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People Moves: New Hire at Paragon; Promotions at Preferred Mutual

Connecticut’s Paragon Insurance Holdings Hires Koller Paragon Insurance Holdings hired Duffy Koller as president of its newly formed casualty excess and surplus practice. In this role, he will focus on construction, manufacturing and distribution, as well as premises liability on …

People Moves: 1st Sustainable Insurer Names Foreman as Chair; Piiq and Gallagher Appoint Aerospace Execs; Optio’s Nuclear MGA Northcourt Hires Tetley as MD

This edition of International People Moves includes appointments at the first sustainable insurer, Parhelion; at brokers Piiq Risk Partners and Gallagher; and at Optio Group’s Nuclear MGA Northcourt. A summary of these new hires follows. Howden-Backed Parhelion Appoints Former Ark …

People Moves: Risk Strategies Names Schmidt West Commercial Lines Leader; Lockton Names McGrath VP in California

Risk Strategies named Jim Schmidt as commercial lines leader for the West region. Schmidt will be responsible for building a regional strategy for the commercial property/ casualty business unit. Schmidt has more than 25 years of experience. He was most …

People Moves: Lockton Hires WTW’s Danyluk as Head Int’l Property, Wholesale; HSB Promotes Prentice in Cyber; Apollo’s Ker Becomes Castel’s Head of Performance

Lockton Names WTW’s Danyluk as Head Int’l Property in Wholesale P/C Lockton, the world’s largest privately owned independent insurance broker, has appointed Andrzej Danyluk as head of International Property within the Wholesale Property & Casualty (P/C) division. In his new …

People Moves: Marsh’s Bauer to bolttec; Chubb’s Bryant to Resilience; Hartford’s Cromly to Insureon; Disney’s Singer to Acrisure

Marsh’s Bauer Moves to bolttech to Head MGA Effort Rob Bauer has joined bolttech’s executive leadership team as group chief managing general agent (MGA) officer, the insurtech announced. Based in the U.S., Bauer ill lead bolttech’s MGA strategy and capability …

People Moves: New Hire at Risk Strategies; Promotions at Ames & Gough

Risk Strategies Hires Honig as Compliance Director for Employee Benefits Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, hired Erica Honig as the compliance director for its employee benefits division. In this new role, Honig will provide …

Broker BMS Re Launches Operations in Brazil, Led by 2 Former Guy Carpenter Execs

BMS Re, the independent specialist reinsurance broker, announced the launch of BMS Brasil Corretora de Resseguros Ltda (BMS Re Brazil), headquartered in Sao Paulo. Confirmation of BMS Re Brazil’s license was published in the Official Gazette on Sept. 27. José …

Brit CEO Wilson on Leave of Absence for Health Reasons; Thompson Named Interim CEO

Brit Ltd., the London-based insurer and subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings, announced that Matthew Wilson, group CEO, will be taking an indefinite leave of absence due to health reasons. During this period, Martin Thompson will step in as interim group …

People Moves: Mosaic Builds Out International Cyber Team; Howden Appoints 19 for Construction Division Across EMEA

Mosaic Expands Cyber Team in UK Bermuda-based Mosaic Insurance has expanded its cyber-security business line internationally, with the addition of new team members to its UK-based unit. The specialty insurer began underwriting global cyber coverage from Chicago April 1, just …

People Moves: Alliant Adds Brian Shaw as First VP; Orchid Promotes Ross Bowie

Alliant Alliant continues has added to its Absence, Disability, and Life team, hiring Brian Shaw as First Vice President. The Atlanta-based benefits consultant joins Alliant’s Employees Benefits Groupand will serve a diverse base of clients throughout the Southeast region. Shaw …