Damiaan Jacobovits de Szeged leaves his role of COO for Aegon International to join Aegon Asset Management as Chief Financial and Transformation Officer.
Claire-Marie Coste-Lepoutre and Oskar Buchauer essentially swap roles; Oskar Buchauer is announced as the new CFO at Allianz Global Corporate Specialty (AGCS) while the incumbent, Claire-Marie Coste Lepoutre will take over as Head of Allianz Group Actuarial, Planning & Controlling & Group Chief Actuary for Allianz Group.
Paul Davies has stepped back from client service responsibility to take the role of Vice Chair. He served as the founder and CEO of AON Reinsurance and then Chairman of AON Re Worldwide.
James Fogarty is promoted to Global Head of Marine for AON's Reinsurance Solutions business.
Allan Karlsen, CEO of AON Denmark, will assume the role of COO EMEA, while continuing as interim CEO for Aon Denmark and its subsidiaries.
Jeff Plein has been named as COO for APAC, joining from CitiBank. He succeeds Bill Hooper, who has been named as Global COO for Commercial Risk Solutions.
Jason Storah is appointed CEO of UK & Ireland General Insurance. He most recently served as CEO of Aviva Canda.
This move come after Adam Winslow, previously CEO of UK & Ireland, moves to Direct Line as the firm's new CEO.
Nancy Bewlay, previously CEO of AXA XL Reinsurance becomes CUO AXA Group. Renaud Guidée succeeds her as CEO of AXA XL Reinsurance.
Manuel Meier takes on the new role of Chief Client Officer for AXA XL, a newly created role. He most recently served as Chief Transformation Officer for AXA XL.
Anthony Dagostino joins AXA XL in the newly created role of Global Chief Cyber Underwriting Officer, Commercial Lines. He joins from Converge, a cyber insurance and risk management provider which he founded.
Claudio Gienal is appointed as the Chief Transformation Officer for AXA European Markets and Health. His prior role, of CEO of UK and Ireland, is assumed by Tara Foley.
Lucy Pilko joins AXA XL as CEO of Americas, leading the firm's operations in the USA, Canada and Bermuda. She joins from BCG, where she was Managing Director and Senior Partner, leading its North American Insurance practice across Commercial Lines, Personal Lines, Brokerage, Individual and Group Life and Reinsurance. She succeeds Joe Tocco, who is retiring.
Chris Loake has been appointed as the Group’s Chief Information Officer, leaving his prior role of Chief Technology & Operations Officer at C Hoare & Co.
Todd Isaac joins Hiscox as Group Chief Investment & Treasury Officer. He more recently worked for Monument Re, where he was Deputy Chief Investment Officer for Europe.
Jessie Burrows is named as the incoming CFO for MS Amlin, starting in Q1 2024. She takes over from current CFO, Phil Green, who is retiring. She joins from Direct Line, where she was Managing Director of Customer Sales, Service and Claims.
Rowan Douglas has left his prior role at WTW of Head of the Climate and Resilience Hub (CRH) to join Howden as CEO Climate Risk and Resilience. Rowan Douglas was a co-founder of Artemis in the late 1990’s.
Jacques de Vaucleroy, currently interim Chairman of Swiss Re Group, will be proposed for election as Chairman at the next AGM in April 2024.
Ali Shahkarami has been appointed as Global Head of P&C Solutions, Swiss Re. In his new role, Shahkarami will lead a team of insurance and data experts based in Munich.
Lucy Clarke will join WTW as President, Risk & Broking. Currently, she is the CEO of Marsh JLT Global Specialty. She takes over from Adam Garrad, who will become chair of the division.
Dirk De Nil, the current CEO of Zurich Benelux and Nordics, will become the Global Head of Zurich Resilience Solutions, effective October 1, 2023, succeeding Hanno Mijer, who is set to retire.
Liam Burrell has been named as Head of Commercial Insurance, Asia and CEO, Singapore. He has over 20 years of insurance industry experience.
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