Jack Howell News

People Moves: PartnerRe’s Hanhart to AXIS Re; Zurich Names Verkerk to New Role of Chief Platform Officer; PwC’s Maxwell to MS Amlin as CRO

These International People Moves include appointments at AXIS Re, Zurich Insurance Group and MS Amlin. Details of these new hires follows. AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced that Nicole Hanhart has joined AXIS Re …

Changes at Zurich: New Digital Team; New CEOs for Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America

Zurich Insurance Group is launching a new unit to expand digital services platform worldwide. The company has also appointed several new chief executive officers for key regions. The new Global Business Platforms unit will be headed by current Asia Pacific …

Zurich Buys Australia’s Largest Travel Insurer, Cover-More, for US$551M

Zurich Insurance Group has successfully acquired Cover-More Group Ltd., a leading travel insurance and assistance solutions provider based in Sydney with a strong market position in Australia, India and the U.S. This transaction is an important milestone for Zurich as …

Zurich Insurance in APAC Creates New Commercial Insurance Structure

Zurich Insurance has created a new structure for its Commercial Insurance business in Asia Pacific (APAC), following the combination of its Global Corporate and Commercial units into a single division. “This simplified structure provides a single point of entry for …

Zurich Launches Commercial Insurance Unit; Shea Named as Head

Zurich Insurance Group AG named James Shea to head a new unit that will combine its global corporate and commercial businesses as part of a company-wide restructuring. Shea, 50, joins from American International Group Inc. where he headed global financial …

Howell Named Regional CEO of Zurich in Asia Pacific

Zurich announced the appointment of Jack Howell, (46, U.S. citizen) to the role of regional chief executive officer of Zurich in Asia Pacific, effective Sept. 1, 2016. In his role he will report to Mario Greco, group chief executive officer …