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Marra Named RenRe Reinsurance US President

Marra Named RenRe Reinsurance US President

Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced that David E. Marra, who has been Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer – Casualty & Specialty of the Company since 2013, will become the President of Renaissance Reinsurance U.S. Inc., leading the Company’s U.S. operations. Mr. Marra will continue to report to Ross... Read more of this article

Cayman Butterfield President & COO To Retire

Cayman Butterfield President & COO To Retire

Butterfield Group today [Jan 14] announced that Conor O’Dea, President & Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of Butterfield Bank [Cayman] Limited will retire from his executive roles on 26 April 2016. Upon his retirement, Mr. O’Dea will become Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Butterfield Bank [Cayman] Limited. The current Non-Executive... Read more of this article

John Wight Elected As Chamber President

John Wight Elected As Chamber President

Effective immediately John Wight has been elected President of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber announced today. Mr. Wight replaced Kristi Grayston who died suddenly in December of last year. Mr. Wight is the President & CEO of the BF&M Insurance Group and has professional designations as a Chartered Professional Accountant and... Read more of this article

BF&M Appoints Markey To Board Of Directors

BF&M Appoints Markey To Board Of Directors

BF&M Limited today [Jan 12] announced the appointment of Paul Markey to its Board of Directors effective immediately. Mr. Markey retired recently as the Chairman of Aon’s Bermuda based insurance and reinsurance broking operation, Aon [Bermuda] Ltd. He joined Aon’s Bermuda operations in 1994, with a mandate to implement a reinsurance broking... Read more of this article

Everest Names Paul Kneafsey Active Underwriter

Everest Names Paul Kneafsey Active Underwriter

Everest Re Group, Ltd. announced that Paul Kneafsey will be joining the Company as the Active Underwriter of its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2786, and is expected to assume his new role effective May 1, 2016. Mr Kneafsey will join Everest from ArgoGlobal where he was most recently Head of Casualty and responsible for a global portfolio in excess of £100 million... Read more of this article

KPMG Announces Leadership Team Changes

KPMG Announces Leadership Team Changes

KPMG in Bermuda today [Jan 11] announced the retirement of Jason Carne from the firm’s Managing Director group and the promotions of Eric Heinrichs, Bill Miller, Adam Smith, Himad Zafar and David Harper to the firm’s leadership team. Mr. Carne joined the firm in 1992 and has been a Managing Director within KPMG’s Insurance practice for 18 years,... Read more of this article

Daws Appointed Deputy Active Underwriter

Daws Appointed Deputy Active Underwriter

Hamilton Underwriting Limited, the managing agency of Lloyd’s Syndicate 3334 and the Lloyd’s operations of Hamilton Insurance Group, announced today [Jan 7] that Adrian Daws has been appointed to the position of Deputy Active Underwriter and Head of Specialty. Mr. Daws reports to Active Underwriter Trevor Carvey and joins a growing number of highly... Read more of this article

Validus Appoints Rob Halsey As VP Atlanta

Validus Appoints Rob Halsey As VP Atlanta

Validus Holdings, Ltd. announced the appointment of Rob Halsey as Vice President, Atlanta Property Manager. In this new position, he will be responsible for building and maintaining the Validus Underwriters Excess & Surplus property business in the Southeast United States and write on behalf of Western World. “Rob has the experience, broker relationships... Read more of this article

David Rose Retires As RUBiS Managing Director

David Rose Retires As RUBiS Managing Director

RUBiS Energy Bermuda Ltd. announced today [Jan 4] that Mr. David Rose, Managing Director, has retired after 44 years of combined service with Shell Bermuda and RUBiS Energy. Mr. Rose began his career with Shell Bermuda as a Management Trainee on November 1, 1971. At the time of Mr. Rose’s employment, Shell Bermuda had made a decision to implement... Read more of this article

William M. Wharton Joins Argo Group Holdings

William M. Wharton Joins Argo Group Holdings

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products, today announced William M. Wharton has been appointed to serve as head of professional lines operations in Bermuda. “Bill brings a broad range of underwriting and management experience to Argo Group, along with a very strong background... Read more of this article

BDA Launches New Blog By CEO Ross Webber

BDA Launches New Blog By CEO Ross Webber

The Bermuda Business Development Agency [BDA] has taken its stakeholders newsletter monthly, and launched a new weblog for CEO Ross Webber [pictured]. Starting this week, the independent private-public agency will distribute its digital Stakeholders Update’ on a monthly basis to a wide audience of industry representatives, media and government. The... Read more of this article

Brian Duperreault: ‘We’re Living In A Digital Age’

Brian Duperreault: ‘We’re Living In A Digital Age’

Earlier today [Dec 17],  Hamilton Insurance Group CEO Brian Duperreault delivered the keynote address at EY/Insurance Insider’s Global Re/Insurance Outlook conference at the Hamilton Princess Hotel. Describing the industry as being between two worlds – the analog and the digital – Mr. Duperreault said the sector could be facing “the... Read more of this article