Market moves: XL rings the changes

• Among insurers, Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe has named John McCammon as its new chief operating officer. McCammon replaces Patrick O’Brien, who takes up the role of CEO for Liberty Insurance in Ireland. McCammon was previously head of claims for LMIE. Douglas Young has been appointed to the role of head of distribution for Canopius’ UK retail insurance division. Young joins the firm after serving as managing director of Canopius-owned K Drewe Insurance Brokers. CNA Europe has recruited Steve O’Riordan as underwriting manager for its London property unit. O’Riordan has been with the property team since 2004 and was most recently assistant corporate property manager and acting underwriting manager. Ryan Birbeck has been named as the new London sales manager for Axa Commercial Lines. Birbeck joined the firm in 2005 as part of its graduate scheme. XL has appointed John Harris as chief executive of its international P&C insurance business. Harris, who also joins the insurer’s executive board, arrives from Chartis, where he was most recently executive director of commercial lines for the UK. Meanwhile, the insurer has expanded its political risk and trade credit team with four new hires. Joe Blenkinsopp, who has previously worked at QBE and Coface, is named deputy global head and Juliette Barre, also joining from QBE, is named as senior underwriter. In addition, Alice Blake is appointed as an underwriter from Marketform and Ian Nunn, formerly of QBE, is named as an assistant underwriter. Legal expenses insurer DAS has appointed Bob Screen as its new head of marketing. Screen has previously worked at Giles, Vega Insurance Services and Norwich Union Direct (now Aviva).

• Medical insurance broker Private Health Partnership has appointed Andrew Middleton as head of sales. Middleton joined MLP Healthcare in 1998, which was acquired by PHP in 2004. Before taking up his new post, Middleton was manager of personal lines and SME.

• Loss adjuster Questgates has boosted its team with four new hires. Hayley Wright joins the corporate claims solutions team from Gallagher Bassett. While Chris Graham and Paul Stevens join the adjuster’s IT team as senior developer and developer respectively. Graham is recruited from Kerry Foods, while Stevens arrives from HSBC. In addition, John Helm has joined the motor division from Endsleigh as a technical case handler. Meanwhile, Richard Lawrence is promoted to divisional operations manager and Andrew Davis is promoted to senior claims handler in the corporate claims solutions team. Michael Burnett has joined VRS Vericlaim as its representative in Northern Ireland. Burnett is formerly a regional director of Cunningham Lindsey and a past president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.

• The Insurance Fraud Bureau has appointed Phil Bird to the role of director on a six-month secondment. Bird has been overseeing the day-to-day operations of the IFB since former director Glen Marr stepped down in September 2011.

• In the technology sector, Xchanging has appointed Domenick DiCicco as head of North American Insurance. DiCicco was previously head of global litigation management at Zurich Financial Services and has also served as general counsel at Alexander Gallo Holdings. As part of the new post, DiCicco will be responsible for growing the firm’s business in the region.

• Meanwhile, in the research sector, Defaqto has named Asitha Rodrigo as its chief technology officer. Rodrigo joins from Standard & Poor’s where he served as senior director of EMEA Systems. Rodrigo has also worked at Deloitte and Morningstar.

• In the legal sphere, BHP has recruited Paul Monaghan as a partner. Monaghan, who specialises in corporate recovery and insolvency, joined BHP in 2007 and was previously an associate.