Kane has made two senior appointments for its North American operations, with Carlos Oliveras becoming managing director of Kane in the US and Stephen White becoming business development director for the US and Canada.
Oliveras will be based in Connecticut and will report directly to Simon Hinshelwood, group chief executive of Kane.
White will report to Oliveras and will work alongside fellow director of business development in the US, Harry Rodgers, on building new business opportunities for Kane’s North American, Bermudan and Caribbean operations.
Oliveras joins Kane from insurance consultancy Trinity Holdings Group, where he was its managing member. He previously worked as managing director of Aon’s M&A group, as well as chief sales and marketing officer for Alea Group Holdings.
He also worked as general manager of two business units at American Re-Insurance Company, which later became Munich Re.
White has worked at Canadian financial institutions, including Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Royal Bank of Canada. He was also head of captive solutions at Marsh Canada and vice president at AON Risk Solutions, where he provided captive development services.
Oliveras said: “The US market is a highly competitive one and for any player to stand out they must excel in terms of quality of service, diversity of product and depth of expertise. Kane in my view is a stand-out organization on all of these fronts and I am delighted to be joining in the position of managing director of its US operations as we seek to further expand our presence in this market.”
Hinshelwood added: “It is fantastic to be able to start 2013 by announcing that two industry figures of the calibre of Oliveras and White have joined the Kane team. 2012 was a very successful year for all of our teams in the ILS, LPI and captive arenas and we are fully committed to building on this momentum. We will continue to enhance and expand the services we currently provide to our clients and aim to capitalize on our success to attract new clients.”
