Max Bermuda, the operating company of the Max Capital Group, announced an expansion of its Dublin unit with the appointment of Michael W. Dicker as Senior Vice President – Agriculture at Max Re Europe Limited, Max Bermuda’s Dublin-based reinsurance subsidiary.
Dicker is “a seasoned professional with nearly a quarter-century of agriculture reinsurance experience,” said the bulletin. He was most recently affiliated with Guy Carpenter & Company Ltd., which he joined in 1994, and most recently served as Managing Director and Co-Leader of the Guy Carpenter Group Agriculture Specialty Practice. He spent eleven years underwriting agriculture reinsurance in the London market. Dicker is a graduate of University College Dublin, from which he received a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1983.
Adam Mullan, Executive Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer for Property and Specialty Reinsurance at Max Bermuda expressed his delight that Dicker is joining “the Max team.” He indicated that as of 2008 the Group’s Dublin office “will be the main underwriting center for Max’s Agriculture business both in North America and internationally.”
John Doucette, President of the P&C Reinsurance division of Max Bermuda, commented: “Having Michael join our team and adding Agriculture to our growing set of business lines is a significant opportunity for Max to further diversify our reinsurance portfolio and extend it into another historically profitable niche business.”
Source: Max Capital – www.maxcapgroup.com


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