People Moves: Arch Insurance Int’l Taps Beazley’s Reid as Head of Business Solutions; Allianz Commercial Promotes Raven as Head of Large Corporate Liability in UK

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance International and Allianz Commercial.

A summary of these new hires follows here.

Arch Insurance Int’l Taps Beazley’s Reid as Head of Business Solutions

Arch Insurance International announced the appointment of Miriam Reid as head of Business Solutions, with immediate effect.

In this new role, Reid leads strategic operations, business improvement and organizational alignment initiatives across Arch, focusing on scalable, future-ready solutions that help enhance performance and drive growth. She will work closely with Arch’s underwriting, transformation and technology teams on initiatives that deliver enhanced value to brokers and clients. Based in London, Reid reports to Ketan Motwani, chief operating officer.

Reid brings over 20 years of global insurance experience to the role across underwriting, operations, transformation, business management and strategic leadership. Most recently, she was head of Business Management and chief of staff for Beazley’s Cyber Risks division. Prior to this, she held several senior roles at AIG focusing on business transformation.

“Miriam’s breadth of experience, expertise and track record of driving transformation will be hugely valuable to Arch’s operations leadership team. I’m delighted to have her on the team, and she will play a key role in embedding our strategic transformation agenda,” commented Motwani. “This appointment further strengthens our operating model and positions us to capitalize on the rapidly evolving digital, AI, and technology landscape across our market.”

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Allianz Commercial Promotes Raven as Head of Large Corporate Liability in UK

Allianz Commercial announced the promotion of James Raven as the new regional head of Liability for the UK, effective immediately.

In this role, Raven will lead the Allianz Commercial Large corporate liability business across the UK, with responsibility for the profitability and strategic direction of the portfolio.

He assumes the role from Luke Baker who earlier this year was appointed as Allianz Commercial’s director UK Global and AGCS SE branch manager. Raven reports to Baker and continue to be based in Allianz’s London office.

Raven joined Allianz Commercial in 2022, having previously worked at different insurers across the market, in roles of increasing seniority across his 25 year career in insurance.

Topics Commercial Lines Liability Allianz