7 Jun, 2022

Insurance moves: Gore Mutual appoints chief information officer

S&P Global Market Intelligence presents a daily roundup of management and board changes in the insurance industry. This feature excludes C-level leadership changes and stories previously covered by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Life and health

Canadian Premier Life Insurance Co. and Canadian Premier General Insurance Co. announced Deliska Beauregard's appointment as chief legal officer and corporate secretary.

Beauregard was vice president and managing counsel at Chubb Insurance Co. of Canada.

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Prudential Financial Inc. hired Utkarsh Patel as global head of digital products, effective June 6.

Patel was chief marketing and digital officer at The Wealth Enhancement Group Inc.

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Craig MacKay has joined Equitable Holdings Inc.'s board as an independent member.

Multiline

Risk Strategies Inc. named Rob Nesselt Atlantic regional growth leader for property and casualty and promoted Josh Conklin to Atlantic regional growth leader for employee benefits.

Property and casualty

Gore Mutual Insurance Co. appointed James Warburton chief information officer, effective June 6.

Warburton held senior leadership roles, including vice president of technology platforms and vice president of transformation distribution, at Aviva Canada Inc.

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Olaf Jonda, currently managing director of Dual Deutschland, will assume the CEO role at Dual Europe.

Daniela Rubes, CFO of Dual Italia, was named CFO of Dual Europe.

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Great American Insurance Group promoted Stephanie Hoboth to divisional president for fidelity/crime.

Hoboth was recently divisional senior vice president, overseeing most fidelity/crime division underwriting offices, its specialty underwriting group and IT functions.

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Catherina MacCabe, focus group leader of Beazley PLC's international management liability team, specialty risk, is retiring.

Oliver Wheeler will succeed MacCabe as focus group leader starting July 1. The company also promoted Emma Pereira to product leader for the team.

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Chubb Ltd. named Leigh Anne Sherman specialty officer for North America middle market.

In connection with the appointment, Jim Shevlin succeeds Sherman as division president of ESIS Inc.

Chad Yarlagadda, currently Atlanta branch manager for the Southeast region, will replace Shevlin as regional executive officer of the region.

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Nicholas Walsh joined Sompo International Holdings Ltd.'s board.

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Warren Lee is retiring from the board of Tower Ltd.

Reinsurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s Gallagher Re made six senior executives appointments in the Asia-Pacific region.

Yuan Tian assumed the strategic and financial analytics lead for Asia-Pacific, while Roshan Perera and Cliff Downing were both named executive directors.

Additionally, Gallagher Re appointed Richard Sanders research and advisory lead in Asia-Pacific, Andy Hulme head of actuarial for Australia and New Zealand, and Hitoshi Sonobe head of analytics for Malaysia.

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SiriusPoint Ltd. promoted Patrick Charles to global head of property and casualty insurance and services.

Charles also joined the company's executive leadership team, along with chief technology officer Darryl Siry.

The appointments follow Prashanth Gangu's resignation as SiriusPoint's COO and president of insurance and services.

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BMS Re, the specialist reinsurance arm of BMS Group Ltd., appointed Jennifer Nodes managing director and U.S. deputy general counsel, effective June 1.

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Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd. appointed Barry Zurbuchen a nonexecutive director on its board, effective March 31.

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