Round-up of the weekly news and developments from the global (re)insurance market with stories from Allianz Holdings, Chubb, Marsh and more.
Allianz Holdings appoints James Maxwell as risk director for Allianz Commercial
Allianz Holdings has announced the appointment of James Maxwell to the newly created role of risk director for its commercial business and will report to John Berry, chief risk officer. Read More
Steve Driscoll joins Chubb as head of financial lines for Global Markets
Chubb has named Steve Driscoll as head of financial lines for Chubb Global Markets, the firm’s London Market wholesale and specialty business, including its Lloyds platform, effective immediately. Based in London he will report to Robert Wilson, chief underwriting officer for CGM. Read More
Lloyds Banking Group names Chirantan Barua as group CEO of Scottish Widows
Lloyds Banking Group has announced the appointment of Chirantan Barua as chief executive officer of Scottish Widows and the Group’s Insurance, Pensions and Investments business unit, effective in 2023. Read More
Marsh names Michael Kolodner as global renewable energy leader, Marsh Specialty
Global insurance broker Marsh has appointed Michael Kolodner as global renewable energy leader, Marsh Specialty. Based in Boston, he reports to Andrew George, global head, energy and power. Kolodner succeeds Hamish Roberts who has taken on a new role as Marsh’s UK & Ireland Specialty growth leader. Read More
Liberty Mutual Insurance adds Mike Gosselin as global leader, energy & transition risk
Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced the appointment of Mike Gosselin as global leader, energy and transition risk. In this newly created role, he will report to Elizabeth Geary, global risk solutions president, insurance solutions. Read More
Lockton Re appoints Ben Ryan to retrocession & property specialty team
Lockton Re has named Ben Ryan as a senior broker within the non-marine retrocession and property specialty team in London. Ryan joins from Aon, where he began his career as part of the graduate programme at Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions. Read More
Darryl Page appointed as chief culture officer at Chubb
Chubb has announced Darryl Page has been appointed as vice president, Chubb Group and chief culture officer, succeeding Ivy Kusinga, effective 9 January 2023. Page is returning to Chubb after retiring in July 2022 and will report to John Keogh, president and chief operating officer, and Jo Ann Rabitz, senior vice president, Chubb Group and global human resources officer.Read More
Everest Re hires David Mann as head of casualty for the UK branch
Everest Reinsurance, the reinsurance division of Everest Re Group has named David Mann as vice president, head of casualty for Everest Insurance, UK branch, effective January 2023. Based in London, he will report to Mark Wallace, vice president, deputy CUO and head of long tail for Everest Reinsurance (Bermuda) Ltd, U.K. Branch. Read More