Lockton, announced the appointment of Ian Walton as chief executive officer of Lockton Insurance Brokers (LLC), UAE. Ian will be responsible for developing and managing Lockton’s expanding client base in the UAE. Wael Khatib, Senior Partner & Chairman, Lockton (MENA) Ltd said “We are delighted to welcome Ian to our...
The Qatar Financial Centre Authority has appointed Yousef Fakhroo as director of Marketing and Corporate Communications. Speaking about the appointment, Yousef Mohammed Al-Jaida, deputy chief executive officer of the QFC Authority, said: “We are delighted to welcome Yousef Abdulla Fakhroo into the QFC Authority team as Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications. Yousef brings with...
Marsh has announced the appointment of Robert Makhoul to the position of executive chairman, Marsh Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and the appointment of Steve Lundin to succeed Makhoul as CEO, Marsh MENA. Lundin, who is currently general manager of Marsh China, will start his new role next month, reporting to David...
Dalip Verma has been chosen to head the new operations of Catlin Middle East Limited. Verma is a veteran with 37 years of experience in the general insurance business. Prior to joining Catlin in June 2013, he worked in senior executive positions in India, Australia, the UK and Dubai. Catlin...
RL360° has appointed a new sales manager to its international sales team in Dubai, aiding its expansion in the region. James Savastano will help the team service its client’s accounts as well as contributing to its product training and product quality. While this is his first job in the financial...
ACE Group has appointed Huang Lijia as its casualty manager for South Asia. She will be based in Singapore and will report to Adam Clifford, head of Casualty, Asia Pacific. Prior to ACE, Lijia was the casualty underwriter for South Asia at the Singapore branch of an international specialty lines...
Emirates Insurance (EIC) strengthened its senior management team with two new hires. Jeremy Baggott joins EIC’s national business as chief underwriting officer. Reporting to CEO Jason Light, Baggott will head all EIC’s UAE non-motor underwriting, claims and broker relation teams. With more than 20 years in the industry, including seven...
Qatar Re announced the appointment of Andrew Deighton as its global head of Claims alongwith the promotion of Michael Roth and Marc Tueller were to head of International Property Catastrophe and head of Agriculture, respectively. Deighton has a strong legal background, being qualified as a barrister and solicitor in the...
Towers Watson has recruited a new senior investment consultant, Keith Goodby, for its insurance investment advisory group. He will be based in the firm’s London office and will report to the Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) head of the insurance investment advisory group, Ravi Rastogi. Goodby joins from Legal...
Zurich Insurance Company South Africa, has appointed Simon Robinson as head of Property in Zurich’s global corporate division. Robinson has 24 years’ experience in short-term insurance underwriting for Global Corporate customers. He joins Zurich from Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty SA where he held the position of Senior Underwriter Property....
