Zurich has announced the appointment of Peter Huber as chief executive officer, Zurich International. He will report to Patrick Manley, CEO, Zurich Insurance plc & chief administrative officer for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA). Huber will lead Zurich’s overall International business which brings together the current international life businesses...
Chubb has announced that Louisa Lombardo has been appointed as head of Diversity and Inclusion, Europe, Eurasia and Africa. In this newly-created role, Lombardo will be responsible for developing and delivering the diversity and inclusion strategy for Chubb across the two regions. She will report into Kate Richards, senior vice...
Pinsent Masons has expanded its financial services sector capability with the appointment of Tom Bicknell, who will lead the firm’s insurance and wealth management offering in Dubai. Bicknell, who joins as a partner, was previously a legal director in the corporate insurance and financial services team at Clyde & Co...
Achmea has appointed Caspar van Haaften as chief financial officer (CFO) of its Turkish insurance company Eureko Sigorta. Van Haaften will succeed Constantino Mousinho who will take up the role of director of Finance and Strategy at Achmea International. Van Haaften has extensive knowledge of the international finance and insurance...
Reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker Ed has announced the appointment of Minesh Jani as chief executive of MENA, India and Indian sub-continent. Jani brings more than two decades of reinsurance experience to Ed. He joins from Aashvaasanam Analytics Limited in Mumbai, a business which he founded to support the launch...
Alaa Al-Zoheiry, managing director of the Arab Misr Insurance Group (gig), has been elected as chairman of the Insurance Federation of Egypt (IFE). El Zoheiry has high studies diploma in non-life Insurance from Cairo University (1989) and a BA in Business Administration from Sadat Academy for Management Sciences, Faculty of...
AXA Gulf has announced the appointment of Laura Gerstein as chief healthcare officer in a move to strengthen its leadership team. Gerstein will be responsible for AXA Gulf’s entire healthcare operations, developing the company’s market share in the health insurance sector for personal and corporate clients within the Gulf region....
Chris Divito, the former head of Standard Life in the Middle East and currently working at the DIFC, is to take over from Marcus Gent as managing director of Friends Provident International in Dubai. Divito’s appointment, which is subject to regulatory approval, begins on 1 September and comes just a...
Holborn Assets is to open six new offices across the Middle East and Asia over the next 12 months to strengthen its client proposition. To support the firm’s expansion plans, Holborn has recruited Riyad Adamou as chief commercial officer. He was formerly senior vice president and senior board member of Globaleye...
Deutsche Bank has hired Meir Lewis from Morgan Stanley as a managing director and head of Insurance Investment Banking. Prior to his appointment Lewis served Morgan Stanley’s North America Insurance sector providing investment banking coverage that focused on large-cap P&C carriers, specialty mid-cap companies, and life and reinsurance clients. Lewis will...
