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Lloyd’s confirms Sansom in CRO role; “People officer” Andrews exits
Lloyd’s has appointed David Sansom as its new Chief Risk Officer (CRO), subject to regulatory approval.
The market also confirmed the departure of Annette Andrews, its Chief People Officer.
| Tokio Marine Kiln shakes-up top leadership as CEO and CUO depart Specialist and corporate insurer Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has unveiled a series of leadership changes following the departure of its chief executive officer Charles Franks after 11 years, and chief underwriting officer Paul Culham after 32 years.
Capsicum Re adds 4 new hires to its London cyber team Specialist (re)insurance broker Capsicum Re has announced four new appointments to its London cyber team.
Umair Ghani and Thomas Lashkari have joined as a cyber pricing actuary and a cyber analyst and will report to Justyna Pikinska, head of analytics, Specialty Lines at Capsicum Re.
Meanwhile Jennifer Braney and Sebastien Plummer have joined as brokers and will report to Ian Newman, global head of cyber.
Mr Ghani joins from AIG where he has spent the last nine years, most recently as a casualty lines pricing actuary. He also held roles as a financial lines pricing actuary, pricing analyst and reserving analyst.
Mr Lashkari joins from Direct Line Group where he was a pricing analyst, acting as the lead analyst for several notable lines of business. Before this he held roles at Travelers Insurance and Davies Group.
Ms Braney joins from Liberty Specialty Markets where she was a senior underwriter focused on developing the cyber reinsurance and personal accident reinsurance portfolios. Prior to this she was the deputy class underwriter for Treaty PA at Liberty Syndicates and also held roles with Lockton Re and Odyssey Re.
Mr Plummer was previously an assistant vice president in the cyber, media and tech E&O team broker at Paragon. He also worked as part of the FinTech team, which placed accounts such as cryptocurrency exchanges and disruptive blockchain technology companies. Prior to this, he worked for head-hunters Webber Fox Group as well as Accenture in Madrid.
Hiscox appoints Joanne Musselle as new group chief underwriter |
Global (re)insurer Hiscox has announced the appointment of Joanne Musselle as its new group chief underwriting officer, following the retirement of Richard Watson.
She will step into the role at the end of 2019 and join the Hiscox Ltd Board as an executive director in February 2020.
Ms Musselle has been with the company for 17 years having joined in 2002 as a technical underwriting manager for professions and specialty commercial lines. Since then she has held several senior roles at the firm and currently serves as chief underwriting officer (CUO) for Hiscox Retail.
In her current role, she is responsible for all retail underwriting across the Hiscox Group, including Hiscox UK, Hiscox Europe, Hiscox USA, Hiscox Special Risks and Hiscox Asia.
In the last two years, she has overseen profitable growth in GWP of almost 25% across the retail portfolio and helped our retail businesses to navigate increased volumes of regulatory change.