SiriusPoint Ltd. appointed Rob Gibbs as president of its international business and to CEO of SiriusPoint International Insurance Corporation. He served as commercial managing director at Royal Sun Alliance. Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty announced the following appointments:

• Nick Borus - executive underwriter and midwest zone team lead
• Tiffany Calhoun-Pierce - deputy head of cyber
• Jerome Le Vacon - senior cyber underwriter
• Jennifer Ly - senior underwriter for cyber
• Mark Vella - executive underwriter and west zone team lead

WTW announced that Evan Freely joined as its new global head of financial solutions. He served as president and director, Americas at BPL Global. Acrisure announced the following appointments:

• Matthew Kirk - president, North America, retail
• Andy Schutt - head of global insurance operations
• Bob Arowood - president, North America, P&C wholesale
• Steve Brown - head of private risk advisors
• Jason Howard - president, international
• Seth Denson - head of employee benefits
• Mike Natalizio - head of partner engagement and transformation

Nationwide appointed Tony Beal as leader of the Nationwide National Partners team, which is responsible for managing key P&C distribution partner relationships. Cover Whale Insurance Solutions, Inc. announced the following appointments:

• Carly Levin - chief strategy officer
• Niv Ben-Dor - vice president of product

Ryan Specialty appointed Carlos Herrera as vice president. He will support Ryan Specialty's ongoing efforts to promote DEI at the firm. He was influential in implementing key DEI performance standards at Allstate. EMC Insurance Companies announced that Eduard Pulkstenis joined as senior vice president – chief underwriting officer for the company. He served as co-founder and chief underwriting officer at Joyn Insurance Services, Inc. AXA XL Insurance promoted Meredith Baron to lead its controlled insurance program business. She previously served as a technical specialist at AXA XL Insurance. Powers Insurance & Risk Management appointed Keith Goode as commercial risk manager. He previously owned and operated a Colorado café for six years. Related: People on the move in the P&C insurance industry: December 9, 2022