DUAL Group, the underwriting arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, announced its launch into Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), following the acquisition of the majority stake of Toruń, Poland-headquartered insurance specialist, Data Connect Direct (DCD). This acquisition, which creates DUAL Polska, …
Willis Group Holdings plc’s chief executive officer, who is taking a lesser role under the insurance broker’s planned merger with Towers Watson & Co., has opted against taking some compensation that he was entitled to get. “Dominic Casserley will not …
Hyperion Insurance Group, the London-based insurance and reinsurance intermediary group, has announced that Oliver Corbett will join the group as CFO. Corbett, currently interim CFO at Towergate, will take up the role in August, subject to regulatory approval. After seven …
UK-based Castel Underwriting Agencies, the club-style MGA formation platform, has appointed James Nugent as its first chief underwriting officer. He joins Castel from Amlin where he was head of underwriting performance and responsible for underwriting performance, governance and quality assurance. …
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) said it is entering the healthcare underwriting market in Australia, and has appointed Tony Bainbridge, previously with American International Group (AIG), to lead the effort. The insurer also announced it has opened an office …
Willis Group Holdings confirmed that Deputy CEO Steve Hearn has decided to leave the company and will take up the role of CEO at Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSW) at the beginning of November. The announcement came one day …
Towergate is creating a new retail broking division led by Janice Deakin, who will join the group as retail broking director on August 12, subject to regulatory approval. This division will encompass all the Towergate Insurance retail broking businesses, Towergate …
Willis Group Holdings plc has appointed Simon Weaver as CEO of its Singapore office, and to the newly-created role of regional CEO for south-east Asia. He will be is moving from Miller, where he has spent two years as Head …
XL Catlin announced the promotion of Joe Blenkinsopp to the position of chief underwriting officer for its Political Risk and Trade Credit (PRTC) team. Blenkinsopp assumes the role with immediate effect, having previously held the position of deputy global head …
RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe risk management firm, announced it has named Sanjiv “Sunny” Sharma as senior vice president of cloud operations and information technology. Sharma joins from Rocket Fuel, a digital advertising firm, where he led the global engineering …
