This version of Worldwide Folks Strikes particulars appointments at re/insurers Beazley and RenaissanceRe Holdings, in addition to insurance coverage dealer Miller.
A abstract of those new hires follows right here.
Beazley Appoints New Head of Cyber Providers – Worldwide
Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Christian Taube as its new head of Cyber Providers – Worldwide, persevering with the growth of its cyber group this 12 months.
Earlier than becoming a member of Beazley, Taube was chief info safety officer at Contentserv and, previous to that, he constructed the data safety apply at DataGuard. Based mostly out of Beazley’s Munich workplace, he shall be answerable for additional growing and enhancing Beazley’s cyber danger administration and incident response capabilities.
Taube started his function on March 7, 2022, becoming a member of the Beazley group in Germany. His recruitment follows the current appointments of Russ Cohen as head of U.S. Cyber Providers and Bala Larson as head of Consumer Expertise in February.
“When you think about the ever-changing danger panorama, and particularly the sharp improve of ransomware in recent times, it’s truthful to say that sustaining good cyber hygiene must be a key precedence for all companies at this time,” commented Raf Sanchez, world head of Cyber Providers. “Enterprise leaders additionally must be assured that their danger administration instruments are as much as the job, to additional cut back their danger of falling sufferer to an assault.”
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RenaissanceRe Pronounces Senior ESG and Local weather Roles
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. introduced key appointments that advance its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) technique, which is centered on selling local weather resilience, closing the safety hole, and inducing optimistic societal change.

In furtherance of this technique, Kevin J. O’Donnell, RenRe’s president and CEO, has accepted the function of chair of ClimateWise. Appearing in partnership with the College of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Management, ClimateWise, brings collectively reinsurers, insurers, brokers and business service suppliers to advertise a scientific response to local weather change throughout the monetary system.
RenaissanceRe additionally introduced a number of key roles on the firm, that are targeted on ESG:
- Harriet James has been promoted to vp, ESG Technique inside the Company Technique Staff, answerable for managing and progressing RenaissanceRe’s ESG technique throughout the corporate, together with figuring out and managing ESG priorities and driving the event of latest sustainability initiatives.
- Cathal Carr, senior vp (SVP), Underwriting, has been named world head of Local weather and Sustainability Technique, answerable for designing, executing and coordinating RenaissanceRe’s local weather and sustainability underwriting technique throughout each Property and Casualty and Specialty segments. This consists of main the event of latest merchandise and instruments to reply to rising underwriting alternatives.
- Jeffrey Manson, SVP, Underwriting, and head of World Public Sector Partnerships, will report back to Carr and handle public sector partnerships, with a give attention to responding to local weather change and decreasing the safety hole in rising danger courses.
“Local weather change is likely one of the most complicated challenges confronted by the world and our enterprise. As a reinsurer, we consider that we play an necessary function in managing local weather danger whereas serving to facilitate the transition to a decrease carbon economic system. I’m honored to chair ClimateWise and look ahead to working with leaders throughout our business and the College of Cambridge to strengthen our collective response to this necessary subject,” commented O’Donnell.
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Barr Joins Miller’s Specialist Credit score and Political Dangers Staff

Miller, the London-based unbiased specialist re/insurance coverage dealer, introduced the appointment of Andrew Barr to its Credit score and Political Dangers (CPRI) group.
Barr beforehand labored as a credit score & political danger insurance coverage dealer at Texel Finance Ltd. (October 2017-October 2021) and Marsh (January 2011-September 2017), based on his LinkedIn profile.
He makes a speciality of serving to monetary establishment (FI) shoppers acquire danger mitigating and regulatory compliant credit score insurance coverage options, in addition to political danger insurance coverage for each FI and company shoppers.
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