Talent

Mallen previously spent over 10 years at Chaucer, most recently as a US casualty reinsurance underwriter.

Mark Shumway joins from Howden Capital Markets, where he has been managing director since 2020.

He joins from Global Parametrics, where he was head of partnerships and business development.

Bernard Opoku will replace Jeff Sangster as CFO effective 1 October.

The leadership change follows Howden’s landmark acquisition of TigerRisk at the beginning of the year.

She joins after over four years at Securis, where she was head of investor relations and business development.

Nichols joins from Aeolus Capital Management, where he’d served as a portfolio manager after previously spending nearly a decade at Guy Carpenter.

Ola Jacob's role at Descartes will focus on expanding the firm's parametric insurance offering in the London market to corporates exposed to climate risks across the globe.

Gallagher Re has stated that the alternative capital market has increased by 4%.

His role change — following that of LCM leader Darren Redhead in 2021 — raises questions over the firm’s future ILS strategy.

Morrison spent four years as an underwriter at Securis before moving to Aeolus in 2018.

The firm joins other challenger brokers in tackling the stronghold of the cat-bond broking space.