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MGA Nirvana Buys Arena From Ryan Specialty; Ryan Acquires Canada MGU SSRU; Bridgehaven Buys SureStone; Gallagher Re to Buy S. Africa’s Resilea

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Specialty MGA Nirvana Acquires Arena From Ryan Specialty Specialty managing general agent (MGA) Nirvana announced the acquisition of Arena NV from Ryan Specialty. Financial terms of the deal, which was announced today, were not disclosed. Arena is a leader in the Belgian sports insurance market, providing cover to federations and clubs across both the Flemish […]

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Westfield Specialty International Taps Zurich’s Watson to Lead New Cyber Offering; Liberty Names Delvos From Corvus as Head of Cyber and Tech E&O, Europe

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Aon Commercial Risk Promotes Smaje as Specialty Leader, Transportation & Logistics; MGA Optio Names Deloitte’s Hallett Head of Insurer Partnerships

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Westfield Specialty International and Liberty Specialty Markets. A summary of these new hires follows here. Westfield Specialty Int’l Taps Zurich’s Watson to Lead New Cyber Offering Westfield Specialty International has named Ben Watson as class underwriter to lead its newly launched cyber team, which will start

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Africa Specialty Risks Launches Lloyd’s Syndicate 2454 in South Africa

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Africa Specialty Risks Launches Lloyd’s Syndicate 2454 in South Africa

Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), a re/insurance group that focuses on developing markets, announced the launch of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2454 in South Africa. Based in Sandton, ASR’s syndicate underwriters will underwrite insurance and reinsurance risks in South Africa and neighboring countries, providing AA-rated capacity to the local market across bespoke specialty lines. ASR has made significant

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Skyward Specialty Promotes Burkhart to President, U.S. Property & Casualty

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Skyward Specialty Promotes Burkhart to President, U.S. Property & Casualty

John Burkhart Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, promoted John Burkhart to president, U.S. property & casualty, Skyward Specialty Insurance. In this expanded role, Burkhart will assume oversight of the Company’s captives & specialty programs divisions in addition to his current responsibilities for professional lines, industry solutions, surety, accident & health, and

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XPT Specialty Adds Ornce to Workers’ Comp Division

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XPT Specialty Adds Ornce to Workers’ Comp Division

Chris Ornce XPT Specialty, headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, appointed Chris Ornce as a senior vice president in its workers’ compensation division. With over 15 years in the industry, Ornce has a reputation for building and growing agency distribution channels. Most recently, he served as the head of agency distribution at Ten Four Truck Insurance,

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Zurich Invests Heavily in Underwriting Talent to Boost Mid-Market, Specialty Growth

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Zurich Invests Heavily in Underwriting Talent to Boost Mid-Market, Specialty Growth

Zurich Insurance Group is continuing to expand its middle market and specialty footprint by investing heavily this year in targeted recruitment of “top-tier underwriting talent” across the group. “In the U.S. alone, we have hired more than 100 middle market and specialty underwriting professionals, all operating out of an expansive network of more than 30

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MGA Pen Underwriting Names Doyle as CEO of Ireland; Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Promotes de Blieck to Belgium Country Manager

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Miller Taps Howden’s Cumberland to Newly Created Role of Chief Broking Officer; HDI Global Promotes Tikhonov to Head of Marine Global Risk

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the MGA Pen Underwriting and the insurer BHSI. A summary of these new hires follows here. Pen Underwriting Names Doyle as CEO of Ireland Pen Underwriting, the London-based managing general agent, announced that Michael Doyle has been appointed chief executive officer of its business in Ireland,

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MMA Sues Former Specialty Marine Head Over Move to Howden US

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MMA Sues Former Specialty Marine Head Over Move to Howden US

Marsh McLennan Agency is going after a single employee, who came over in the acquisition of McGriff Insurance Services, for leaving for Howden US—taking 17 coworkers and over 30 clients representing $4 million in annual revenue. According to a lawsuit filed last last month in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York,

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