David Watson News

People Moves: AXA XL Hires AXIS’ Watson as Snr U/W; Hartford’s Pallett to Tegron; Chubb’s Bagaric to BHSI; MGA Spring Hires AXA XL’s Stanford

These international People Moves detail appointments at AXA XL, Tegron Specialty (the new D&O underwriter), Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, and London-based MGA platform Spring Partners. A summary of these new hires follows here: AXA XL has appointed David Watson as …

XL Catlin Opens Unit in Africa to Write Facultative and Treaty Reinsurance

XL Catlin has established a new Reinsurance Unit focused on providing facultative and treaty reinsurance across Africa. Leading the team is Alex St James who has been appointed as head of Africa for XL Catlin’s Reinsurance operations. Additionally, XL Catlin …

Castel Launches Corporate Underwriting Cell, Targeting African Reinsurance

Castel Underwriting Agencies Ltd., the London-based MGA formation platform, has launched its first corporate underwriting cell, working with One Re, a specialist African-focused reinsurer, to target facultative reinsurance business across Sub-Saharan Africa. The underwriting cell, called One Facultative Acceptances*, will …