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

Aon has announced some senior promotions within its Reinsurance Solutions division, with Andrew Laing to become UK CEO for Reinsurance and Rupert Moore taking on a new role as CEO of Reinsurance for Asia Pacific and Chairman of the Strategy and Technology Group for that region.

Descartes Underwriting, a specialist underwriter of parametric risk transfer opportunities, has strengthened its Asia Pacific leadership team, promoting Ben Qin to Head of Asia Pacific and WeeBeng Seow to acting Head of Southeast Asia.

Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has appointed property catastrophe retrocession and collateralized reinsurance specialist, Matthew Flynn, to the newly created role of Head of Global Clients for its Global Specialties business.

Leadenhall Capital Partners, the London headquartered specialist insurance linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance related investments manager, has hired Brian Hickey as a Senior Managing Director, within its Business Development team, bringing onboard another specialist in capital formation and investor relations for alternative investments.

Everest Group, the global insurance and reinsurance specialist, has appointed Jill Beggs to Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reinsurance, a promotion from her previous role as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company’s reinsurance arm.

McGill and Partners, the boutique risk solutions and broking firm, has hired Julia Henderson to lead its Bermuda business as CEO, while its London-based reinsurance treaty specialist George Cantlay has been named as President, Bermuda.

German reinsurer Munich Re has announced today that Dr. Christoph Jurecka, who is currently the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will become its new Chair of the Board of Management, succeeding Dr. Joachim Wenning who is set to retire.

PartnerRe, the Bermuda headquartered reinsurance company, has announced that Andrew Laing has been promoted to become the new Head of its third-party capital focused PartnerRe Capital Management division, as incumbent in the role Andrew Hughes is set to depart the firm.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS, the largest public pension fund in the United States with total assets under management of over $556 billion, has hired Mascha Canio, the head of credit and insurance-linked investments at PGGM, to lead its debt investment portfolio.

Aon, the global professional services, insurance and reinsurance broking firm, has promoted Matthew Towsey to the role of Global Head of Hedge Funds and Diversifying Strategies within its investment advisory and consultancy specialist area of the business.