Marsh Promotes Donnelly to International Head of Placement; Markel Names AIG’s Conyard as Digital & Portfolio Exec in Distribution Workforce

This version of Worldwide Folks Strikes particulars appointments at Marsh and Markel.

A abstract of those new hires follows right here.

Marsh Promotes Donnelly to International Head of Placement

Insurance coverage dealer Marsh introduced the appointment of John Donnelly as world head of Placement, efficient Jan. 1, 2024. Donnelly will relocate to London from Sydney and report back to Pat Donnelly, president, Marsh Specialty and International Placement.

On this position, Donnelly can have world duty for Marsh’s retail and wholesale broking actions. He’ll work intently with Marsh’s regional placement leaders to advance its world placement technique to satisfy the evolving wants of purchasers and lead digital market engagement initiatives.

Donnelly returned to Marsh in 2013 and is head of Placement for Asia Pacific. He has over 40 years’ worldwide expertise in placement, danger, and insurance coverage, and commenced his profession with Marsh in 1983.

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Markel Names AIG’s Conyard as Digital & Portfolio Exec in Distribution Workforce

Markel, the insurance coverage operation inside Markel Group Inc., has appointed Chris Conyard as Digital & Portfolio Govt in its distribution methods and enterprise improvement (DS&BD) crew.

In his new place, Conyard will work intently with the underwriting and enterprise improvement groups to help Markel’s long-term sustainable progress and operational effectiveness. He will even play an crucial position in serving to to guide and develop Markel’s distribution technique.

With greater than 20 years of expertise within the world insurance coverage business, Conyard joins from American Worldwide Group (AIG), the place he was accountable for distribution technique and strategic dealer relationships. Previous to this Conyard spent greater than a decade with Chubb, holding numerous senior underwriting and distribution roles throughout its Accident & Well being (A&H) operations.

Conyard can be based mostly at Markel’s London workplace and report back to Dan Martin, managing director of DS&BD at Markel Worldwide.

“At Markel, distribution is on the forefront of our technique, given the quickly altering nature of danger, mixed with the elevated digitisation of the worldwide insurance coverage market, and evolving shopping for habits of our prospects,” commented Martin. “This position represents a step change in our method. Chris’ various expertise, long-standing buying and selling relationships and thought of, collegiate method make him ideally suited to this thrilling new problem.”

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