People Moves: FM Global Promotes Johnson and Dempsey in EMEA; Beazley Names Hiscox’s Wilson Head of Open Mkt, London; Rokstone Taps Pickard as D&F Property U/W

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at three insurers: FM Global, Beazley and Rokstone.

A summary of these new hires follows here.

FM Global Promotes Johnson and Dempsey in Senior EMEA Roles

Commercial property insurer FM Global has made two senior-level moves in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region – Philip Johnson and Christopher M. Dempsey.

Johnson, FM Global’s senior vice president, EMEA division manager, and a 25-year veteran of the company, has been promoted and named the company’s first chief learning officer, a new global role based in London, UK.

He will be responsible for leading the development of the FM Global Academy, as it globally expands its focus on providing a range of in-person and on-demand learning programs to meet the business and development needs of clients and the insurer’s employees.

Since joining FM Global in 1995 as a consultant engineer, Johnson has served in various leadership roles encompassing client service, engineering, business process improvement and operations. Prior to that, Johnson worked on nuclear power station design and held project management roles in large infrastructure projects across Europe. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, and completed postgraduate studies at Luxembourg School of Business.

Dempsey, operations senior vice president, Chicago operations manager, who has worked for the company for two decades, will assume Johnson’s role as senior vice president, EMEA division manager. Dempsey will be based in Luxembourg and be responsible for operations and strategic direction across EMEA, including underwriting, client service and engineering.

He joined FM Global in 2001 as a customer service consultant before becoming a senior consultant engineer and then assuming various engineering and underwriting management roles of increasing responsibility, including a role as Boston operations branch manager.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire and Safety Engineering from Eastern Kentucky University in the U.S.

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Beazley Appoints Hiscox’s Wilson as Head of Open Market – London

Beazley has appointed Simon Wilson as head of Open Market for the UK and the Rest of the World (RoW). A seasoned underwriter with success in primary and excess property direct and facultative (D&F) products, Wilson will join Beazley in mid-January, and will be based out of its London headquarters.

Wilson comes to Beazley from Hiscox, where he underwrote a large primary and excess portfolio, encompassing worldwide territories such as property, mining, power generation and downstream energy. Prior to this, he was a senior technical underwriter – property direct and facultative, at CNA Hardy, where he managed a global portfolio encompassing primary and excess-of-loss business as an established and respected lead market within Lloyd’s.

Wilson’s role will involve directing and managing the Open Market – UK/RoW teams, underwriting open market accounts within the property team and providing expert insight on market issues. (Beazley’s open market business is its property business).

“Simon is an experienced Lloyd’s-based underwriter with deep expertise and technical knowledge in both primary and excess property D&F products,” commented Richard Montminy, group head of Property at Beazley. “His appointment demonstrates our continued investment in the open market space, and we are looking forward to working with him to find progressive solutions to increasingly complex market demands.”

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MGA Rokstone Hires Pickard as D&F Property Underwriter

Rokstone, the international speciality re/insurance MGA, part of Aventum Group, has announced the appointment of Jack Pickard as senior property underwriter.

Pickard joins Rokstone as it expects to hit US$200 million in GWP in its direct and facultative (D&F) property book alone, having seen huge organic growth. As a whole, Rokstone is anticipating that it will write circa US$750 million GWP across all lines this year.

Pickard joins the company from Geo Specialty, where he was property underwriter for five years. Before that he spent six years with The Channel Syndicate where he was international property underwriter. He has excellent long-standing relationships with brokers and significant capacity providers and has particular expertise in the Australian and Canadian Direct & Facultative (D&F) Property markets.

London-based specialist MGA Rokstone has offices in the UK, Europe, U.S., Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Rokstone currently underwrites US$600 million GWP in several specialty lines including marine, aviation, terrorism & political violence, D&F property, treaty property, construction & engineering, extended warranty and liability.

Topics Property London