People Moves: Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Hires AIG’s Blattner-Hoyle to Lead Trade Finance; QBE Names AXA XL’s France as Head of Property, Europe

This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at two insurers: Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and QBE European Operations.

A summary of these new hires follows here.

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Names Blattner-Hoyle to Lead Trade Finance

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions announced the appointment of Marilyn Blattner-Hoyle as global head Trade Finance in its Global Credit & Surety unit, effective Aug. 18, 2021. In this leadership role, she will be responsible for the origination and underwriting activities across the Trade Finance portfolio, focusing on the development of growth opportunities, implementation of business strategy and the digitization of the company’s offering.

Based in Zurich, Blattner-Hoyle will report to Andreas Hillebrand, global head Credit & Surety.

Blattner-Hoyle is a highly regarded leader in the broader Structured Trade Credit and Political Risk market. Most recently she held the position of global head of Trade Finance at American International Group, where she worked for close to six years, according to her LinkedIn profile.

The Credit & Surety team of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions provides a broad range of credit risk solutions to financial institutions, investors, exporters or multinational corporations.

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QBE European Operations Appoints France as Head of Property

QBE has appointed Ian France as head of Property, European Operations. France joins from AXA XL where he was international property manager and has previously held senior property roles at XL Catlin and AIG.

In his new role, France will be working with each of the property underwriting teams in developing the underwriting strategy to deliver greater value to QBE’s customers. He reports to Stephanie Cryer who was recently promoted from the role to head of Product Leaders, QBE European Operations.

As head of Property, France will be working closely with QBE’s underwriting teams to manage the property portfolio and risk appetite as well as the alignment of technical underwriting priorities and tools to ensure the company delivers the best solutions for customers, said Cryer.

Topics Europe Property AIG AXA XL Swiss Re