Al Alamiya for Cooperative Insurance Company has announced that the Board of Directors has accepted the appointment of Lloyd James East as non-executive Board member of the company. East is a British national who holds Bachelor of Arts in Business Studies and accumulated seven years of experience in leading positions...
QBE European Operations (QBE) has welcomed Stuart Brown as portfolio manager responsible for the company's Canadian and Middle East general liability account. Brown will join QBE in March from Ace where he most recently held senior casualty underwriting and risk positions. He has over 15 years' experience in casualty insurance...
Michael Whitwell, president of Middle East and Africa for AIG Property Casualty, will leave the company effective April 5, 2014. Whitwell held a number of senior management positions over the course of his 30-year career at AIG, and served as a key driver of growth strategies in Arabia, Africa and...
ACE Group has appointed David Fedarb to the new role of head of Travel Insurance for Eurasia and Africa, as it expands its insurance capabilities in a region experiencing rapid growth of international travel. Eurasia and Africa represents ACE’s newest regional business unit, established in 2014 and comprising ACE’s operations...
Giovanni Liverani, currently head of Generali’s EMEA region, will be appointed to the Group Management Committee of Generali, chaired by the Group CEO Mario Greco. Liverani will assume his new role as CEO of Generali Deutschland Holding, with effect from 1st April 2015. The successor to the EMEA region head...
Ole Nyborg will be responsible, in this managing director role, for all regional claims matters. He will be based in the Swiss Re office in Copenhagen, Denmark. He joins from Vestas A/S, a Danish wind-turbine company where he was head of group risk management. Previously, Nyborg filled senior positions in...
Simon Pearson, recently promoted to deputy CEO of SCOR Global Life and member of the Group Executive Committee, will also assume the CEO position of the newly created region of Europe, Middle East and Africa. Pearson, a British citizen, is a qualified actuary. After leading Revios UK since 2004, he...
Qatar Re has announced the appointment of Alastair Speare– Cole as chief underwriting officer. Alastair Speare-Cole joins from JLT Re, where he served as CEO since 2012. Speare-Cole replaces Willi Schürch who retires from his current role as chief underwriting officer. “I am delighted by Alastair’s decision to join Qatar...
Isabelle Dubots‐Lafitte has been named chief executive officer for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Dubots‐Lafitte will have business responsibility for EMEA, manage OdysseyRe’s offices in Paris and Stockholm and oversee the operational functions for the EuroAsia division. Prior to this appointment, she was the head of underwriting...
The board of Directors of Chedid Capital S.A.L. (Holding), has announced the appointment of Aldo Cardoso as a new member to the advisory board. Cardoso is a management consultant specialising in financial and risk management, and governance consulting.Heis a member of the Boards of GDF SUEZ, Imerys, AXA Investment Managers, Bureau...
