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Arthur J Gallagher appoints Simon Green as non-executive director
Arthur J Gallagher has appointed Simon Green as independent non-executive director, subject to regulatory approval.
Kevin Skillin to retire as chairman of Imperial Consultants
Kevin Skillin will be retiring from Imperial Consultants on the 31 August this year and will be handing the role to his son, Mark Skillin.
Manchester Underwriting Management hires two managing directors
Manchester Underwriting Management has appointed Antony Broome and Pat Wood as joint managing directors of its newly created Casualty Division.
Aubert reappointed as London Market Group chair
The London Market Group has re-appointed Willis Towers Watson GB head Nicolas Aubert as its chair.
LV finance boss Philip Moore to step down
LV has appointed Lloyds Banking pensions boss Andy Parsons as finance director.
Blog: Know your customer... and your opposition
‘In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity', wrote the great military strategist Sun Tzu a mere 25 centuries ago. His observation still holds true in these strange times of disruption. And seizing the opportunity is vitally important to modern…
XL Catlin's François-Xavier d’Huart on opportunities for multinational insurers in France
French risk managers are less concerned with the domestic rise of populism than with providing their business with multinational cover, explains François-Xavier d’Huart, head of client and broker management, France, for XL Catlin.
Ian Penny to take over as chief information officer at Hiscox following Wharton's departure
Ian Penny has been appointed as chief information officer for Hiscox, taking over from Gareth Wharton who is joining a newly formed cyber initiative at the company.
Blog: IoT 2017 - It's not all about data
As an insurer, understanding the Internet of Things and solutions it offers to our customers is one of our key priorities. But we also know that if we only think about IoT and insurance from one perspective, it can lead to the wrong answer. We need to…
Kieran Rigby appointed as president of Crawford International
Kieran Rigby has been appointed to president of Crawford international, encompassing the UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.
Obituary: Neil Mills, ‘the Pope’ of Lloyd’s
Neil Mills, a well known insurance broker known as the “the Pope” at Lloyd’s of London, passed away on 3 March aged 93.
Post People: 10 - 14 April
The latest people moves in the industry.
Willis Towers Watson CFO Millay to retire
Willis Towers Watson’s chief financial officer Roger Millay is to retire in October.
Barbon appoints Mark Witherspoon as non-executive director
Barbon Insurance Group has appointed Mark Witherspoon as non-executive director, subject to the usual regulatory approval.
Liberty Specialty Markets appoints Alexandra Paton as head of Continental Europe
Liberty Specialty Markets has appointed Alexandra Paton as head of Continental Europe for global financial risks.
John Ludlow to become Airmic CEO as Hurrell steps down
John Ludlow will replace John Hurrell as CEO of Airmic, to come into effect from 13 June 2017
Penny Black's Social World - April 2017
Hockey, helmets, cakes and pancakes
I work in Insurance: Richard Radevsky, technical director, Charles Taylor
As technical director at Charles Taylor Adjusting, Richard Radevsky travels the world to survey the risks of big construction projects.
CNA Hardy appoints David Legassick as head of life sciences
CNA Hardy has appointed David Legassick as head of life sciences, technology and cyber.
Ecclesiastical appoints Andrew McIntyre as non-executive director
Ecclesiastical has appointed Andrew McIntyre as a non-executive director to chair the audit committee of Ecclesiastical Insurance Office and Ecclesiastical Insurance Group.
Stephen Catlin retires from XL Group
Executive deputy chairman of XL Group Stephen Catlin has retired, effective 31 December 2017.
Blog: The apprenticeship levy might not be as bad as you think
After two years of waiting – and wondering – the apprenticeship levy is upon us. And so, for those of you with an annual paybill of over £3m, you’ll now be paying 0.5% of that to HMRC.
Post People: 3 - 7 April
The latest people moves in the industry.
My other life: Mark Payne, musician
By day Mark Payne is a commercial account executive at CIP Insurance Brokers, by night he is a musician in a heavy metal band.