Fabrice Benard appointed Asia regional head of P&C at Generali

Generali Asia has hired Fabrice Benard as regional head of property & casualty. Benard will be responsible for steering the strategic growth and development of Generali's Asia P&C Retail business. Based in Hong Kong, he will report directly to regional officer Roberto Leonardi. Benard brings more than 15 years’ experience across areas such as retail, risk management, finance, bancassurance and M&A in Europe and the Middle East. He previously served at AXA Gulf based in Dubai, where he was chief P&C retail, actuarial & data officer. He has also held roles as head of corporate finance, capital management, reinsurance for AXA Italy and P&C chief actuary for AXA MPS. Leonardi said of the appointment, “Fabrice’s appointment is important as we look to further strengthen our P&C insurance offerings for our customers in the region. Generali already has a well-established foothold in the Life Insurance, Corporate & Commercial and Employee Benefits segments and we have ambitions to expand the Non-Life Retail & SME insurance business to serve our customers better.”