NIG, the commercial insurer, has announced the appointment of Warren Bainbridge as the new area business development manager (ABDM) for the firm’s office in Manchester. Bainbridge joins the firm from AXA, where he worked for almost two decades, most recently as North West regional director. In his new role with NIG he will assume responsibility [...]
Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Limited (LMIE) has announced three senior appointments to bolster its claims operations in London, Madrid and The Hague. Katie MacGregor becomes head of Claims in London, Renske Franken is appointed a claims manager in The Hague and Madrid is joined by new claims manager Ainhoa Tricas Spiteri. MacGregor will lead a [...]
XL Group plc’s insurance segment has announced the appointment of Ian Lushington as construction underwriting manager for the UK, Ireland and Nordic region. In his new role Lushington will be based in London, and will report directly to Underwriting Manager Construction, International Property Max Benz. Lushington brings more than a quarter of a century of [...]
Friends Life has announced two appointments to the senior management team of its protection business. Mark Anders becomes sales and marketing director for individual protection and David Williams becomes director of group protection; both will report to Steve Payne, managing director of UK protection. Mr Anders will take up his new role at the beginning [...]
Brit Insurance has announced the appointment of John Stratton to the newly created position of chief investment officer. The appointment, which is subject to FSA approval, will see Stratton supervise the firm’s investment and asset management activities and report directly to Group Chief Executive Officer Mark Cloutier. He joins Brit from Insurance Australia Group (IAG), [...]
AXA Commercial Lines has announced the appointment of Ryan Birbeck as the firm’s new London sales manager. Birbeck has been with the firm since 2005, and will report directly to London Branch Manager Linda Courtney. During his time with the firm he has occupied a range of roles, including in underwriting and sales. AXA Commercial [...]
MetLife has promoted Mike Hocking to the post of regional sales director for the Midlands. Mr Hocking joined the life and pensions provider in 2010 as senior sales development manager in the South West and will now run the team covering the central region. Previously, he held the post of managing director and group sales [...]
Ageas Protect has announced two key appointments to its senior management team with Scott Reid joining as head of pricing & reinsurance and Richard Halley taking up the post of partnership development manager. Mr Reid brings with him actuarial and reinsurance experience gathered from various jobs with Aon Benfield, Scor, Gen Re, and Scottish Widows. [...]
Thomas, Carroll Group plc has announced its latest expansion, with Group Chairman John Moore stating that the fourth stage extension of the firm’s headquarters would begin in late spring. As a result, the headquarters will feature a significantly larger boardroom as well as additional office space for at least thirty new staff members. Moore also [...]
The insurance operations of XL Group plc has announced the expansion of its global Political Risk and Trade Credit (PRTC) team with a quartet of London-based appointments. Joe Blenkinsopp is to lead the new team, and he will report directly to New York-based Richard Maxwell, the global head of PRTC. Blenkinsopp will take on the [...]
Commercial insurer NIG has announced that it is bringing the remaining part of its risk management process in-house to better cater to the needs of its customers. From the start of this week the new Risk Management Support Team has operated from the firm’s Peterborough offices. The new team will now follow up risk improvement [...]
Old Mutual is combining its Wealth Management Continental Europe (France and Italy) operations with its Skandia Retail Europe business (Germany, Austria, Poland and Switzerland) to create Wealth Management Europe. The merger follows a strategic review of the businesses prompted by economic and regulatory developments in the European long-term savings markets, and changes in customer preferences. [...]
Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Limited (LMIE) has announced the appointment of John McCammon as chief operating officer. McCammon succeeds Patrick O’Brien, who vacated the position to become chief executive officer of Liberty Insurance in Ireland. Prior to his latest appointment McCammon served LMIE as head of Claims. McCammon is to be based in London and [...]
XL Group plc’s insurance segment has announced the appointment of Jason Harris as chief executive of the International P&C Insurance business. Harris is to be based in London and will report directly to XL insurance segment CEO Greg Hendrick. Harris will also acquire a seat on the Executive Board when he joins the firm. He [...]
JLT Specialty (JLTS) has confirmed that it will be opening new UK regional offices in Nottingham in the Spring. The firm provides specialist insurance broking, risk management and claims consulting services to medium enterprises through to large and international companies. Commenting on the expansion, JLTS managing director regional partnership division, Warren Downey, says: “Our strategic [...]
ACE has announced that it has opened a new representative office in Kiev, the latest step in its expansion across Europe. The newly established office will act as a liaison office for multi-national clients with a presence in Kiev, as well as enabling ACE to foster its presence and relationships in the insurance market of [...]
Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings has announced the appointment of John Cavanagh as the new chief executive officer of Willis Re. Cavanagh, who assumes his new position with immediate effect, succeeds Steve Hearn, who was appointed Willis Global chairman and chief executive in December 2011. In addition to acquiring a seat on the Willis [...]
Swiss Re has appointed Michel M Liès, currently the firm’s chairman, global partnerships, as group chief executive officer, effective 1st February 2012. Mr Liès, who has held held various positions at Swiss Re during the past 30 years, succeeds Stefan Lippe, who joined the group in 2009. In addition, Moses Ojeisekhoba will join Swiss Re [...]
MetLife has appointed Stephanie Baillie as employee benefits director. Joining from Friends Life, where she held the role of head of group protection, Ms Baillie is charged with leading the expansion of the firm’s UK employee benefits business. The appointment follows the launch of a dedicated sales support team that will help help to increase [...]
The insurance segment of XL Group plc has announced the appointment of Alvaro Salamanca as the new chief executive officer of its operation in Mexico. Salamanca, whose appointment is made with immediate effect, will report directly to Regional Manager for Iberia & Latin America Bruno Laval. Salamanca brings extensive underwriting experience to his new post, [...]
