People Moves: Everest Re Promotes Klinger to Lead Int’l Reinsurance; HDI Global Hires Chubb’s Carberry as Head of U/W, Ireland; HSBC’s Rutherford to Aon’s UK FI Team

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Re, HDI Global and Aon.

A summary of these new hires follows here.

Everest Re Promotes Klinger to Head of Int’l Reinsurance

Everest Re Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based provider of reinsurance and insurance solutions, announced that Artur Klinger has been named head of International Reinsurance. In this new role, Klinger will oversee the company’s reinsurance business in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, reporting directly to Everest Group COO and Head of Reinsurance Jim Williamson.

Artur Klinger

Additionally, the company has appointed Rui Marliere to lead its Latin America, and Caribbean reinsurance business.

Klinger brings more than two decades of deep reinsurance experience to the role, most recently as managing director of Continental Europe at Everest where he built a successful team and achieved strong growth in the P/C treaty portfolio. Prior to Everest, Klinger held various executive roles at Munich Re, most recently as chief underwriting officer of its Swiss subsidiary NewRe, where he led a profitable global P/C business.

He was also a managing director of Munich Re’s Capital Partners unit, responsible for structuring reinsurance solutions to support growth and capital strategies for clients across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Klinger also served as chief actuary at Allianz Risk Transfer and Alea. He is based in Zurich and holds a Ph.D. in statistics.

Marliere has been promoted to support the Reinsurance Division’s growth objectives in Latin America and the Caribbean. He brings more than two decades of experience in the region, including leading underwriting business in Brazil, Peru, and Chile. Most recently, Marliere served as the head treaty underwriter for Everest’s Caribbean and Colombia portfolios. Prior to joining Everest, Marliere held various key leadership roles at XL Group in treaty and facultative underwriting, claims, and accounting.

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HDI Global Appoints Chubb’s Carberry as Head of Underwriting, Ireland

HDI Global SE – UK & Ireland (HDI) announced that Niall Carberry has been appointed to the role of head of Underwriting, Ireland effective immediately.

In this role, Carberry will lead HDI’s business in Ireland. He will report to Stephanie Ogden, director of Underwriting & Distribution.

Carberry joins HDI from Chubb where he has spent the majority of his career to date. In his most recent role, he held overall responsibility for the casualty portfolio in Ireland.

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Aon Names Rutherford to UK Financial Institutions Team

Insurance broker Aon announced that it has named Pete Rutherford as enterprise client leader, Financial Institutions, in the UK. He joined the firm on Jan. 1 and reports to Richard Phelps, head of Financial institutions (FI), UK and EMEA.

Pete Rutherford

Rutherford will help build key client relationships for Aon and further strengthen its leading Financial Institutions practice, joining a growing team of senior experts with broad relationships across the sector.

Rutherford brings 25 years of financial institutions’ experience to Aon, with deep sector expertise in banking, asset management, life companies, and insurance. He joins from HSBC, where he served as managing director, head of EMEA insurance, and UK bank coverage, responsible for managing key global clients.

He began his career at Capital Bank, and he has held several senior positions at Standard Life (now Abrdn), Clydesdale Bank, Albannach Financial Management, and The Royal Bank of Scotland.