People moves news, in insurance-linked securities (ILS) and related areas of reinsurance

Hiscox Capital Partners, the division of Hiscox Re that encompasses insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments and quota-share partnerships, has appointed Charalambos (Harry) Spanos as a Senior ILS Actuary.

Twelve Securis is combining its catastrophe bond and private ILS focused investment teams, to consolidate and optimise its approach to managing dedicated strategies and blended portfolios, while at the same time the firm also stated that long-standing senior employee Etienne Schwartz is departing the firm.

Aon has promoted long-standing Bermuda based employee Choisel Murray to a senior position as Global Chief Commercial Officer within the Aon Captive & Insurance Management business.

Arch Capital Group, the Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance specialist, has promoted insurance-linked securities and retrocession operations specialist Bryan Lynch to the role of Head of ILS Experience and Operations.

Aeolus Capital Management Ltd., the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investment manager, has announced a series of key promotions across its underwriting, reinsurance, retro, finance, legal, and operational teams.

Ascot Group, the specialist global re/insurance underwriter, has hired former Aspen Capital Markets executive James Lee as President of its dedicated third-party reinsurance capital management division Leadline Capital Partners.

Bill Ackman linked investment holding company Pershing Square Holdings has appointed current Twelve Securis board executive Ranjani Kearsley, who works at investment firm B-FLEXION, as an independent non-executive director, a move that brings additional insurance-linked securities (ILS) experience to the Vantage Group linked firm.

Korra, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform from Ledger Investing that is focused on casualty ILS, has announced that it has appointed Yisheng Bu as Chief Actuary, who joins the firm after 13 years of service at Sompo International.

African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd.) the financial affiliate and parametric insurance underwriting entity of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, has appointed David Maslo as its permanent CEO, following his successful tenure as interim leader during a period of significant transformation for the company.

Arch Reinsurance Group, the reinsurance underwriting arm of global re/insurer Arch Capital Group, has promoted William Soares to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Arch Reinsurance Ltd. in Bermuda, and Jon Schriber to CEO of Arch Reinsurance Company in the U.S., effective immediately.