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JLT taps Beazley, Marsh, Aon for European cyber expansion
JLT Specialty has expanded its European cyber practice based in London and Stockholm with the appointment of four new members.
Monica Tigleanu joins JLT as a partner from Beazley. Prior to this she was a senior underwriter in cyber risk at AIG.
Claire Davey joins as a partner from Marsh, where she was assistant vice president in technology errors and omissions- and cyber liability. Prior to this she was a broker at Aon where she was primarily responsible for professional indemnity insurance. Ms Davey will focus on growing JLT’s European retail presence.
Anthony Herring joins JLT Specialty as a broker in the European cyber team and will be based in Stockholm. He was previously a cyber practice leader for Aon in Sweden and has experience in property insurance. He is expected to bring a new perspective to business interruption to JLT’s cyber team clients.
Jack Elliott-Frey joins from Aon Risk Solutions, where he was a cyber broker. Prior to this, he worked for cyber insurance broker Safeonline.
Miller appoints energy construction lead from Marsh
Re/insurance broker Miller has hired Ian Curtin to lead its energy construction team.
As head of energy construction at Miller, Mr Curtin will work with the team in London to develop business for both offshore and onshore projects, as well as upstream and downstream operational business.
Mr Curtin has previously worked for Sedgwick, CE Heath, Alexander Forbes/Lockton and most recently, Marsh. He
He has expertise in all aspects of oil and gas insurance, with a particular specialism in construction. He is said to have worked on major projects in the UK, Norway and Australia, and designed and placed the insurance programmes for two of the three first floating LNG projects.
Ascot poaches Navigators marine team to launch new unit
Bermuda-domiciled specialty insurance underwriter Ascot Group has named Chris Piazza as head of a new US marine insurance team, which will include current Ascot marine underwriters Lou Gehrig, senior vice president and Devin Lefebvre, vice president. Tom Nasso, Dana Piazza and Jim Gehrke are also moving across from Navigators, becoming senior vice presidents.
The team will provide regional coverage; underwriters will work out of New York, Baltimore and Houston, using Ascot’s admitted US paper. Its New York-based MGA Ethos Specialty Insurance Services is also owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
Mr Piazza has been at The Navigators Group for 15 years, most recently as national product line director for Marine Hull and Liability.
Ascot Group Limited is a Bermuda domiciled global specialist in insurance and reinsurance with three divisions: Ascot Underwriting Limited, a managing agent for Syndicate 1414 at Lloyd’s; Ascot Reinsurance Company Limited, a Bermuda based specialty reinsurer; and Ethos Specialty Insurance Services, a New York based managing general agent. Ascot Group is owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
Ardonagh-owned Price Forbes taps JLT, Marsh, Miller execs
Specialist insurance broker Price Forbes, part of the Ardonagh Group of companies, has expanded its power, utility and construction team with four new appointments from JLT, Marsh and Miller.
Simon Howell joins from Marsh UK where he was a managing director and placement leader for power and utilities and was a member of the energy and power practice executive committee.
Mr Howell is joined on the team by James Williams, David Cramphorn and Charlotte Higgins.
Mr Williams arrives from JLT Specialty’s energy division, and prior to that he worked at Aon and Marsh.
Both Mr Cramphorn and Ms Higgins were most recently at Miller Insurance Services.
Mr Cramphorn has previously worked at Cooper Gay in their non-marine division and was responsible for broking worldwide construction risks before moving to Marsh, where he served as an account handler for the global downstream energy team. In 2015, he joined Miller to work within their onshore energy team as an account handler and broker