ACE Group has created a new underwriting management role for the Eurasia and Africa region and promoted Shankar Krishnan, currently casualty underwriting manager for MENA, to the position. The appointment is the latest in a series of new management positions …
Willis Group Holdings announced the appointment of Paul Scope as Chairman of Willis Bermuda, encompassing all of the firm’s operations on the Island, effective immediately. He will oversee Willis’s whole range of Bermuda based operations “in a move designed to …
XL Group plc announced the creation of XL Innovate, an XL-sponsored venture capital initiative. The new fund will be led by Tom Hutton, a past director of XL who has a history of creating successful insurance and financial technology ventures, …
Insurance holding company American Financial Group Inc., headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Mark A. Weiss to vice president. Weiss joined AFG in 2010 and most recently served as assistant vice president and assistant general counsel. In addition, he serves …
The Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group has completed the acquisition of Sportscover Underwriting Limited, the Lloyd’s managing agent for Syndicate 3334, and Kinetic Insurance Brokers Limited, a Lloyd’s insurance broker. Hamilton also announced that former CEO of Torus’ International Operations, Dermot …
ACE Group has created a new business unit – ACE International Excess (AIE)– to provide commercial property insurance on an excess basis for large companies in the Asia Pacific region. The new business unit will be modeled after ACE Bermuda …
Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC) announced the appointment of Ulisses Soares as Chief Executive Officer for the Latin America region, effective immediately. He “will lead all of CGSC’s business in Latin America and work with local country CEO’s in …
ACE Group has appointed Susan McDonald to the role of regional general counsel for Eurasia and Africa, as it continues to build its management team in its newest business region. Currently legal and compliance manager for MENA, in her new …
Miller, the London-based specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has hired Simon Milner, in a production and broking role in the cyber and technology area. In a press release, Miller said the appointment underlines its plans to build on the growth …
Canopius Group Limited, the global specialty (re)insurance platform of Sompo Holdings, announced that James (Jim) Giordano, Executive Chairman of Canopius US Holdings, will retire from the Group on June 30, 2015. The announcement noted that Giordano “was a member of …
