Market moves: Insurers lead the recruitment charge

There have been significant moves in the insurer world with QBE promoting Elliot Miller to general manager, national. Miller took up the role at the start of the month and was previously general manger for Ireland, Scotland and the North of England. Axis Global Accident & Health has named Jamie Cañellas as senior vice president and business development manager for its international operations. Cañellas joins the firm from Willis, where he was executive director for accident and health in global markets. XL has strengthened its international property lines business with the hire of Philip Sexton as international property and casualty onshore energy and general property manager for the UK, Ireland and Nordic region. Sexton joins the insurer from Torus, where he was the head of UK and European general property. XL has also appointed two new underwriters to its upper middle-market business in the Nordic region with Jan Jonassen arriving from Chartis as manager of IPC middle market and Anthony Herring joining from FM Global to take up the post of property underwriter. Liberty International Underwriters has appointed Guy Williams as head of directors & officers and financial institutions. As part of his new role, Williams will be responsible for developing business for the D&O and FI team. Meanwhile, The Electrical Contractors’ Insurance Company has appointed John Flaherty as regional business development executive and promoted Sharon Miller to sales manager. Flaherty joins the firm from the Birmingham office of NIG. Finally, Lloyd’s insurer Jubilee has named Conor Finn as its new head of property, responsible for the development of the company’s global property business.

In insurance broking, Giles announced the arrival of a number of new recruits across six of its regional offices. Chapma Jadva and Richard Bellenger join the Rickmansworth office, as account handler and account executive respectively. Jadva arrives from Hayward Aviation, with Bellenger making the move from Jardine Lloyd Thompson. Loss controller David Toothill and business development executive Vivian Stewart have joined the Edinburgh office from Harris Balcombe and Lockton respectively. Joining the Ayr office are account handler Kristine Clarke and account executive Willie Addison who both arrive from NFU Mutual. Meanwhile, account executive Gareth Ford, commercial manager Marianne Moors and loss controller Paul Gordon are welcomed to Giles’ offices in Llantrisant, Wigan and Leeds Morley. Ford moves from SME Insurance Services, while Moors and Gordon arrive from Oval Insurance and GAB Robins. In the travel sphere, Blue Insurances has named Alex Minajew as its new head of UK business development. Minajew, who joins from Europ Assistance where he served in a similar role, will be responsible for the expansion of Blue Insurances business operations.

In the charitable sector, Graham Cave has been appointed as the new president of The Insurance Charities 
for 2012. Cave had served as deputy president this year under the incumbent Kirsten Watson, key account manager at Crawford & Company.

There was one significant move in the dispute resolution sphere as Tim Atkin joined the London office of Concordia as a senior consultant. Atkin, who has 30 years’ experience, will work in the firm’s chartered loss adjusters’ service group.

In trade body moves, the Institute of Risk Management has appointed José Morago, European enterprise risk director for Aviva, to its board of directors.

In the risk management sector, Kane has appointed of Tim Tovell as senior executive officer of its Dubai arm. Tovell was previously vice president for the corporate solutions group at Asia Capital Re in Singapore 
and a director of captives at 
the Dubai International 
Financial Centre

Meanwhile, in loss adjusting, Lorega Solutions has named Adrian Starr as a chartered loss adjuster. Starr joins from rival firm Merlin where he served as major and complex loss adjuster.