BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP has announced the appointment of Simon Isgar as head of Insurance. A qualified barrister, Isgar previously headed up Kennedys Dubai LLP’s MENA corporate and regulatory insurance practice. He joins BSA’s growing team of corporate lawyers, to form the largest corporate insurance practice in the MENA region. Jimmy...
Brokerslink has announced that Jacqueline Legrand has officially resigned from her position as CEO, returning to her family in New York and subsequently taking up a new professional opportunity. Legrand has been involved with Brokerslink since 2009, during her time as managing director for international business at Crystal & Company,...
International General Insurance (IGI) has appointed Nasser Zagha as chief technology officer, a newly-created role within the company. Nasser joins from the Bank of Jordan, where he served as head of Information Technology. Previously Nasser worked for Bank of America, where he was a systems engineer, technology manager, and most recently...
Willis Towers Watson has announced the appointment of Pamela Thomson-Hall as the head of the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (CEEMEA) region of Willis Towers Watson. Thomson-Hall has also been named as the head of Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) for the CEEMEA region. She starts both...
Noor Takaful has announced the appointment of Saif Obeidat as head of Broking Channel. Obeidat is a qualified insurance professional and has 20 years of experience leading the distribution of Employee Benefits solutions throughout the Gulf Region. He joins Noor Takaful from Aetna, where he was senior director – head...
Howden, has announced the appointment of Sajith Kumar as CEO, Howden UAE. In this role he will be responsible for Howden’s ambitious growth plans in the Emirate State, and will join the region’s senior leadership team. Kumar will be based in Dubai and will report to Atinc Yilmaz, regional CEO,...
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has opened a new office to cover the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. According to a statement in the website, this move is in response to growing demand from the region for the raising of professional standards. As part of this effort, the CII...
FTI Consulting, Inc. has announced the expansion of its Global Insurance Services practice with the appointment of Rory O’Brien as a senior managing director. He will be based in London and will support the continued growth of FTI Consulting’s actuarial and general consulting practice. O’Brien has more than 30 years...
Bupa Arabia for cooperative insurance has announced that the board of directors has adopted a resolution on which confirms the resignation of Amer Alireza as non-executive board member, representing the major Saudi shareholder, Nazer Group Company Limited. The Board of Directors also approved the appointment of Martin Houston as a...
AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has launched AXIS Re Strategic Partners with the appointment of account executives for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). AXIS Re Strategic Partners is a new dedicated team to serve clients and brokers. Herndon Stokers, Simon Strnemann and...
