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People Moves: Alliant Names Fraser Senior VP; California Workers’ Comp Institute Makes Widener-Brightwell General Counsel

Alliant Insurance Services named James Fraser senior vice president in its employee benefits team in Denver, Colorado. Fraser will provide employee benefits solutions for a diverse base of regional and national clients. Fraser has two decades of experience designing and …

Tokio Marine Appoints Hirai as CEO for Asia Region

Tokio Marine announced the appointment of Masahito Hirai as chief executive officer of Tokio Marine Asia Pte. Ltd. (TMA), its Asia regional headquarters, based in Singapore. He succeeds Noboru Yamagata, who had been interim CEO and will continue in his …

People Moves: Chubb Promotes 2 Senior Leaders in Canada

Chubb has appointed Paul Johnstone, Chubb Canada’s current executive vice president, Personal Risk Services, to the role of Chubb Canada chief operating officer, reporting to John J. Alfieri, president, Chubb Canada. In this new role, Johnstone will have executive operating …

People Moves: DealerPolicy Hires Super, Cross Insurance Promotes Burton

DealerPolicy Appoints Super as Head of Agency Solutions DealerPolicy, an insurance marketplace for automotive retail, appointed Tom Super as the company’s head of agency solutions. In this role, Super will report directly to DealerPolicy Co-Founder and CEO Travis Fitzgerald and …

People Moves: Alliant Names Walter Vice President; Foresight in California Promotes Bruce and Lachowski

Alliant Insurance Services named Adam Walter a vice president within its employee benefits group. based in Phoenix, Arizona. Walter will design and deploy employee benefits solutions for an array of regional and national clients with a targeted expertise in cost …

People Moves: Promotions at Zurich North America, Cross Insurance; Risk Strategies Hires Bryant

Zurich North America Names Peterson Regional Executive for the East Region Zurich North America has named Andy Peterson as regional executive for the East region. Peterson, who has been with Zurich since 2008, will begin his new role effective January …

People Moves: Definity’s Board Appoints Former Swiss Re Exec Schmid; SCOR Promotes Mumme-Young for Political & Credit Risk; Cathay Pacific’s Howell to Marsh Aviation

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Definity Financial Corp., SCOR and Marsh. A summary of these new hires follows here. Definity Appoints Former Swiss Re Exec Schmid to Board of Directors Definity Financial Corp., the Waterloo, Ontario-based …

Everest Re Extends President and CEO Andrade’s Employment Agreement

Everest Re Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based re/insurer, announced the extension of President and CEO Juan C. Andrade’s employment agreement through the end of 2023 with automatic annual extensions following this term. “In the past 24 months as Everest’s CEO, Juan …

People Moves: New Hires at Alliant, TMPAA, Risk Strategies

Alliant Insurance Services Hires Bixby, Leavitt as Senior Vice Presidents Alliant Insurance Services hired Doug Bixby senior vice president. In this role, Bixby will focus on providing management professional lines including product liability and clinical trials liability within the healthcare, …

Swiss Re Reorganizes Group Operations, Names Ladva Group CTO, as Bronder Exits

Swiss Re announced the appointment of Pravina Ladva as group chief digital & technology officer and member of the group executive committee, effective Jan. 1, 2022. Group Chief Operating Officer Anette Bronder will leave the company, and group operations will …