Global insurer Generali has named Fabrice Benard as Asia regional head of property & casualty, retail, recruiting him from rival firm AXA.
According to a statement from the company, Benard will report directly to Roberto Leonardi, regional officer for Asia.
Before joining Generali, Benard was part of AXA and was based in Dubai, where he was chief of P&C, retail and an actuarial & data officer. He was also head of corporate finance, capital management, reinsurance at AXA Italy and P&C chief actuary for AXA MPS.
Benard is the second senior executive that has moved from AXA to Generali this year, with Leonardi joining the Italy-based firm in January. With AXA Asia, Leonardi was in charge of health & employment benefits, protection, marketing, digital and big data.
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