People Moves: BHSI Promotes McGriskin to Lead UK FI; Former Enstar Exec Rocke Heads RiverStone Int’l in Bermuda; Tysers Hires Aon’s Lucas for Political Violence & Terrorism Team

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), RiverStone International and broker Tysers.

A summary of these new hires follows here.

BHSI Promotes McGriskin to Head of UK Financial Institutions

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that Janine McGriskin has been named head of Financial Institutions, UK. She was previously senior underwriter, UK Financial Institutions, at BHSI.

McGriskin joined BHSI in March 2020, having amassed nearly two decades of executive and professional lines underwriting experience, much of it concentrated on the specialized needs of financial institutions. She is based in BHSI’s office in London and can be reached at +44 203 429 4966 or via email at janine.mcgriskin@bhspecialty.com.

“Janine has been central to our success in achieving a leadership position in the UK executive & professional lines marketplace. As our customers continue to face a challenging market, we are pleased to promote Janine to head our financial institutions portfolio and bring our solution-focused approach to financial institutions in the UK and Europe,” said Chris Warrior, head of Executive & Professional Lines, UK, at BHSI.

BHSI underwrites a broad range of Executive & Professional Lines coverages for financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, and private equity, venture capital and corporate finance firms in the UK and Europe.

***

Former Enstar Exec Rocke to Lead RiverStone Int’l in Bermuda

RiverStone International, the industry-leading acquirer and reinsurer of legacy and discontinued insurance business, announced that David Rocke has joined the company, effective Feb. 1, 2022, as managing director of the company’s new Bermuda division.

Rocke has more than 25 years of experience in insurance and reinsurance legacy M&A, with a specific focus on transactions in Bermuda, the UK and the U.S. Prior to joining RiverStone, Rocke held the position of executive vice-president of M&A at Enstar and has been based in Bermuda since 2006. In this role he had a specialist focus on M&A projects and was responsible for numerous acquisition transactions involving billions of reserve liabilities. He also acted as a director for more than 20 regulated entities in Bermuda and the UK.

***

Tysers Names Aon’s Lucas for Political Violence & Terrorism Team

Tysers, the London-based independent Lloyd’s broker, announced that James Lucas will join the firm as associate sirector as it expands its political violence and terrorism team in response to increased demand from international clients.

Lucas will join from Aon Benfield where he is responsible for developing the Latin America and EMEA Terrorism and Political Violence solutions across Aon’s network.

Based in London, he will join a global team led by Ciara Appleford, when she starts at Tysers, where his broking experience, market expertise and technical ability will help to deepen Tysers’ client relationships both in the London market and internationally.

Lucas’ appointment will be the latest in a series of senior hires as Tysers continues to expand its presence in London and globally. In 2021, Tysers made a number of new hires to further strengthen its marine, construction and casualty offerings.

“It’s great to welcome James to the Tysers’ team. His appointment is indicative of our strategic ambition and commitment to meeting the increasing demand for specialist insurance expertise and technical skills across international markets,” commented Jason Collins, co-head of Global Broking, Markets and Business Development at Tysers.

Trading in 140 countries across the globe, Tysers has over 1,000 employees who handle in excess of £2.75 billion of premium annually.

Topics Catastrophe Natural Disasters London Aon Professional Liability