Insurtech Joyn Adds Schoberth as Chief Distribution Officer
Insurance technology company Joyn Insurance announced the addition of Uwe Schoberth as chief distribution officer. The role will focus on developing broker relationships.
Uwe brings a background in commercial insurance, having held global, international, and domestic marketing roles developing. Most recently, he was the global head of Distribution at Lloyd’s and has held distribution roles at Blackboard Insurance, QBE Group, XL Group, Winterthur International Insurance Co. and Gerling.
Seraina Macia, CEO of Joyn, said Schoberth joins at the same time as the company’s offering to small and medium-sized companies is being expanded. Joyn began offering excess and surplus property coverage on July 1 and will offer E&S general liability coverage starting September 1.
Joyn Insurance Services Inc. is a Delaware-domiciled, licensed producer and general agent that operates as an insurtech enterprise underwriting commercial insurance in the small and middle markets.
Crum & Forster Names Lubin as President, Surety Division
New Jersey-based Crum & Forster has named Matthew Lubin, president of its surety division. The appointment is effective September 20.
Lubin joins C&F after more than three decades at Chubb Limited, the last five years as Executive Vice President for Construction Surety, where he was responsible for oversight of the insurer’s North American construction surety portfolio.
Lubin will report to CEO Marc Adee.
TransRe Promotes O’Gwen to CEO of FAIRCO
TransRe has promoted Christopher O’Gwen to chief executive officer of its U.S. insurance subsidiary, Fair American Insurance and Reinsurance Co. (FAIRCO). In his new role, he will lead FAIRCO’s growth in the property/casualty insurance markets.
O’Gwen joined TransRe in 2013 and has been involved in the creation and growth of FAIRCO since its inception. He was previously promoted to president in March 2020. In his new position, he will report to Ken Brandt, president and CEO of TransRe.
FAIRCO focuses on specialty insurance opportunities in both the admitted and excess and surplus markets. In addition to its own underwriting operations, FAIRCO will continue to build partnerships with program administrators in the U.S.
TransRe is a reinsurance organization headquartered in New York and the brand name for Transatlantic Holdings and its subsidiaries including Fair American Insurance and Reinsurance Company) . TransRe is wholly owned by Alleghany Corp.
AXA XL Adds Klimczak’s Marine Insurance Expertise in the U.S.
AXA XL’s Marine insurance business is enhancing its marine risk control expertise in the U.S. with the addition of Jarek Klimczak as senior risk consultant. Klimczak is transferring to AXA XL’s New York City office from Singapore.
Prior to relocating to the U.S., Klimczak supported the growth of AXA XL’s Cargo and Bluewater Hull books in Asia and Australia. To his new role, Klimczak brings more than 32 years of maritime, logistics, Insurance, and risk management expertise. He has experience within the shipping and logistics industry with a focus on loading security, heavy-lift operations, and towage as well as kills in cargo security and risk management.
Before joining the insurance industry, Klimczak served as a port captain in Singapore, a cargo superintendent in Germany, among other maritime industry roles.
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