Howden Re bolsters reinsurance workforce with London-based senior executives

Howden Re has made important strikes to reinforce its worldwide reinsurance operations by bringing on two senior executives—Grange Turner and Tom Finch—to steer motor reinsurance and capital options from its London workplace. These appointments are a part of Howden’s technique to broaden its broking and advisory providers in key markets throughout the UK, Europe, and North America.

Turner will be a part of Howden Re on Nov. 11 as managing director of worldwide casualty and head of worldwide motor reinsurance. His function will give attention to strengthening the corporate’s motor reinsurance choices throughout all casualty traces, with a selected emphasis on the UK and Nordic areas.

He may also collaborate intently with Howden Insurance coverage’s community of UK branches and combine the corporate’s telematics platform, Howden Driving Information, into its motor insurance coverage providers.

Earlier than becoming a member of Howden Re, Turner labored at McGill & Companions as a associate within the treaty reinsurance workforce. He has additionally held senior roles at Willis Re and Man Carpenter, the place he dealt with reinsurance treaties for purchasers throughout motor, public and merchandise legal responsibility, skilled traces, and medical malpractice.

Finch joined Howden Re on Oct. 1 as managing director and head of potential options. He’ll give attention to offering potential structured reinsurance options to purchasers, working intently with Howden Re’s current capital options groups in Lloyd’s and North America. He may also collaborate with Alex Roth, managing director of capital and operational options in Europe.

Finch brings over 17 years of business expertise to his new function, having beforehand spent 12 years at Swiss Re in varied world structured options groups and most just lately serving as group head of underwriting governance at AXIS Capital.

“Grange’s in depth expertise within the motor market and Tom’s experience in structured reinsurance options will play a crucial function in increasing Howden’s capabilities and delivering worth to our purchasers in a quickly altering market,” mentioned Matthew Westerman, head of London at Howden Re Worldwide.