International Group member The Swedish Club has announced three new roles which it said would “position the Club to anticipate and meet the changing demands of its members and business partners”. It said that the move was “designed to reflect today’s complex business landscape”. Thorbjörn Emanuelsson has been appointed Director, Underwriting; Johan Kahlmetre will step…
AGCS expands in marine liability
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), the commercial insurance arm of Allianz, has hired Ross Taylor to work in its marine liability underwriting team. Taylor had been an underwriting manager at Liberty Specialty Markets since April 2015, having fulfilled various other roles with the insurer since joining the company it August 2003 as an assistant…
Victor Insurance marine chief Turner resigns to join West P&I; report
Richard Turner, international head of marine at Victor Insurance, is reported to have resigned to join West P&I Club. The former president of the International Union of Marine Insurance had been at Victor only since December 2020. Previously he was CEO of RSA Luxembourg, having spent more than 35 years in roles with the company….
Two senior appointments at TT Club
International freight and logistics mutual insurer TT Club has announced two new appointments to senior positions as part of its planned succession programme. Kevin King has been promoted to the post of Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Meanwhile, Mark Argentieri has been named as successor to King in the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Both…
New DNV Maritime appointments
Hamburg, Germany-based DNV has appointed Torgeir Sterri as its new Offshore Classification Director for DNV Maritime, effective March 1st 2023. Lucas Ribeiro, former Area Manager for Iberia, Italy and Malta, will succeed Sterri as Regional Manager for West Europe. In his new role, Sterri will be based in Norway, heading up the global Offshore Class…
ITIC appoints Jeff Woyda as new Chairman
Mutual insurer International Transport Intermediaries Club, which provides professional indemnity cover for transport intermediaries operating in the marine, offshore, renewable and aviation industries, has appointed Jeff Woyda as its new Chairman. Woyda is taking over from Lars Säfverström, who has been in the post since 2019. Woyda has been an ITIC board member since 2014…
Solis Marine Group appoints Duncan Campbell as Partner
London, UK-based marine technical consultancy Solis Marine Group has appointed senior naval architect and leading data analyst Duncan Campbell as a Partner. Based out of Solis Marine’s London practice, he will take overall responsibility for naval architecture consultancy services. Campbell joined Solis Marine in 2017 as a naval architect and AIS and VDR analyst, working…
BMS hires three for energy lines team
Specialist UK-based re/insurance broker BMS has announced three senior hires to its up-, mid- and down-stream energy offerings with the appointment of three senior hires. Alex Collier and Josh Saggers will join as directors and Andrew Vertigan will join as a senior account handler, effective May 2023. They will begin an expansion of BMS specialisms…
ICS board member is head of sanctioned Russian company
The decision by the US Treasury to include river-sea-class vessel operator Pola Rise as one of the 230 Russian entities blacklisted in its latest round of sanctions appears to have had perhaps unintended consequences. The director of Pola Rise (aka Pola Raiz), Albert Vygovskii, was also a board member of the International Chamber of Shipping…
New MD for Gard (Japan) KK
Louis Shepherd has been appointed Managing Director of Gard (Japan) KK, effective May 1st 2023 Louis Shepherd replaces John Martin, who has acted as interim Managing Director of Gard (Japan) KK since Tadashi Sugimoto stepped down last October. Shepherd was previously Senior Claims Adviser and Lawyer in Gard’s Defence team. He joined Gard in February…