RSA has appointed Martin Rueegg as the new chief executive of the Middle East and UAE. Rueegg joins from AXA where he was general insurance managing director for Hong Kong. He replaces Lloyd East who moves to RSA’s Canadian operation Johnson as vice president of strategic operations and chief operating...
Lloyd’s has announced the appointment of Mark Cooper for the newly created role of head of market development for the European market, and Amit Khilosia as the new regional head, Africa. In this new role Cooper will join the Lloyd’s Brussels executive committee and will be responsible for delivering Lloyd’s...
Zurich Middle East marked its thirtieth anniversary in the region with new appointments. Simon Price has been selected as head of Market Management Middle East with immediate effect. In this role, he will be responsible for propositions, pricing and marketing and reports directly to Walter Jopp, CEO. Price brings a...
Hannover Re’s executive board has appointed Adham El-Muezzin to lead Hannover ReTakaful B.S.C. and Hannover Re Bahrain Branch, replacing Mahomed Akoob who is retiring after 17 years with the company. El-Muezzin joined the reinsurer in 2007 in Germany, working in both traditional and structured treaty reinsurance and also security management....
Lockton MENA has communicated the untimely passing of Wael Khatib, chairman and founder of the company and its subsidiary and associated companies in the region. The tragic loss is said to have taken place in the early hours on September 9, 2019 during a business trip in the Kingdom of...
ArgoGlobal, member of Argo Group recently announced the appointment of Zachary Tan as accident and health underwriter for the Asia Pacific and Middle East region, effective immediately. He will report to Michael Scala, chief underwriting officer, Asia Pacific. “With a strong team in place both at Lloyd’s and in Singapore,...
MS Amlin has announced the appointment of Mary Vogiatzidou as a senior marine underwriter in its Dubai office. In this role, she will be responsible for the continued development and growth of MS Amlin’s marine business across the MENA region, reporting to David Overall, senior executive officer at MS Amlin...
Charles Taylor InsureTechhas opened an office in Dubai to meet the growing demands for technology-related business transformation programmes in the regional insurance market. The business will be led by Shahid Safdar, who has been appointed as managing director for the Middle East and North Africa regions. He joins from Takaful...
Nexus has announced the appointment of Emmanuel Isenbrandt as the new head of employee benefits for the GCC. Isenbrandt comes to us with over 20 years’ experience in the medical insurance business with his last role as VP head of employee benefits, Gulf, with Metlife. He has also worked for...
EC3 Brokers MEA has appointed Serge Calfa to the newly created role of regional director of treaty. Based in Dubai, Calfa joins from Munich Re and will report to the senior executive officer Steve Hart. Calfa has more than two decades of experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry and...
