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SCOR-Backed Channel Syndicate Taps Coulson from Lancashire as Senior Underwriter

Channel Syndicate, which is backed by reinsurer SCOR, has appointed Caroline Coulson as a senior underwriter on the political and credit risks team within SCOR Specialty Insurance, effective immediately. Coulson started on March 23 and will report to Kade Spears, …

Sompo GRS Adds Carroll as Deputy Head of Life Sciences Practice in North Carolina

Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has appointed Michael P. Carroll as senior vice president and deputy head of Life Sciences for Sompo Global Risk Solutions (GRS), reporting to Lisa Davis. …

CAC Specialty Adds Trinkleback and Goodier in Colorado

CAC Specialty has named Robert Trinkleback leader of property/casualty loss control, and Jonathan Goodier vice president and property/casualty claims advocate in Denver, Colo. Trinkleback will help clients improve workplace safety while increasing productivity and reducing costs related to property, workers’ …

Reavis Named Chief People Officer at Ohio Insurtech Root

Columbus, Ohio-based Root Inc., the parent company of online insurer Root Insurance, has appointed Annette Reavis as its first chief people officer. Reavis has more than 20 years of human resource and business experience. She previously spent a decade at …

Former Lloyd’s CEO Beale to Become Chair of South Africa’s Mediclinic

Mediclinic International Plc has appointed former chief executive of Lloyd’s of London, Inga Beale, as an independent non-executive director and its next chairwoman, the company said on Friday. Beale will succeed Chairman Edwin Hertzog after his retirement on July 22, …

Hamilton Named Partner at Hotchkiss Insurance in Texas

Texas-based Hotchkiss Insurance, a full-service independent agency, has named Chris Hamilton as its newest partner. Hamilton has extensive experience as an employee benefits and risk management consultant, with previous roles in corporate finance and banking. He has been with Hotchkiss …

Willis Re Appoints Melanson as SVP, Health Practice Leader in Massachusetts

Willis Re, the reinsurance business of Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, has appointed Dan Melanson as senior vice president and Health Practice leader. He is based in Boston, Mass. In this role, Melanson will serve …

Freeborn & Peters LLP Hires Gould in Virginia

Freeborn & Peters LLP has hired Beth Gould as an associate in the Litigation Practice Group and a member of the Insurance/Reinsurance Industry team. Prior to joining the firm, Gould was an associate at Kalbaugh, Pfund & Messersmith, P.C. She …

Louisiana’s Dwight Andrus Insurance Opens New Office in Shreveport

Dwight W. Andrus Insurance Inc., based in Lafayette, Louisiana, has opened a new office in Shreveport. Dwight Andrus Insurance – Shreveport is led by Market President Parker G. Stough. Stough has been with Dwight Andrus Insurance for five years and …

Kirkland & Ellis Hires Hassouri in New York as Partner in Corporate Practice Group

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired Parimah Hassouri to its New York office as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. Her appointment follows the recent addition of Rajab Abbassi as a partner in New York and bolsters Kirkland’s ability …