New Dawn Risk Group, the international specialist insurance intermediary, has appointed Manuel Sicard to lead the company’s expansion into Latin America. Based in London, Sicard is a Latin America senior broker. Prior to joining New Dawn, Sicard was vice president of financial lines at Guy Carpenter. He previously held a similar role at Willis Towers Watson (WTW) in London. Earlier in his career, he worked in Colombia as a reinsurance analyst for Allianz and a risk consultant at RE Ingenieria. Max Carter, CEO of New Dawn Risk, explains that Latin America is a dynamic and developing region that is experiencing growing demand for increasingly complex insurance products, translating into a broad range of opportunities for international reinsurers. Carter says: “Given that this is relatively uncharted territory for some, cedants and reinsurers alike need to know their broker can provide local specialist knowledge of the markets they are operating in.” “Manuel Sicard’s depth of experience in the region, spanning underwriting, broking and risk management, combined with the strength of the relationships he has built up over more than two decades working in the industry, means we are now able to offer clients a more engaging and valuable proposition in Latin America,” he adds.
