Kane has made a number of key appointments within its US operations.
Ann West has been promoted to operations director of its US captive management operations, responsible for overseeing the development and ongoing management of Kane’s US-domiciled captives and RRGs.
Stephen Brown has also joined the group as head of its Vermont operations. Most recently vice president of JLT Towner, Brown has 12 years of experience in public accounting and captive management services in Vermont, including holding senior positions at Beecher Carlson Insurance Services and Aon Insurance Managers.
In addition, Kane has appointed Miles Hopkins as senior account manager and Vivien Rothwell as account manager within the Kane USA team.
Prior to joining Kane, Hopkins spent seven years working at Johnson Lambert & Co, a leading public accounting firm in the captive sector.
Rothwell was previously an account executive at Alternative Risk Management in Guernsey, and prior to that worked for Aon Insurance Managers (Bermuda).
Simon Hinshelwood, group chief executive of Kane, said: "We see significant opportunities for growth in the US captive market, both from a geographical and business sector perspective.
Ann's promotion recognises the great work she has done to help build our operations in this region, and with the appointments of Steve, Miles and Vivien, we are ideally positioned to capitalise on the many opportunities we see."
