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

Montauk Point Ltd., a Bermuda-based firm that provides independent advisory and strategic advice to third-party risk capital providers, has appointed 35-year insurance and reinsurance veteran Dr. Gero Michel to lead its risk and analytics platform.

Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM), the reinsurance, insurtech, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and transportation focused investment manager, has promoted Bernard Opoku, who currently serves as the firm’s Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer to Partner, alongside several other key promotions across the organisation.

RenaissanceRe Capital Partners, the third-party reinsurance capital management and insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit of the Bermuda-headquartered reinsurance firm, has promoted Roger Beach to Vice President in the Business Development and Investors Relations function.

Global reinsurance business Ariel Re has announced a series of promotions across both its Bermuda and London offices, including Andy Kerr being promoted to Senior Vice President, Capital.

NormanMax, the expansive US based parametric insurance and reinsurance group with a pure-parametric syndicate at Lloyd’s, has hired Alvaro Espinel Pardo as a Vice President, where he will lead the firm’s strategy and development in Latin and South America.

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has appointed Dan Tomlinson from Allianz Commercial as Head of Alternative Risk Transfer Solutions, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Broker Guy Carpenter has announced the appointment of Ian Bartholomew PhD, Co-Founder and former Chief Underwriting Officer of parametric flood insurer, FloodFlash as Global Head of Parametric Advisory, effective June 1st, 2026.

Signal Iduna Reinsurance Ltd. (SI Re), the Swiss based reinsurance company that also invests in insurance-linked securities (ILS) for their diversification and return effects, has strengthened its capabilities with the hire of Sebastian Schulz as an ILS Analyst.

Price Forbes Capital Markets, the investment banking and ILS capital raising unit of reinsurance broker Price Forbes Re, has hired Mike Ward from Artex Risk Solutions as Vice President of its Capital Markets team in Bermuda.

Global re/insurance broking group Aon has appointed George Attard as Global Head of Analytics for Reinsurance Solutions, in addition to his role as Chief Strategy Officer for Reinsurance Solutions.