Andrew McKenna, an Aon Corp. director who abstained from voting over the company’s planned move to London, has stepped down from the board, The Wall Street Journal reported. McKenna has been a director at Aon and its predecessor, Ryan Insurance Group, since 1970. He is also chief executive of...
NEXtCARE appointed Talal Fida general manager for Saudi NEXtCARE, its operating entity in Saudi Arabia. He replaces Nazih Dandan, who was given new responsibilities. Talal will be responsible for the daily general management of the independent entity in the country, overlooking all the different areas of the business. His...
Globaleye has appointed Jawaid Tabassum to head up its new general insurance & employee benefits department in the UAE. Tabassum joins the broker from Noor Takaful, where he headed bancatakaful, bancassurance and institutional sales. Globaleye Chairman Tim Searle said: “We are now entering a new phase of growth,...
Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, appointed James Beedle CEO of its Asian operations. Beedle has been a member of the Willis Re team since 1998 and has worked with numerous global insurance company clients, focusing on the strategic use of reinsurance to...
Property-casualty and general insurance organization, Chartis appointed Elie Hanna country manager of its Qatar Financial Centre branch. Hanna will be based in Qatar and will take up his role immediately, following approval from the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority. Prior to this appointment, Hanna was regional head of Chartis’...
Willis Group Holdings appointed Yoshihide Enomoto as president and CEO of its retail brokerage business in Japan. Along with the new appointment, the company opened a second Japanese office in Osaka to service the electronics sector and other rapidly expanding industries throughout the Kansai region of Western Japan. Yoshihide...
General insurer Zurich appointed Hayden Seach as head of segment of middle market & corporate, Middle East. Seach will be responsible for the development of profitable business among mid-sized companies in the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Lebanon, and corporate clients in the wider Middle East region. He will...
Marsh named Edwin Charnaud chairman of its global infrastructure practice. Charnaud will be responsible for the strategic development of the infrastructure practice, which provides risk-based, analytical and transactional support to infrastructure clients worldwide. Reporting to Jim Pierce, chairman of global industries, he will continue to be based in London....
Pablo Alvert has been appointed CEO and regional director for Mapfre Assistance – the UK arm of the youngest subsidiary of the Mapfre Group, Mapfre Asistencia. Alvert, who has been with Mapfre Asistencia for 20 years, has held various positions in the company, including the key appointment of...
Aigrain is chairman of Londonbased international clearing house, LCH.CLearnet Group, and from 2006 to 2009 was the chief executive officer of Swiss Re. Banerji is the chairman of Collabrium Capital, an emerging markets investment house. Previously, he was senior policy advisor on economic affairs to former UK Prime...
