A series of senior appointments have been announced across the insurance industry in the last 24hrs.
Arch Insurance International has promoted Antony Hope (pictured, left) to directors & officers (D&O) underwriting manager and Sangeetha Mani to financial institutions (FI) underwriting manager within its executive assurance division.
Based in London and reporting to Maggie Munns, head of executive assurance, Hope and Mani will oversee underwriting across the open‑market D&O and FI portfolios respectively. Both are tasked with strengthening broker engagement and building on the strong growth those portfolios have delivered in recent years.
Hope, most recently a class underwriter, joined Arch in 2019 and has previously held underwriting roles at Markel International, Argo and DUAL. Meanwhole, Mani, who joined Arch in 2021 as a senior underwriter, previously held underwriting roles at Travelers. Each brings more than 15 years’ insurance market experience to the new posts.
Consilium has expanded its claims team with three senior appointments.
Nicole Crowhurst (pictured, centre) has joined as associate partner from Evolin Broking, bringing 33 years’ claims‑handling experience with specialist expertise in international property, marine, professional indemnity and cyber, as well as reinsurance claims work at Aon and Guy Carpenter.
Louise Biddell and Kristin DeSouza have both joined as senior associates from Price Forbes.
Biddell has 22 years’ experience in international casualty, property and subrogation claims, with previous roles at Lockton, Xchanging, SCOR and AIG. DeSouza brings 24 years’ experience in reinsurance and has handled casualty, medical malpractice, general liability, property and professional indemnity claims at Besso, Aon and Swiss Re.
Insurtech Sixfold has appointed Tony Rosa (pictured, right) as chief data & analytics officer, following its recent US$30 million Series B round led by Brewer Lane with participation from Guidewire.
Rosa, who previously led the adoption of Sixfold’s platform as a customer, brings 15 years’ experience in insurance data and underwriting strategy.
Before joining Sixfold, Rosa was chief data & analytics officer at Ignyte Insurance. He also previously held senior analytics roles at NSM Insurance Group.
Core insurance software provider Fadata has appointed Kirsten Skarnvad as chief commercial officer.
Skarnvad brings more than 20 years’ experience advising and supporting insurers on large‑scale core transformation, with a track record in commercial growth, operational efficiency and return on investment across multiple policy administration platforms. In her new role, she will lead Fadata’s global commercial strategy, with a particular focus on maximising the value of its INSIS core insurance solution for existing and new clients.
Skarnvad will also play an integral role in shaping Fadata’s AI roadmap, both in how AI is embedded into its solutions and in how the company itself operates. She previously held senior partner, business development and consultancy roles at IBM and other policy administration and ecosystem providers.
