Executive Profiles

Beazley CEO Horton Will Leave to Lead QBE

Beazley Chief Executive Officer Andrew Horton is leaving to become the group chief executive officer of QBE Insurance Group Ltd. in Australia, the two companies announced. Horton will be succeeded in ...

Executives On The Move at Zurich North America, BHSI and AXIS Capital Holdings

Zurich North America hired a former Aviva executive to take on a leadership role in Canada for its Group Risk Management team. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance named a new senior vice president ...

An Insurance Executive’s COVID-19 Survival Story

In early January 2021, Andrew Rear's health took a turn for the worse. After suffering two weeks with COVID-19, the 50-year-old former head of Munich Re's Digital Partners thought he was on the mend. ...

Third Point Re CEO Malloy Moves To Distribution Leader Role At Sirius

As Third Point Re continues to staff up its executive and underwriting teams in advance of an anticipated merger with Sirius International Insurance Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based reinsurer has ...

Disrupting Insurer Comfort Zones: Sompo GRS CEO Chang

When the leader of Sompo International's Global Risk Solutions business describes a key stop on his path to the C-suite, he mentions the possibility that race and age were a hurdle in passing. "Look, ...

Sharing Knowledge: How AF Group Exec Puts His Privilege to Work

There's a simple idea that has guided Abel Travis as he rose to his current executive leadership position at a property/casualty insurance carrier and gave a platform to more than 100 InsurTech ...

Executives On The Move at Zurich and The Standard

Zurich Insurance appointed one executive to run its Nordic business and expanded his management facility. He replaces another executive who will take on a new leadership role. The Standard promoted ...

Executives On The Move at BHSI and PartnerRe

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance expanded its U.S. Executive & Professional Lines leadership team with three new appointments. PartnerRe has a new board member.

Executives On The Move at AXIS and Beazley

AXIS Insurance hired a new underwriting executive for its Small Specialty Commercial division. Specialist insurer Beazley appointed two underwriters in the U.S. to write Deadly Weapons Protection ...