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Lloyd’s broker AFL taps chief commercial officer from JLT
Independent Lloyd’s broker AFL has appointed Jonathan Bines, formerly a specialty property & casualty senior partner at JLT, as chief commercial officer.
Mr Bines previously worked at Marsh as vice president and Integro Insurance Brokers as head of its UK multinational practice.
LMG appoints Horton as new chairman
The London Market Group (LMG) has appointed Andrew Horton, CEO of Beazley as its new chair with effect from the 4th May.
Mr Horton will succeed Nicolas Aubert, head of Great Britain for Willis Towers Watson who has held the role for two years.
Fidelis appoints senior underwriter from Zurich
Bermuda-based Fidelis Insurance has hired Alison Clarke to join its London underwriting team as senior underwriter.
Ms Clarke joins from Zurich Insurance where she was head of offshore energy. She has worked in several sectors of the energy and marine market, including downstream, upstream and construction. During the last two years, Ms Clarke has been an active member of the LMA Joint Rig Committee for offshore energy liaising with industry leaders and practitioners.
In her new role, Ms Clarke will focus on continuing the growth of the group’s bespoke product offering, as well as assuming management responsibilities within the London underwriting team.
Markel hires head of global cyber liability from TransRe
Specialty insurer Markel Corporation has named Kara Owens as managing director, global cyber executive.
LSM promotes Hitchcock to European terrorism role
Liberty Specialty Markets has promoted Joanna Hitchcock to the newly-created role of Paris-based terrorism underwriter as part of its plan to grow its European terrorism account.
Although based in Paris, the carrier said that Ms Hitchcock will circulate among LSM’s European offices, meeting brokers and attending industry events.
Ms Hitchcock joined LSM’s graduate programme in 2014, going on to become an assistant underwriter for terrorism in London. She has been quoting on business referred by LSM’s European offices for the past year.
Thomas Miller appoints new chief executive of P&I subsidiary
Thomas Miller P&I, the wholly owned subsidiary of Thomas Miller Holdings, the international provider of market leading insurance services, announces a series of senior management changes.
The present chairman and chief executive, Hugo Wynn-Williams, will hand over the reins as chief executive to Andrew Taylor, currently chief finance officer for Thomas Miller P&I, effective 1st May 2018. Messrs Taylor and Wynn-Williams have worked closely together for over four years which will ensure a smooth handover of chief executive responsibilities in the coming months.
Mr Wynn-Williams, also chairman of Thomas Miller Holdings, will remain in his role as chairman of Thomas Miller P&I. In this role, he will continue to be responsible for the managers’ relationship with the Club Board and the promotion of the Club internationally, as well as providing support to Andrew in his role as chief executive.
Mr Wynn-Williams joined Thomas Miller in 1978 after completing his Bar Final examinations. He was elected chairman of Thomas Miller Holdings in June 2009.
As chief executive officer, Mr Taylor will concentrate on the daily operations of the Club and delivering the Club’s future strategy.
Mr Taylor joined Thomas Miller as financial controller of UK P&I Club from accountancy firm KPMG, where he had specialised in the insurance sector. He was appointed chief financial officer for the UK P&I Club in July 2014.
Mr Taylor’s role as chief financial officer will be passed to Nigel de Silva. Mr de Silva has been Thomas Miller Group actuary and the UK Club’s chief actuary since 2003.
Markel taps Guy Carpenter exec for new ceded reinsurance head role
Specialty insurer Markel Corporation has appointed Julia Chu to the newly-created position of chief global ceded reinsurance officer.