Andy Bord, current interim CEO at Flood Re, has been appointed to the position on a permanent basis

Crawford & Company has promoted Kieran Rigby to president of international, from CEO of Europe and Latin America

QBE North America has appointed John Beckman as chief underwriting officer, based in the company’s New York office

Maxis Global Benefits Network (GBN), the joint venture between MetLife and AXA, has confirmed its new global leadership team

Michael O’Halleran is set to retire from his role as executive chairman of Aon Benfield and senior executive vice president of Aon

The Bermuda Monetary Authority has granted licensing approval for the MJ Student-Run Insurance Company, the first captive developed and implemented by Butler University College of Business students, and aimed at students

Sorford Surety Insurance Company, the wholly-owned subsidiary of IBT Group, which is a subsidiary of Eurofinsa, has requested to withdraw from A.M. Best’s ratings process

DARAG, a European run-off insurer, has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire all shares of Ikano Försäkring, the Stockholm-based Swedish captive owned by Ikano Group

The Self-Insurance Protection Act clarifies existing law to ensure that federal regulators cannot re-define stop-loss insurance as traditional health insurance

Aidan Kelly has taken on the role of associate director of risk finance and captive consulting at Aon Global Risk Consulting

Airmic has revealed that John Ludlow will be the new CEO of the association, effective 13 June

Stephen Catlin, executive deputy chairman of XL Catlin, is set to retire at the end of this year