Individuals Strikes: BMS Faucets Howden Re’s Biddell as Managing Director and Head of London P/C; MGA DUAL UK Makes 3 Senior Appointments in Underwriting and Distribution

This version of Worldwide Individuals Strikes particulars appointments on the dealer BMS and the managing common agent DUAL UK.

A abstract of those new hires follows right here.

BMS Faucets Howden Re’s Biddell as Managing Director and Head of London P/C

BMS, the London-based impartial insurance coverage and reinsurance dealer, proclaims the appointment of Genna Biddell as managing director and head of London P/C Re.

Biddell will report back to Brad Melvin, president and CEO, BMS Re US. She’s going to develop and oversee the London P&C reinsurance enterprise whereas carefully collaborating with the reinsurance and programmes groups throughout the US, London, and Bermuda.

Moreover, her obligations will embody strategic tasks that leverage progress alternatives throughout divisions.

Biddell joins BMS from Howden Re, the place she was managing director of the North America wholesale property treaty staff. With a profession spanning 25 years, she has beforehand held North American property treaty roles at each Willis Re and Aon Re.

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MGA DUAL UK Makes 3 Senior Appointments in Underwriting and Distribution Roles

DUAL UK, the managing common agent and subsidiary of Howden, introduced the appointment of Steve Kelly as managing director of Building, James Ramira as managing director of Regional P&C and Social Care, and Georgie Petrou, as head of Strategic Accounts.

Kelly joined the enterprise initially of January. He has over 35 years within the insurance coverage business, of which 26 years had been spent at RSA and latterly, 9 years at Allianz. Kelly brings deep technical information of the development and engineering insurance coverage market, having led the underwriting of a number of the largest typical energy and renewable power dangers within the UK and Europe.

His focus shall be on rising DUAL’s present development portfolio and the potential to increase the enterprise’ urge for food for threat into new areas, together with the ability technology sector.

Ramira has been appointed as managing director of regional P/C and Social Care. He’ll proceed to steer the Social Care and Business Underwriting groups, whereas his new function shall be a central half in driving the regional and business ambitions ahead.

Ramira joined DUAL UK in 2014 and has over 25 years’ expertise within the insurance coverage business. He has specialised within the area of interest social care area on each the dealer and underwriting features, beforehand holding the function director of Social Care at DUAL UK.

Petrou joined the enterprise within the January 2025, with over 20 years insurance coverage business expertise, and joins from Chubb, the place she was UK&I strategic improvement supervisor, having beforehand labored at Zurich Insurance coverage and Marsh.

Launched in 1998, DUAL is a Lloyd’s coverholder and the specialist underwriting arm of Howden Group Holdings. In the present day DUAL employs greater than 1,800 folks in 21 nations throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, and is one in every of Lloyd’s’ largest worldwide coverholders.

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