People on the move in the P&C insurance industry: Dec. 21, 2018

News from FM Global, Munich Re Specialty Insurance, Ascot and more.

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FM Global has named Deanna Fidler senior vice president, chief human resources officer. Before joining FM Global, FIdler served for three years as the chief human resources officer at global asset management firm T. Rowe Price.

Michael Kerner has been appointed CEO for Munich Re Specialty Insurance, a new commercial insurance unit in North America. For the past two years, he served as executive vice president, risk management and strategy at Everest Re.

Ascot has appointed Chris Johnson and Jocelyn Factor as underwriters in its U.S. marine team. Johnson, senior vice president, joins from Navigators where he was regional vice president for the western region; Jocelyn, vice president, also joins from Navigators where she was involved in all ocean marine product lines and developing regional business.

Norman Ives has joined Worldwide Facilities‘ management and brokerage team as it expands the resources and institutional knowledge of its NutraRisk division, which specializes in cannabis, nutraceuticals and dietary supplements insurance coverage. Before this, he was a cannabis program manager at Mosaic Insurance Alliance LLC.

VIP Software, a national provider of integrated software solutions to the P&C insurance industry, has announced the following appointments:

Mark Manzi has been appointed national brokerage leader at Risk Strategies, a national insurance brokerage and risk management firm. Manzi most recently served as property & casualty division leader for Risk Strategies’ health care practice.

Connecticut Insurance Department Commissioner Katharine Wade will depart her role on Dec. 19, 2018. Filling in for Wade on an interim basis until Governor-elect Ned Lamont nominates a commissioner will be Paul Lombardo, an actuary who directs the department’s life and health division.

Justin Wright has been named an account administrator in RT Specialty‘s national environmental and construction professional liability practice. Before joining RT New Day, he worked at Munich Reinsurance, Farmers Insurance and American Income Life.

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. has appointed Matt Harris to lead the company’s international insurance operations, including the U.K., Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Bermuda. Harris joined Argo in 2017 and was previously responsible for a large portion of Argo’s international business.

Argo has also appointed Kevin Rehnberg chief administrative officer in addition to continuing as the head of Argo’s insurance business for the U.S. and Latin America. He joined Argo in 2013 as the president of U.S. operations.

MAPFRE‘s executive committee has proposed a series of management appointments, which are subject to approval by various governing bodies of the companies involved, which will be effective Jan. 1, 2019:

Josh Harwood has joined AXA XL‘s broker and client management team as client distribution leader for the U.S. North Central region. He joins AXA XL from Telephone & Data Systems, a Chicago-based Fortune 500 company where he most recently served as director of risk management.

International specialist insurer Hiscox has appointed Mike Levins head of U.S. broker relations. Prior to his appointment, Levins was senior vice president and Midwest regional executive for Hiscox USA.

Dr. Michel Léonard has been appointed vice president and senior economist at the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). Prior to joining the I.I.I., he was partner and chief data scientist at MaKro LLC, a fintech risk advisor.

Related: People on the move in the P&C insurance industry: Dec. 14, 2018

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