People Moves: Miller’s Higgins Joins New Broker Inver Re; Hartford Hires AXA XL’s Brodzinski for Global Specialty; Bayman to MS Amlin for Aviation Reinsurance

This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at a new reinsurance broker, Ardonagh’s Inver Re; The Hartford’s Global Specialty business unit, and the aviation reinsurance division of MS Amlin Underwriting.

A summary of these new hires follows here.

The Ardonagh Group has appointed Neil Higgins as head of Facultative Reinsurance at its new reinsurance broker Inver Re.

Higgins joins from Miller where he held a number of roles since 2010, most recently as head of Property.

Throughout his decade at Miller, Higgins was instrumental in growing the business from a team of 12 to a property/casualty division of more than 100. Prior to this, he held senior roles at PWS and Newman Martin and Buchan.

Higgins will oversee the creation of a client centric, strategic, flexible and market-neutral approach to facultative reinsurance solutions.

Inver Re will align this capability with broader treaty reinsurance expertise, as well as drawing upon the combined expertise of Ardonagh Specialty and the Group, to position the new reinsurance broker as a credible, independent alternative for clients and work towards its aim to become a top 5 global reinsurance broker.

Founded in 2021, Inver Reinsurance Brokers Ltd. is a subsidiary of the Ardonagh Group, a UK-based independent insurance distribution platform and a top 20 broker globally.

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The Hartford has appointed Carrie Brodzinski as chief underwriting officer within its Global Specialty business unit.

She will be based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Hartford, Conn. and will report to Adrien Robinson, head of Global Specialty insurance.

As chief underwriting officer at The Hartford, Brodzinski will advance the company’s strategic priorities concerning underwriting excellence and top quartile performance among specialty lines insurers. She will direct and coordinate all aspects of underwriting quality, governance and monitoring of The Hartford’s diverse portfolio of products. Additionally, she will provide leadership on the critical function of underwriter learning and development.

Prior to joining The Hartford, Brodzinski was the head of Global Underwriting Management for the Insurance Segment at AXA XL and XL Catlin previously. As an insurance industry executive with more than 25 years of experience in product strategy, underwriting operations and risk analysis, Brodzinski has successfully brought several breakthrough products to the industry, and is a well-known expert on management and professional liability coverage and exposures.

She began her professional career as an attorney focused on commercial law and bankruptcy.

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MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. (MS AUL), the Lloyd’s global specialty re/insurer, announced the appointment of Richard Bayman as head of Aviation Reinsurance. Bayman will take up the role in the third quarter of 2021, subject to regulatory approval. He will report to Matthew Wilken, head of Reinsurance.

Bayman brings more than 20 years of experience in the aviation re/insurance market to MS AUL, most recently as head of Aerospace at Chubb where he was responsible for strategic planning and underwriting performance.

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