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Hiscox appoints head of catastrophe research and two trainees
Hiscox has appointed Dr Richard Dixon as group head of catastrophe research, and expanded the London Market reinsurance team with two recruits.
RSA wins staff development awards
RSA has been handed two gongs by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development.
Generali rejigs business structure
Italian insurer Generali has overhauled its business structure in a bid to ensure the group is managed "in a more integrated way".
RFIB recruits Towergate risk boss
RFIB has swooped to recruit Towergate group risk officer Lisa Siggery to serve as risk and compliance director from 29 October.
Towergate recruits Aspen audit head
Towergate Insurance has named Jackie Gray as group internal audit director, joining from insurer and reinsurer Aspen where she also headed up internal audit.
JLT Re makes additions to CEE team
JLT Re has expanded its team serving Central and Eastern Europe with the addition of Sergey Grazhdankin and Edmond Wodehouse as partners.
Willis appoints Plumeri successor
Willis' board of directors has chosen Dominic Casserley, pictured, as the company's next chief executive.
Willis announces CEO succession plans
Insurance broker Willis has announced that Dominic Casserley, pictured, is to succeed group CEO Joe Plumeri from 7 January with Steve Hearn as deputy CEO.
HDI Gerling CEO to head AGCS' Mediterranean unit
Patrick Thiels, chief executive of HDI Gerling in Belgium and Luxembourg, will join Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty from 1 April to lead the insurer's new Mediterranean division.
ING makes board appointments for Insurance/IM EurAsia
ING has added Delfin Rueda and Dorothee van Vredenburch to the management board of Insurance EurAsia.
RSA names UK commercial finance head
Global insurer RSA has appointed Mark Laughton as finance director for UK commercial business.
Ergo to cut 600 jobs over three years
German insurer Ergo Versicherungsgruppe, a unit of reinsurer Munich Re AG, will cut 200 back-office positions every year for the next three years.
Argenta appoints senior power and cargo underwriters
Argenta's Lloyd's syndicate has named Barney Smythe and Joanne Reynolds as senior underwriters for power and utilities and cargo and specie respectively.
Junction names business development leader
Affinity provider Junction has announced the appointment of former shot-putter Lee Newman as business development director in a bid to target growth.
Miller bolsters D&O team
Miller has added Colin West and Andy Brett to its directors' and officers' team.
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Allianz appoints UK marine hull and liability head
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has appointed Chris Turberville as head of marine hull and liability UK.
Yutree appoints former Bluefin underwriting director to MD role
Commercial broker Yutree has appointed former Bluefin underwriting director Kevin Hancock as its managing director.
Crawford appoints business development head for EMEA
Claims management firm Crawford & Company has appointed Tobias Walter as business development director for the Continental Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
Manulife Maylaysia appoints new CEO
Manulife Insurance Berhad (Manulife Malaysia) has appointed George Chew as chief executive.
Gerlach joins Uniqa's Romanian board
The Romanian subsidiary of Uniqa, Uniqa Asigurari de Viataum, has appointed Wolf-Christoph Gerlach to the new position of chief operating officer.
Cage begins work as CUO for Travelers Europe
Rob Cage has taken up the role of chief underwriting officer for Travelers in Europe, after joining from Chubb Europe, where he was active underwriter of Chubb's syndicate.
Ace appoints environmental underwriter for Benelux and Nordic
Ace has promoted Lauretta Alberti to senior environmental insurance underwriter for the Benelux and Nordic region.
Cage takes post as Travelers CUO
Travelers has announced its new chief underwriting officer, Rob Cage, has started his new role having been appointed early in the year.