Markel Hires Senior Leaders for Casualty, Skilled, Monetary Threat Groups in Australia; BHSI Promotes Regan to Head of Casualty, Eire

This version of Worldwide Individuals Strikes particulars appointments at Markel in Australia and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance coverage (BHSI).

A abstract of those new hires follows right here.

Markel Hires Senior Leaders in Australia for Casualty, Skilled, Monetary Threat Groups

Markel, the insurance coverage operation inside Markel Group Inc., introduced the growth of the management staff in Australia, with appointments of Ahmed Farag as head of Casualty and Kym Beazleigh as head of Skilled and Monetary Threat (PFR) and head of Sydney.

Farag joins Markel from Swiss Re Company Options, the place he was casualty portfolio chief for Australia and New Zealand. Based mostly in Melbourne, Farag has a robust repute within the Casualty market, with technical and strategic expertise throughout a various vary of industries.

Beazleigh joins Markel from Allied World, the place he was senior vp and underwriting head, Asia Pacific Skilled Strains Division. In his new function as head of PFR and head of Sydney, Beazleigh brings distinctive management expertise in skilled strains and a confirmed monitor report driving regional enterprise progress.

Markel has additionally appointed Arné Booysen as senior underwriter, Skilled Indemnity. Booysen will report back to Beazleigh and joins Markel from Allied World, the place he served as assistant vp and underwriting supervisor, Australian Skilled Strains Division. The graduation of Beazleigh and Booysen marks the opening of Markel’s Sydney workplace.

Markel is continuous its growth in Australia with a confirmed technique in worldwide markets – establishing a robust onshore presence with an skilled and empowered underwriting staff. The providing will initially embody casualty, skilled indemnity and administrators & officers merchandise, with different strains to comply with because the group continues to construct its native presence.

“The appointment of Ahmed and Kym to steer our Casualty and PFR practices is a transparent and thrilling sign to the Australian market that Markel intends to construct a number one place over the long run,” commented Rory Morison, managing director, Australia at Markel.

“Opening the Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney workplaces concurrently was a deliberate transfer to make sure our individuals are as shut as potential to policyholders, and their brokers,” Morison added.

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BHSI Promotes Regan to Head of Casualty in Eire

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance coverage (BHSI) introduced that it has promoted Donagh Regan to go of Casualty in Eire.

Regan has greater than 20 years of business expertise spanning underwriting, claims and threat engineering. He was beforehand senior casualty underwriter at BHSI.

Previous to becoming a member of BHSI in April 2021, Regan was improvement underwriter (specializing in public sector, schooling, healthcare and different not-for-profit sectors) at IPB Insurance coverage, the place he labored for eight years, in keeping with his LinkedIn profile. Beforehand, Regan was improvement underwriter at Vacationers Insurance coverage the place he labored for practically seven years, his profile mentioned.

In his new function, he continues to be primarily based in Dublin and could be reached at Donagh.Regan@bhspecialty.com.

“Since becoming a member of BHSI in 2021, Donagh has been instrumental in constructing our solutions-focused casualty portfolio in Eire,” mentioned Louise Kidd, nation supervisor, Eire, BHSI. “His deep underwriting information, casualty threat experience and glorious character make him exceptionally effectively suited to steer our casualty enterprise into the long run.”

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