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Market Moves - 27 November 2014
All the latest job moves in the insurance market.
Bonnington and Holt join Dual PI team
Dual has hired Stephen Bonnington to lead its professional indemnity and cyber business.
Dual appoints Naveda to UK financial lines team
Dual has appointed global developer and senior underwriter Juan Naveda to its newly combined Dual Financial Lines UK division, part of Dual Corporate Risks.
Dual names Oldcorn as COO for Europe
Dual asset underwriting managing director Phillip Oldcorn has been promoted to the newly created role of chief operating officer for Europe at the Hyperion underwriting arm.
Ex-Dual director joins Zurich for Greater China role
Dual's former regional managing director of Asia Philip Chiu has been appointed as financial lines manager, Greater China at Zurich.
Dual recruits from Jubilee for European business development boss
Hyperion-owned Dual has recruited Jubilee’s group head of marketing for a role as director of European business development.
C-Suite: MGAs must attract top talent
There are currently three kinds of managing general agents: broker‑driven ones that are used to prop up broker revenue streams; MGAs supported by one carrier, normally mono-product and geography; and the multi-product and wide geographic MGA supported by…
AIG and Dual in EOL reinsurance partnership
AIG will partner with Dual corporate risks via the Tamesis Dual specialty excess of loss reinsurance entity, the insurer said today.
Market Moves: Aspen, Barbican and XL bring in new underwriters as insurers are most active recruiters
Insurers maintained their recruitment emphasis this week with multiple hires across the sector. XL, Aspen and Barbican were among those to reveal new underwriting roles, in the form of a fine art underwriter, a global chief underwriting officer and a…
Dual International appoints Sorensen
Dual International has announced today that it is appointing industry veteran Larry Sorensen as chairman of its North American underwriting agency operations.
Dual unveils new regional MD for Asia
Hyperion-owned Dual International has appointed Mark Spadaccini as regional managing director of Dual Asia, responsible for both the Hong Kong and Singapore offices.
Dual CEO 'proud' of panel strength after renewing FL binders
Dual has completed the renewal of the company’s main global financial lines binders with its existing carrier panel.
Market Moves: Douetil and Plumeri re-emerge as brokers make moves in the recruitment space
This week saw the return of former Brit boss Dane Douetil at broker BMS, as well as Joe Plumeri taking on his first job since exiting Willis. It was brokers leading the way in the wider recruitment space, with Higos and JLT among the movers and shakers…
Dual appoints AIG's Crowe senior financial institutions underwriter
Dual, the underwriting arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, has appointed Damian Crowe as a senior underwriter.
Career file - Damien Coates: Coates swaps roles with Dual deputy chief executive Doyle
Damien Coates is to step down as chief executive of Hyperion Insurance's underwriting arm Dual, after agreeing to swap roles with the firm's deputy CEO Shane Doyle.
Dual appoints Doyle as global CEO
Dual, the underwriting arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, has appointed Shane Doyle (pictured) as CEO and group chief underwriting officer of its global operations.
Market Moves: Broking sector has quiet week apart from a new COO role created at BMS
The recruitment merry-go-round produced a mixed bag of hires this week, with Covéa taking a lead role on behalf of insurers. The broking sector, usually a hive of market hiring activity, threw up little of note – although BMS Group proved the exception…
Market Moves: Insurers and brokers make new hires, with some top-level appointments
It was even between insurers and brokers this week in recruiting stakes, as Simply Health filled the void left by its departing CEO and Bluefin made four hires within its professions division. Hires were finalised at Hyperion’s underwriting arm Dual and…
View From the Top: MGAs still have some growing up to do
Like many of my colleagues in the industry, my perception of managing general agents used to be narrow. However, in 2012, after a 25-year career with major global insurers including Zurich and AIG, I joined one.
Market Moves: Markel, Axa and Argo head the recruitment trail
Insurers hit the recruitment trail hard last week after recent broking dominance, with notable hires at Markel, Axa and Argo. It was a quieter few days for those on the periphery of the industry, although some of the slack was inevitably picked up by the…
Top 5 Asian news stories
The top five Asian news stories from www.insuranceinsight.com over the past seven days.
Mitsui backs Dual with Singapore capacity
Insurer Mitsui Sumitomo has completed a deal to provide financial lines capacity for Hyperion-owned underwriting agency Dual in Singapore.
Hyperion reports revenues up 42%
Hyperion has seen total group revenues soar 42% for the year ending 30 September 2012, reaching £111m, from last year’s equivalent of £78m, but organic growth has slowed.