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​​​​​​​​​​​​​Round-up of the weekly news and developments from the global (re)insurance market with stories from BMS Group, Pool Re, Everest Insurance and more.​BMS Group appoints Alex Tesei as director of European energy reinsurance BMS Group has announced further expansion of its specialty energy practice with the appointment of Alex Tesei as director of European energy reinsurance. Based in London, he will report to James Chicken, BMS’ managing director of energy. Read MoreJonathan Gray joins Pool Re as chief underwriting officer elect  Pool Re has announced the appointment of Jonathan Gray as chief underwriting officer elect, working alongside current CUO Steve Coates prior to his retirement in early 2023. Gray has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance market and joins the firm from Axis Re, where he most recently held the role of president of Global Specialties. Read MoreEverest Insurance expands operations into France & Germany Everest Insurance, the Insurance division of Everest Re Group has announced its further expansion into the European market with the official opening and regulatory approval to operate two new branches in Paris, France and Düsseldorf, Germany. Plans for a third European branch opening in Madrid, Spain is also underway for later this year. Read MoreHowden CAP names Alexander van Kuffeler as chief commercial officer International insurance broker has announced the appointment of Alexander van Kuffeler as chief commercial officer of Howden CAP. Van Kuffeler joins the business from Marsh, where he was a client director in Marsh’s Private Equity and M&A Practice, advising on risk transfer solutions for complex M&A transactions. Read MoreLSM Switzerland promotes Markus Hefel to general manager Liberty Specialty Markets, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Global Risk Solutions division, has promoted Markus Hefel to the role of general manager, LSM Switzerland. In his new role, he is responsible for leading the Swiss team and LSM’s business in Switzerland to serve the needs of Swiss clients and brokers. Read MoreAon adds Gary Warman as Global Life Leader of STG Aon has announced Gary Warman has been appointed as global life leader of its Strategy and Technology Group, effective immediately. Warman is a qualified Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and holds over 30 years of experience in the life insurance industry. He joins from Royal London Mutual Insurance Society, where he was finance systems and change director. Read More​

By Sarah Roebuck

Diversity and Inclusion

​Eames Partnership has partnered with the accessibility technology provider, Recite Me to enable website visitors to customise their online experience in a way that best suits their individual needs. It is estimated that 20% of people have a disability that can prevent them from reading and understanding online content. Those who are most susceptible to access barriers are those who struggle with decreased vision, learning difficulties, literacy, language/linguistic problems, attention disorders and physical disabilities. Recite Me accessibility software implemented on our website provides users with the opportunity to customise their online experience. The toolbar includes screen reading functionality, multiple reading aids, an on-demand live translation feature that boasts over 100 languages, including 35 texts to speech and styling options. This includes changes to the font size, type, and colour. Having secured a Bronze accreditation with Clear Assured in January 2022, this is another step forward in our equality, diversity and inclusion efforts and further demonstrates how we put inclusion at our core. To access the assistive toolbar on the Eames Partnership website, click the circular blue accessibility icon at the bottom right of the website. --- Recite Me functionality is also available on our brand sites: Eames Group, Eames Consulting, and ECMS. For more information on Recite Me, please visit their website here. For information on our partnership with Recite me please contact Sarah Roebuck, marketing director.

By Charlie Thomas

The GRID

In this special 3-part series of The GRID Podcast, we celebrate Pride Month.We are bringing together some of the LGBTQ+ community from within the reinsurance and insurance market. In this episode, our expert panel discusses some of the more challenging issues when it comes to LGBTQ+. I’ve often heard complaints that employers are too quick to lump all members of the LGBTQ+ community together as a homogenous group and assume that all of their wants and needs are the same. In this episode, there is a poignant take on the lost learning opportunities from lumping everyone together, which then segues into some really important points about another topic I’m passionate about when it comes to D&I – the importance of intersectionality.You can listen to the full episode on Apple, Spotify and other podcast platforms. ​​​​