People Moves: Swiss Re’s Render to Peak Re; Aon’s Denbigh to TigerRisk’s Retro Unit; Price Forbes’ Fox to Oneglobal

The following international People Moves provides details of appointments at reinsurer Peak Re and two brokers, TigerRisk and Oneglobal.

A summary of these new hires follows here.

Peak Reinsurance Co. AG, the wholly owned European subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based global reinsurer, Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd., announced the appointment of Karlheinz Render as senior vice president Europe, effective Aug. 1, 2021.

Render will develop Peak Re’s market position in Europe by leveraging off the foundations established by Peak Re, namely in the property/casualty markets of the DACH region (which comprises Germany, Austria and Switzerland).

Based on his extensive experience in client markets and underwriting in the reinsurance industry, Render will be responsible for developing and maintaining client relationships in the region by providing tailored solutions to support clients’ growth aspirations. Render succeeds Emmanuel Thommen, former senior vice president at Peak Re AG, who has announced his retirement.

Render will report to Matteo Cussigh, chief executive officer of Peak Re. He will be based in Zurich.

Render will join Peak Re AG from Swiss Re, where he served in various client management and underwriting roles over nearly three decades. Most recently, he led Swiss Re’s large clients division in Germany and was accountable for the inforce and new business development of large German P/C clients. He also served on the leadership team for the Northern, Central and Eastern European P/C markets, with a proven track record in expanding P/C treaty portfolio. Previously, Render held various responsibilities, including client management and underwriting in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.

“We are delighted to welcome Mr. Render to join our international client markets team. Expanding Peak Re’s franchise in Europe is a key building block in our global diversification and growth strategy,” commented Matteo Cussigh, chief executive officer of Peak Re AG.

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TigerRisk Partners LLC, the Stamford, Conn.-based risk, capital and strategic adviser to the global insurance and reinsurance industry, announced that Oliver Denbigh has joined its London Retro practice as partner.

Denbigh has joined TigerRisk from Aon, where he was a senior broker with the Non-Marine Specialty team. In this role, he worked on property retro, cat and risk on direct and facultative (D&F) and major global clients. Prior to that, Denbigh was at Willis Re, where he specialized in multi-territory property cat, and worked on international business across a number of classes of business.

Following the announcement last year of his appointment, TigerRisk now confirms that Denbigh has taken up his new position and is now part of the Retro team. Reporting to Alex Bridges, head of Retro, Denbigh is based in London.

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London-based Oneglobal Broking announced the launch of its Special Risks team led by Alistair Fox, reporting to Group CEO Mike Reynolds. His appointment is effective Sept. 1, 2021.

Fox had a distinguished military career, rising to the rank of colonel in the army and being awarded the MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for services to counter terrorism and OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for his service in Syria. Latterly he has brought his military expertise to the insurance industry having previously been head of Security Risks at Price Forbes and prior to this as deputy chief executive, Credit, Political & Security Division at JLT.

Oneglobal’s Special Risks team delivers client-centric bespoke solutions in the areas of political, security and terrorist risks.

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