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Navigators’ Cameron replaces Gittings as LMA CEO
Sheila Cameron, currently head of international operations at Navigators Underwriting, is to become the next CEO of the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA).
David Gittings will be stepping down at the end of the year after 12 years in the role.
Ms Cameron currently has responsibility for leading all operational and change management activity within Navigators International, which includes its Lloyd’s business together with its global platforms in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
She is chairman of the LMA Operations Committee and a member of the Target Operating Model board.
Prior to joining Navigators, Ms Cameron was director of group operations at Hiscox and held a number of roles at Xchanging, including COO of Xchanging’s claims business.
She began her career at management consultancy, Accenture.
Lloyd’s syndicate DL Dale taps claims manager from QBE
D L Dale & Others, syndicate 2525, a specialist employers’ and third-party liability Lloyd’s insurer, has appointed Nick Ryan as London market claims manager.
Mr Ryan joins from QBE where he spent 17 years, serving as claims manager for property & casualty, international markets since 2014.
Formed in 2000, Syndicate 2525 is managed by Asta Managing Agency.
Capsicum Re boosts cyber division
Specialist reinsurance broker Capsicum Re has hired Jasper Goring as a cyber broker and Prab Naidu as wordings director.
Both are based in London reporting into Ian Newman, global head of cyber, and Samantha Thompson, operations director for London property and specialty.
Mr Goring joins from Paragon International Insurance Brokers where he was senior vice president and focused on cyber business in the UK and US. Before this, he was a broker at Willis and Lockton.
Mr Naidu brings more than 16 years’ experience in re/insurance contract wordings. He was most recently wordings manager at BMS Group and held roles at Guy Carpenter, UIB and Heath Lambert before this.
Chubb Appoints Nazir from Aspen as Cyber Underwriting Manager, UK & Ireland
Chubb announced the appointment of Raheila Nazir as cyber underwriting manager for the UK and Ireland.
In this role, Ms Nazir will have responsibility for the leadership and direction of Chubb’s UK&I Cyber Underwriting team, in addition to managing product development and overall profit and losses.
A well-known and highly respected figure in the cyber insurance market, Ms Nazir joins Chubb from Aspen where she was head of International Cyber & Technology.
Prior to that, Ms Nazir worked at AIG where she was head of professional indemnity for EMEA, and cyber and technology, media and telecoms (TMT) liability manager for the UK and Ireland.
Markel hires war & terrorism underwriter
Markel International has appointed Tom Simpson as a war and terrorism underwriter.
Mr Simpson boasts 15 years’ insurance industry experience, most recently serving as a political violence underwriter at Novae, now part of Axis Capital. He will report to senior underwriter Ed Winter will work alongside underwriters Chloe Gordge and Will Newman.