Lloyd’s of London insurance and reinsurance marketplace has named Dr. Kirsten Mitchell-Wallace as its new head of Risk Aggregation, reporting to Jon Hancock, director of Performance Management. Dr. Mitchell-Wallace will join Lloyd’s from global insurer and reinsurer SCOR, where she is currently EMEA regional head for Catastrophe Management, based in...
Spanish insurer Mapfre SA will merge its Europe, Middle East and Africa operation with its Asia-Pacific business to form a new Eurasia unit from the start of 2018. The combined entity will be run by current EMEA CEO Nikos Antimissaris. The new Eurasia division excludes Mapfre’s Iberian business. Mapfre plans...
Chubb has announced the appointment of Brian Church as executive vice president and head of International Property for Chubb’s Overseas General business. In this role, Church will have responsibility for all of Chubb’s retail commercial property insurance business throughout Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Formerly executive...
Sami Sayegh has joined AIG as head of AIG MENA, including Russia, and general manager, AIG UAE. In this role, Sayegh will provide the strategic direction and leadership of the teams in MENA and the UAE, and will partner with product leaders across AIG to ensure profitable growth across the...
Mashreq Bank recently announced the joining of Arif Usmani as the group head of its Risk Management. A graduate of the Imperial College of London, Usmani started his banking career in 1981 and spent more than three decades at Citigroup before joining Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) as global head...
S&P Global Ratings (S&P) has announced the appointment of Hadi Melki as managing director and regional head for its Middle East business. Melki joins S&P from Thomson Reuters, where he spent the last 20 years, culminating as regional business leader in the Gulf. Based in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC),...
Following a strategic decision to merge its European and Middle East & Africa divisions, Aetna international has appointed David Healy as CEO of the newly created EMEA region. Healy joined Aetna in 2012 and previously held the position of GM for Europe and VP head of Global Operations. With over...
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has elected Ibrahim Obaid Al Zaabi, director general of the Insurance Authority, as a member of its Executive Committee for the second consecutive session during its meeting held in Malaysia. Al Zaabi has represented the UAE and the region in the Executive Committee...
Qatar Reinsurance Company Limited (Qatar Re) announced the appointment of Manik Sethi as chief executive of its Singapore branch. He will succeed Micky Lee who has decided to pursue other opportunities outside of the Company. Gunther Saacke, Qatar Re’s CEO, commented: “I am pleased that Manik will take the helm...
Trust Re has announced the appointment of Chris Parsons as an independent non-executive director for a full three-year term. Chris Parsons is a full professor in Insurance at Cass Business School, City University of London. He has a PhD in insurance studies from City University together with degrees in the...
