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Blackrock recruits to meet insurer demands
Blackrock has made three senior appointments in response to growing demand for outsourced asset management services from insurers.
Premium Credit lining up strategy head replacement
Newly acquired finance company Premium Credit is to announce a new head of business strategy this week after former incumbent and chief operations officer Jonathan Cattle left in the summer.
Open GI names product development head
Systems provider Open GI has moved to bolster its product development operations with the appointment of Kerri Finnegan to head the department.
Helvetia completes Gan acquisition and confirms Letac as CEO in 2013
Helvetia has completed its acquisition of the French transport insurance portfolio of Gan Eurocourtage.
Bupa hires international PMI head
Bupa has appointed Robert Lang as managing director of its international private medical insurance business.
Mitsui hires marine liability underwriter
Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s has hired David Carr as a class underwriter in its marine liability division.
Cashin joins Kennedys HK
Peter Cashin has joined law firm Kennedys’ corporate and commercial group in Hong Kong.
Aviva appoints IT transformation head
Aviva has appointed Phil Pavitt as its first IT transformation director, joining from 7 January.
Chubb Europe hires casualty claims manager
Chubb's European arm has appointed Lisa Payne-Lawrey as European casualty claims manager.
Zurich hires MENA head
Zurich Insurance has appointed Umron Ahmed be chief executive officer for its global corporate business in the Middle East & Africa.
ING deal sparks AIA appointments
AIA Group has made senior management changes in preparation for the integration of AIA and ING Malaysia.
RPC swoops for Lockton lawyer
City law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has recruited Lockton international general counsel Charley Taggart.
DLG designates digital director
Direct Line Group has announced the appointment of Three UK's Ash Roots as director of digital.
Aviva unveils Mark Wilson as new CEO
Aviva has appointed former AIA chairman Mark Wilson as its new chief executive.
Q-Re poaches Novae underwriting team
Q-Re, the reinsurance subsidiary of Qatar Insurance Company, confirmed today that is has hired 14 senior reinsurance staff who resigned from Novae in May.
Covéa names personal lines and electronic trading heads
Covéa has appointed Malcolm Cooper and Martin Scarrett as head of personal lines underwriting and head of electronic trading respectively.
Liberty to cut 285 Irish jobs
Liberty Insurance, the company which took over Quinn after it went into administration, is to make 285 Irish staff redundant.
Crawford hires Hong Kong construction adjuster
Loss adjuster Crawford & Co has appointed Peter Spencer as regional construction executive adjuster.
UIB recruits ex-BP manager as engineering lead
Reinsurance broker UIB has named former BP engineer Lachlan Munn as divisional director of its Engineering Risk Consultants business.
Giles appoints corporate risks branch director
Independent insurance broker Giles has appointed John Leckie as branch director for its corporate risks business.
ING to axe 1350 insurance staff
Dutch finance giant ING is to cut 2350 jobs, over half of which will come from insurance operations.
ING reveals job cuts as it posts 39.3% fall in operating result
ING said on Wednesday that 1,350 jobs are to be cut from its European insurance operations as the firm seeks to achieve a standalone future.
Dual launches general liability division with Brit hires
International underwriting agency Dual has formed a new division to underwrite specialty liability business as part of the continued expansion of its product range.
Antares names energy underwriter
Lloyd's insurer Antares has appointed Jim Lye as energy underwriter with immediate effect.