Scor’s Global P&C CEO Peignet retires as Conoscente takes the helm
Scor’s chief executive officer of Global P&C Victor Peignet is to retire from the French reinsurance giant with Jean-Paul Conoscente taking up the role following his departure.
Willis Re swoops on Canopius for Asia-Pacific agriculture head
Willis Re has named Canopius’ David Gregori as head of agriculture for Asia Pacific to lead the set-up of its agriculture team in the region.
Zuk joins Orchid to build out platform and ILS capability
Cat-focused MGA Orchid Underwriters has hired Joe Zuk as it looks to diversify by geography and product line and build a platform that can act as a conduit for ILS capacity, The Insurer can reveal.
Aspen swoops on Liberty’s Watson for cyber hire
Aspen Insurance – the insurance segment of Bermudian headquartered carrier Aspen – has hired cyber underwriter Amie Watson to join its growing London cyber team, The Insurer can reveal.
Asia heads Sellek and Ribeiro to leave AM Best
Former senior Lloyd’s executives Dr Roger Sellek and Jose Ribeiro are both leaving rating agency firm AM Best in a management restructure that is explained as bringing “costs in line with regional growth potential” in the Asia Pacific (AP) region.
Ascot taps Markel for US inland marine head
Ascot Insurance US has appointed Jeff Vetter as executive vice president and head of inland marine.
Former Lloyd’s chairman Rowland dies
The former chairman of Lloyd’s Sir David Rowland – who is credited with saving the Corporation from collapse in the 1990s - has passed away.
Carnegie-Brown steps down as Moneysupermarket chair
Bruce Carnegie-Brown will stand down as chairman and non-executive director of price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com in May 2019.
RSA marine underwriter Peers joins TT Club
Andrew Peers has been appointed senior underwriter in TT Club’s UK, Benelux and Nordic underwriting team.
Duclos named non-exec chair of Lloyd’s Global Network
Lloyd’s has named industry veteran David Duclos as non-executive chairman of Lloyd’s Global Network, effective immediately.
RSA UK & International CEO Lewis exits; Egan takes helm
The chief executive of RSA’s UK & International division Steve Lewis is departing from the UK insurer.
Sillat and Calise return with Balance Partners MGA
Michael Sillat and Joe Calise have launched a new US specialty lines MGA platform called Balance Partners, The Insurer can reveal.
Zuk joins Orchid to build out platform and ILS capability
Cat-focused MGA Orchid Underwriters has hired Joe Zuk as it looks to diversify by geography and product line and build a platform that can act as a conduit for ILS capacity, The Insurer can reveal.
Aon Broking CEO Fitzgerald leaves
Veteran Aon executive Tom Fitzgerald is leaving the global broker after 27 years.
Axis takes AIG’s Quane for new head underwriting role
Bermudian Axis has swooped on AIG for its long serving head of global commercial property Robert Quane.
Oberting replaces Waters as Sirius CEO
Allan Waters has stepped down from Sirius International Group with Kip Oberting set to take over as CEO of the Bermudian (re)insurer.