Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) recently announced the launch of the first Global Family Business and Private Wealth Centre (Centre) in the region and worldwide. DIFC is the first financial centre in the world to create a unique offering at a time when an estimated AED3.67 trillion (USD1 trillion) in...
Chedid Re, a member of Chedid Capital Holding, has made a series of appointments to some of its senior executive leadership positions, keeping pace with its strategy to expand its business and operations across the three continents where it is present. Elie Abi Rached has been appointed as chief executive...
QIC Global, the international specialty insurance and reinsurance subsidiary of Qatar Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Stewart Smith as business development officer, effective immediately. Smith joins QIC Global at Group level and will be based in London, reporting directly to Michael van der Straaten, CEO of QIC Global...
Continuing our commitment of providing top quality insurance, construction consulting and dispute services to our worldwide clients, Capital Consulting International (CCi) has expanded its operations in the Middle East, with 21 new hires joining the global consultancy across Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The team will...
Chedid Re has announced the appointment of Uptal Dutt as portfolio manager – Casualty & Financial lines, based in Dubai. Dutt brings over nine years of experience in the industry. Prior to joining Chedid Re he was a Financial & Casualty underwriter for ICICI Lombard in New Delhi, a role...
Arabia Insurance Company has announced the appointment of Nabil Kawar as country manager for its Kuwait branch. Kawar has over 24 years of experience in the insurance industry, in a variety of roles and countries, namely Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. He has knowledge in management, technical, finance, sales...
Fintech company Ortec Finance has announced the expansion of its global presence with the appointment of Hamish Bailey, head of Insurance Business Development, EMEA. Bailey will accelerate the growth of Ortec Finance’s UK and European business, focusing on technologies and solutions that help insurers, asset managers and consultants better manage...
Chubb has announced the appointment of Chris Eappariello as pesident of Consumer Lines for the insurer’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. In this new role Eappariello will be responsible for a newly-created regional segment which comprises Chubb’s Specialty Personal Lines (SPL), Accident and Health (A&H) affinity, consumer travel...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has named Mohammed Hannoun as head of Casualty for the Middle East, based in Dubai. “Mohammed has played a pivotal role in building up BHSI’s casualty capabilities in Middle East since we started the Dubai operations in 2018. His extensive experience in the region, especially...
Cigna Corporation has announced that Jerome Droesch will take over as the chief executive officer of Domestic Health and Health Services for all of Cigna International Markets business outside of the United States of America. Droesch’s expanded role puts him at the helm for advancing Cigna’s portfolio across global markets,...
