HDI Global SE (HDI) has appointed Claire McDonald as managing director of its UK and Ireland operations. She will assume the role on March 18, 2019.
McDonald will join the company from Allianz Global & Corporate Specialty SE where she was global head of operations. She has worked for over 31 years within the Allianz group of companies in a number of senior operational and underwriting roles.
With immediate effect, Alan Waters has been appointed as interim UK and Ireland managing director. Waters has worked for HDI as director of Corporate Risks for over eight years and is a member of the UK and Ireland executive committee.
The appointments follow the appointment of Richard Taylor, the company’s former UK and Ireland managing director, who joined HDI Global Specialty SE as a member of the executive board of management, taking on the role of chief marketing officer and UK managing director.
HDI Global Specialty SE is the new specialty lines insurer created from the merging of the specialty lines activities of Hannover Re and HDI Global SE, which commenced trading on Jan. 1. HDI Global Specialty’s sister company is HDI Global SE, which manages the Industrial Lines Division of Hannover, Germany-based parent company, Talanx.
Source: HDI Global
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