People Moves: Liberty Specialty Mkts Names Beattie Head of War & Terrorism; New Dawn Risk Hires Aon’s Khan for Professional Risks, Lothbury’s Vernon for Healthcare/Life Sciences

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets and broker New Dawn Risk.

A summary of these new hires follows here.

Liberty Specialty Markets Names Beattie as Global Head of War & Terrorism

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, announces changes to its London Specialty Business. Paul Beattie has been appointed Global Head of War and Terrorism. Beattie is based in London and takes up the role with immediate effect.

Beattie takes up this new responsibility in addition to his existing role, head of Underwriting – Marine Niche Products. He will be responsible for growing the book of business by differentiating LSM’s offering for the benefit of its brokers and clients. He will continue to report to Mike Burle who held the role previously. Burle was recently appointed deputy active underwriter in addition to his role of head of Marine Division.

Beattie joined LSM in October 2012 as underwriting manager. He has over 20 years of experience underwriting war and terrorism risks.

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New Dawn Risk Hires Aon’s Khan for Professional Risks, Lothbury’s Vernon for Healthcare/Life Sciences

New Dawn Risk Group Ltd., the London-based specialty liability and cyber Lloyd’s broker, has appointed Sarah Khan as head of Professional Risks, and Francesca Vernon as head of the newly formed Healthcare and Life Sciences team.

Khan has 13 years of international experience in the insurance industry gained as a broker, underwriter and in business development. She joins New Dawn Risk from Aon, where she was a broking director. Prior to that, she was a senior professional liability underwriter at AXA in the U.S.

Vernon also has more than a decade of insurance experience in the healthcare and life sciences. She was most recently head of London Market Broking at Lothbury, where she established an international specialty lines offering. She has also previously held senior broking roles at Aon and Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

Established in 2008, New Dawn Risk is a specialist insurance broker providing dynamic advisory solutions. We focus on complex, international liability and other specialty insurance and reinsurance. Clients large and small profit from our expertise, creativity and responsiveness – from risk assessment through to claims.

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