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MS Amlin Appoints Perottino from HDI as Country Manager for France

MS Amlin, the specialist global re/insurer, announced it has appointed Véronique Perottino as country manager for France. Perottino will join the business beginning of September reporting to Rudy Benmeridja, CEO of MS Amlin Insurance SE (MS AISE). Perottino brings 28 …

RT Specialty Adds Bernal from Hiscox as Vice President in California

RT Specialty has added Matt Bernal to its property practice group as a vice president. Bernal is based out of the San Francisco, Calif., office. He has 15 years of property insurance experience. His previous position was with Hiscox, where …

Ray Elected Chair of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas

Mark Ray of Borden Insurance Agency in Corpus Christi has been elected to serve as chair of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) for 2019-20. Additionally, Gaylon Brown of TexCap Insurance in Dallas as was elected to serve as …

Alliant Names Lee Vice President in California

Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Jonathan Lee vice president of catastrophe modeling and business analytics. Lee will be based in the San Diego, Calif., office and oversee the catastrophe management function for Alliant Underwriting Solutions, including portfolio management, modeling …

Massachusetts’ Fred C. Church Insurance Hires Lonsdale

Fred C. Church Insurance has hired Ian Lonsdale as an Employee Benefits client executive. The main focus of the Employee Benefits division at Fred C. Church is to serve and support its commercial clients. Utilizing five areas of expertise – …

Specialist Re/Insurer Apollo Taps Steeds from XL Catlin as Political Risk U/W

Lloyd’s managing agency Apollo Syndicate Management has appointed William Steeds as senior political risk underwriter for Syndicate 1969, effective immediately. He reports to Chris King, head of crisis management at Apollo. Steeds joins Apollo with more than 20 years’ experience …

TATA Group’s Fitzsimons Joins AIG as Shared Services Global Chief

American International Group announced that Shane Fitzsimons is joining the company as global head of Shared Services. This is a newly created role at AIG that establishes a single point of accountability for key operational and financial capabilities across the …

XS Brokers Hires Delmonico-Long, Hall to Florida Business Development Team

XS Brokers (XSB), an independent insurance underwriting and wholesale brokerage group, has hired Michelle Delmonico-Longo as Business Development manager and David Hall as senior vice president, Business Development for the Florida region. According to Lori Ault, executive vice president and …

CNA’s Mizzi Joins AIG’s Blackboard Insurance as Head of Underwriting

Blackboard Insurance, an American International Group company, announced that John Mizzi will join the team as head of Growth and Underwriting. Mizzi will lead the underwriting team as Blackboard expands its use of data, analytics and technology to serve the …

Higginbotham Named Swiss Re’s CEO Reinsurance Asia, Replacing Plunkett

Swiss Re announced that Russell Higginbotham has been appointed CEO Reinsurance Asia and regional president, effective July 8, 2019, and subject to necessary regulatory approvals. He is succeeding Jayne Plunkett, who has decided to pursue career opportunities outside Swiss Re. …