This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Generali Global Corporate & Commercial, Lockton Re and Aon.
An overview of these new employees follows here.
Generali Global Corporate & Commercial promotes 3 for German leadership team
Generali’s P&C unit Global Business and Commercial (GC&C) announced three appointments to the leadership team in Germany. Tanya Waeber has been appointed Head of Cyber Insurance, Ralph Rebetge is the new head of Financial Lines, and Sebastian Bird is the new head of Casualty, effective January 1, 2023.
Waeber takes over the unit’s newly created Cyber Insurance unit. Before that, she was a senior underwriter at GC&C since 2018. With more than 12 years of international expertise in industrial insurance, Waeber worked for Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty in the Broker Relationship Management department, in financial lines and in cyber, among others. She holds a degree in economics from the University of Hamburg and is a Fellow of the Charted Insurance Institute (FCII) in London.
The new Head of Financial Lines, Rebetge, has more than 20 years of expertise in this sector. Prior to joining GC&C in 2020, he held various management positions including Chubb Insurance Co. in Europe. Rebetge has been shaping the Financial Lines division for many years and has gained international experience through several years abroad.
Vogel, the new head of Casualty, joined GC&C in 2020. Over the past 15 years, he has built up international expertise in the insurance industry, holding various positions as an accident expert at Marsh and Airbus. His qualifications include a degree in business administration, a bachelor of arts and a master of law (LL.M.) in insurance law from the University of Hamburg. He is a fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute (FCII) in London.
Waeber, Rebetge and Vogel report directly to Matthias Arnold, who took over responsibility for GC&C adoption in Germany last year.
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Lockton Re’s Taps AXIS’ Silley for Cyber Practice
Lockton Re, the global reinsurance business of the world’s largest private insurance broker, has announced that Matthew Silley has joined as a broker in its Specialty division’s Cyber Practice.
Silley will work closely with Oli Brew, who joined Lockton Re late last year, and the broker’s other cyber experts in North America and Bermuda.
Silley brings over 10 years of analytics and cyber experience to Lockton Re, with a variety of areas of focus. He was most recently Cyber Portfolio Management Lead at AXIS Capital and also held key positions at CyberCube and PwC UK. He is actively involved in the wider cyber industry and a member of many industry groups. He is also known for his contributions to the subject as an author and subject matter expert.
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Aon appoints Penalva as head of Enterprise Clients, EMEA
Insurance agent Aon plc has named Pedro Penalva as lead corporate customers in EMEA, effective February 1, 2023.
In this new role, Penalva is part of the Enterprise Client Group (ECG) Leadership Team.
Penalva joined Aon in 2010. Most recently he was CEO for Iberia, Africa and Israel and EMEA’s multinational customer segment leader, and prior to that he was CEO of Aon for Portugal. Penalva has more than 25 years of experience in international financial services, insurance and consultancy companies. Prior to joining Aon, he was CEO of AIG in Portugal and a member of the European Executive Committee.
Penalva holds a Master of Science in Engineering from Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon. He also attended the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Business School and a postgraduate degree in Management from IESE Business School.
“Pedro’s new role is a natural progression in his career and builds on years of solid geographic and country leadership experience. His current assignment includes leading multinational clients. He will continue to help our clients make better decisions, in addition to leading the Enterprise Client Group in EMEA,” he said Eduardo DavilaEMEA CEO, Aon.
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Cyber New Markets Aon Generali Life Assurance (Thailand) Plc. Germany
