People Moves: Arch Reinsurance Promotes 3 Senior Leaders: Halgan, Hardy Pickering and Pun; DUAL France Taps Déal From Everest as Managing Director

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Reinsurance and DUAL France.

A summary of these new hires follows here.

Arch Reinsurance Promotes 3 Senior Leaders: Halgan, Hardy Pickering and Pun

Arch Reinsurance Group announced the promotions of three senior executives, effective April 1: Jerome Halgan, Vanessa Hardy Pickering and Lester Pun.

Details of the promotions are as follows:

• Jerome Halgan will be president and chief underwriting officer of Arch Reinsurance Group, in addition to maintaining his role as CEO of Arch Reinsurance Ltd. (Arch Re Ltd.). In this expanded role, he will also oversee underwriting strategy, operations and approach across the group. Halgan joined Arch in 2009, and his leadership to encourage innovation, collaboration and strengthen relationships with our clients has strongly contributed to the growth and continued success of the business.
• Vanessa Hardy Pickering will be chief financial officer (CFO) of Arch Reinsurance Group. In this role she will work closely with Reinsurance CFOs across the company to shape the future state of the finance department. Her track record of supporting strategic growth plans, leading strong teams and serving as a trusted partner makes her a natural fit for this new role. Hardy Pickering joined Arch in 2021 and most recently served as the CFO of Arch Re.
• Lester Pun will be chief operating officer of Arch Reinsurance Group where he will drive the execution of key transformation projects across the company, including oversight and support of its data strategy initiative. With more than two decades of actuarial and operational experience, Pun has the practical know-how to bring Arch Reinsurance Group’s future ambitions into reality. He joined Arch in 2018 and most recently served as chief actuary of Arch Re Ltd.

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DUAL France Taps Déal From Everest France as Managing Director

DUAL Europe announced the appointment of Guillaume Déal as managing director, DUAL France, reporting to Olaf Jonda, CEO, DUAL Europe.

DUAL said his appointment reflects the company’s strategy to attract top industry talent, and further strengthens its French leadership team following the appointment of Gwenaël Hervé as chair in December 2023.

Déal, who is based in Paris, joins DUAL from Everest where he held a variety of senior roles, most recently as head of Financial Lines, Everest France. Prior to this he was managing director Continental Europe, Navigators, and chief underwriting officer at CAMCA, the insurance subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Group.

Déal’s role will be to lead DUAL France’s growth trajectory and to solidify its position in the French market.

DUAL France offers financial lines, professional indemnity, cyber, construction all risks, title and M&A insurance solutions for medium-sized and large companies, and accident & health.

The specialist underwriting arm of Howden Group, DUAL Group was launched in 1998 and is now one of the world’s largest international underwriting agencies with US$3.5 billion of GWP. The company has more than 1,600 people in 21 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, and is one of Lloyd’s’ largest international coverholders. DUAL Europe operates from 17 locations in 13 countries.

Topics Talent Reinsurance Leadership