MD role
Bluefin has promoted Steve Hook to the position of personal lines managing director. Neil Forsyth has also been named as Bluefin’s new London Market Broking Director – replacing Paul Longhurst, who has left the broker to join Towergate. In his new role Hook will be responsible ...
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NewsLloyd’s chief risk officer McGovern to leave for XL Catlin
Lloyd’s chief risk officer and general counsel Sean McGovern is leaving after 20 years at the corporation to join XL Catlin. McGovern will become the global (re)insurance group’s chief compliance officer and head of regulatory and government affairs. To protect commercial confidentiality, McGovern is now no ...
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NewsTowergate hires London Markets broking director from Bluefin
Towergate has appointed Paul Longhurst as broking and distribution director in its London Markets division. Longhurst joins Towergate from Bluefin, where he had been London Market broking director for 25 years. Towergate Group chief executive David Ross (pictured) said: “We recognise the huge opportunity that exists ...
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Online onlyAXA France chairman and chief executive Nicolas Moreau to depart
AXA France chairman and chief executive Nicolas Moreau is stepping down from his role on 30 June after 25 years at the company. His replacement will be announced shortly. Prior to being head of AXA France Moreau was head of the insurer’s UK and Ireland business. ...
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NewsHyperion's DUAL names Hudson as CFO
DUAL, the underwriting arm of Hyperion Insurance, said it has appointed Mark Hudson as chief financial officer, from September. Hudson joins DUAL from Novae Group, where he served on its executive committee and has been finance director of its managing agency subsidiary, Novae Syndicates, since 1999. ...
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AgendaQBE targets Latin American growth with Miami hire
QBE Europe has hired Alfonso De Mares (pictured) as business development manager for Latin America. De Mares will be based in Miami and report to director of overseas business development Tim Harris. Before joining QBE, De Mares was a senior vice-president at reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter ...
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NewsChaucer grows political risk team with former XL Catlin exec
Lloyd’s insurer Chaucer has hired former XL Catlin underwriter Jonathan Bint as political risk underwriter and analyst. Bint was part of the credit and political risk underwriting team at XL Catlin. Chaucer said it hired Bint to help drive the expansion of its political risk and ...
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NewsHood appoints new residential property head
Affinity insurance provider, Hood Group, has appointed Sarah Smith to the newly created role of head of residential property. Smith will be responsible for the leadership and management of the group’s residential property lines of business which includes household, landlords and renters insurance. She joins Hood ...
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NewsBarbican hires Towergate underwriter Roberts
Barbican Protect, the UK insurance arm of Barbican Insurance Group, said it has hired Alexandra Roberts (pictured) as a development underwriter, financial lines. Roberts joins Barbican Protect from Towergate Professional Indemnity where she was a senior account handler, working across a broad spectrum of professional sectors. ...
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NewsAsh Bathia’s Lloyd’s insurer hires casualty underwriting head
Ash Bathia’s Lloyd’s syndicate, Probitas 1492, has hired Neila Buurman as chief underwriting officer for its casualty division. Buurman was previously director of international casualty at QBE, Bathia’s former employer. She joined QBE in 2000 as an international liability underwriter. Bathia was chief underwriting officer of ...
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NewsCPP hires new chief executive after boardroom coup
Credit card insurer CPP has hired Jason Walsh as its new chief executive to replace Stephen Callaghan, who has left following a boardroom coup by asset management firm Schroders. The move marks a return to CPP for Walsh. He worked for CPP between 2002 and 2014, ...
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NewsJLT EMEA chief executive Martin Hiller to retire
JLT chief executive of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Martin Hiller is retiring from the company. Hiller joined JLT in 1988. He is best known at the company for his almost 10-year stint as chief executive of the JLT Specialty broking division. JLT credited ...
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NewsMarsh-owned SMEi’s joint chief executives leave roles
Marsh-owned broker SMEi’s joint chief executives Jason Gandy and Roger Snowden have left their current roles. Gandy has left the business altogether, while Snowden will continue at the company in a consultancy role. Jonathan Webber and Lee Tetley have replaced them. Webber, formerly SMEi’s finance director, ...
