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Chubb Names Updyke as Division President of Chubb Small Business

Insurer Chubb has named Jeffrey Updyke as vice president, Chubb Group, and division president, Chubb Small Business. In this capacity, Updyke will have executive responsibility for Chubb’s retail insurance business that serves small commercial clients in the U.S. and Canada. …

Marsh Appoints Franklin as Chief Digital, Data and Analytics Officer

Insurance broker and risk adviser Marsh has appointed Tamara Simpkins Franklin as chief digital, data and analytics officer, effective October 1. Based in New York, she reports to Marsh President and CEO John Doyle. In this role, Franklin will be …

Guy Carpenter Taps Miller from Aon to Lead Property Catastrophe UK, Global Specialties

Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance brokerage business of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the appointment of Paul Miller to lead Guy Carpenter’s Property Catastrophe value proposition for UK, Global Specialties and key global clients, effective September 2021. Miller will …

CAC Specialty Adds Martin, Flynn, Kasperkowiak to M&A Solutions Group

CAC Specialty has made several new hires to its M&A Solutions Group. Cameron Martin and Katie Flynn have been named senior vice presidents to the M&A Solutions Group, and Erica Kasperkowiak was named senior vice president of the newly created …

SterlingRisk Insurance Promotes DelPrete to Chief Marketing Officer

SterlingRisk Insurance, a Woodbury, N.Y.-based, independently owned insurance brokerage, has promoted Geraldine DelPrete to chief marketing officer. According to SterlingRisk CEO David Sterling, DelPrete will oversee the strategy for all carriers across all SterlingRisk platforms, including large commercial and select, …

Clyde & Co. Hires Voses as a Partner in New York

Global law firm Clyde & Co has hired insurance lawyer Marc Voses as a partner in New York to further enhance its U.S. and global insurance practices. Voses joins from Goldberg Segalla, where he was chair of the Cybersecurity and …

Changes at Zurich: New Digital Team; New CEOs for Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America

Zurich Insurance Group is launching a new unit to expand digital services platform worldwide. The company has also appointed several new chief executive officers for key regions. The new Global Business Platforms unit will be headed by current Asia Pacific …

Lloyd’s Promotes Spyropoulos to CEO, Lloyd’s Asia, and Country Manager, Singapore

Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance market, announced it has promoted Pavlos Spyropoulos to CEO of Lloyd’s Asia and country manager of Singapore, effective July 29, 2020. Spyropoulos has more than 12 years of experience at Lloyd’s and a deep …

Rice to Retire from Ryan Specialty Group at Year-End

Mike Rice Sr. will retire from Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) at the end of the year, the company said. Rice joined RSG in 2010 as chairman and CEO of RSG Underwriting Managers LLC (RSGUM) and will have completed …

Howden Broking Group Expands to Belgian Market; Kerremans Named CEO of Unit

London-based independent insurance broker Howden Broking Group reports it been granted a license to operate in the Belgian market, further strengthening the group’s presence in Europe. Herman Kerremans will lead this latest opening as CEO of Howden Belgium. Kerremans, previously …