Henry To Join AXIS As Chief Financial Officer

Joseph Henry will join Bermuda based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited as Chief Financial Officer on June 18, 2012. Mr. Henry will also join the Company’s Executive Committee and report directly to Albert Benchimol, President and Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Capital. Mr. Henry will continue to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer [...]

XL Names Eileen Whelley As Executive VP

XL Group plc announced the appointment of Eileen Whelley as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Whelley succeeds Elizabeth L. Reeves, who is retiring. Since 2006, Ms. Whelley has been Executive Vice President, Human Resources for The Hartford Financial Services Group, a diversified financial services company with approximately 24,000 employees. Ms. Whelley’s appointment [...]

Mengel Named Interim Orient-Express CEO

Bermuda baseed Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. announced that Board member Philip R. Mengel has been named Interim Chief Executive Officer while the Board continues its search for a permanent CEO. J. Robert “Bob” Lovejoy, who has been serving as Interim CEO since July 2011, will remain Chairman of the Board. Mr. Mengel said, “On behalf of [...]

Juniperus Capital Hires Chris McKeown As CEO

Juniperus Capital Holdings Limited,, a Bermuda-based insurance asset manager focused on collateralized reinsurance and catastrophe insurance-linked securities, confirmed that industry veteran Chris McKeown has joined the firm as Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Aquiline Capital Partners LLC ) a New York-based private equity firm investing in financial services, acquired Juniperus in January of this year [...]

Philip Butterfield Retires As HSBC Bermuda CEO

Philip Butterfield formally retires as HSBC Bermuda CEO today [May 10] with Richard Moseley taking over the helm. Mr. Mosley has been with the bank for approximately three years and the HSBC Group for 32 years. Mr Butterfield steps down as HSBC Bermuda CEO after eight years, but will be staying with the international financial [...]

Mahmoud Abdallah Appointed To Validus Board

Mahmoud Abdallah, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MISR Insurance Holding Company, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Bermuda based Validus Holdings, effective immediately. The appointment will expand Validus’ Board to ten members. “We are delighted to welcome Mahmoud to the Validus Board,” said Ed Noonan, Validus’ Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. [...]

AXIS Capital Announces Management Transitions

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited yesterday [Apr.17] announced the details of management transitions in AXIS Re, which will become effective over the balance of the year. At the end of this year, Karl Mayr [Pictured left], currently CEO and President of AXIS Re Europe, reporting to Jay Nichols, CEO of AXIS Re, will retire as CEO [...]

Bermudian Appointed Chief Underwriter In Brazil

Bermudian Gino Smith has been appointed as XL Group’s Latin America Regional Chief Underwriter, effective immediately. Mr. Smith will remain in São Paulo, Brazil where he has been based for the past two years. Mr. Smith, who is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, has worked at XL for 12 years. During this time he [...]

2012 Clements Scholarship Applications Deadline

Named after one of the founding fathers of the Bermuda re/insurance industry, the closing date for the 2012 Robert Clements/ACE Scholarship applications is April 30. The scholarship is awarded annually to a qualified Bermudian student studying full time towards a degree in subjects related to the insurance industry such as insurance, risk management, actuarial science, [...]

Allied World Appoints Barrett Senior VP

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that Joseph Barrett has been appointed Senior Vice President, Global Marine and Specialty, for Allied World Reinsurance Company. Mr. Barrett will report directly to Kevin Marine, Executive Vice President, International & Global Specialty, and will oversee the Crop, Energy and Specialty Property Treaty lines of business. Mr. Marine [...]

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