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Career file - David Hall: leaving Aviva for QBE
Aviva corporate and specialty risk managing director David Hall is to leave the business.
DLA Piper appoints head of corporate, Asia
DLA Piper has appointed Paul Chen as head of corporate, Asia and will be based in Hong Kong.
Poon moves to chairman at Hong Kong Federation of Insurers
Jimmy Poon, CEO of Dah Sing Insurance, has been appointed chairman of the Hong Kong Federation Insurers and a councillor of HKFI’s General Insurance Council for 2014/15.
Willis appoints Everling as Netherlands boss
Willis has appointed Jeroen Everling as chief executive of Willis Netherlands effective from 1 June.
RSA promotes Hirst to mid market role
RSA has appointed Paul Hirst as mid market regions director leading a team of 450 staff.
Brown’s RSA tenure is hailed as he prepares for Gallagher role
Replacing UK and Western Europe CEO seen as major task
Zurich hands UK CUO role to EMEA personal lines boss Fresneau
Zurich has named its head of personal lines for Europe, the Middle East and Africa as its new UK chief underwriting officer for general insurance.
Career file - David Lovely: Aviva appoints Lovely as claims director
Aviva has appointed David Lovely as claims director, reporting to Maurice Tulloch, chief executive for UK and Ireland general insurance.
Market Moves - 24 April/1 May 2014
Find out who has moved where in the industry this week.
JLT recruits from Ace for Indonesia CEO hire
JLT has appointed Rosmaylinda Nasution as the chief operating officer and chief executive of JLT Indonesia.
Lloyd's confirms Bryant's Hong Kong appointment
Lloyd’s has appointed former Zurich regional head of international customer, distribution and marketing Dylan Bryant as its general representative in Hong Kong.
Markham swoops for former Oak MD as chairman
High net worth broker Markham Private Clients has swooped for former Oak Underwriting managing director Bob Trott, recruiting him to serve as its new chairman.
Prettejohn named Scottish Widows chair
Lloyds Bank has confirmed speculation that Nick Prettejohn will join as a non-executive, naming him as chairman of Scottish Widows.
VRS Vericlaim promotes liability boss to quality role
VRS Vericlaim has handed a promotion to head of liability Phil Heron, who will now serve as head of quality at the adjuster.
Barbon finance boss resurfaces as Gallagher UK retail FD
Barbon financial director Kevin Withington has taken on a new role as Gallagher’s UK retail financial director.
JLT creates Hong Kong political and credit risk team
JLT has created a credit, political and security risks team in Hong Kong by hiring Edmond Yun as divisional director, and employing Stephen Chan and Koh Wei Jun as account managers.
Ascot founder Reith joins Amwins board
Ascot Underwriting’s founder Martin Reith is to join the Amwins board as an independent director.
Liberty Specialty appoints Beechey in Asia financial risk role
Liberty Specialty Markets, in conjunction with Liberty International Underwriters Asia-Pacific, has appointed Andrew Beechey as head of global financial risks, Asia-Pacific.
Markel's Tidey moves from Stockholm to Singapore
Specialty insurer Markel has appointed Luke Tidey as an assistant marine underwriter in its Singapore office.
McLarens names Brown president in restructure
Commercial adjuster McLarens has named Americas regional director Gary Brown president and chief operating officer, freeing up chief executive Vern Chalfant to focus on strategy and acquisitions.
Arista hires Fletcher for Midlands role
Arista Insurance has appointed Mick Fletcher as senior development underwriter focusing on the East Midlands area.
Callaghan and Sagar to leave Lockton in Asia
Post understands Lockton's executive chairman, Asia-Pacific Gerry Callaghan is retiring at the end of the year, whilst the CEO of Singapore Manan Sagar has resigned.
Rajan joins Miller from Marsh in marine role
Govinda Rajan has joined Miller's Singapore office in a South-East Asia marine hull business production role.