AXA XL has made three senior appointments to its reinsurance team, promoting Megan Kempe, and adding Nick Pascall and Conor Gaffney.
Ms. Kempe was promoted to head AXA XL's U.S. Property London operations.
She joined XL Re Ltd in Bermuda in 2004 as a catastrophe model analyst. After a period at D. E. Shaw & Co (Bermuda) Ltd, she re-joined XL Re in 2009 as an associate underwriter and was later promoted to vice president.
Mr. Pascall will be joining as head of U.S. casualty treaty. He has 27 years' international reinsurance experience, having worked in London, Bermuda, and Chicago. Mr. Pascall began his career as a treaty underwriter at CNA Re in 1992, and since then has held roles at Catlin Underwriting Agencies Ltd and American Safety Re. Most recently, he worked as head of casualty reinsurance at Hiscox Re in London.
Mr. Gaffney will be joining as head of specialty. With nearly 15 years' experience in the reinsurance industry, he began his career as a reinsurance pricing actuary at Imagine Group, and has held senior actuarial roles at AmTrust International Underwriters Ltd and PwC.
Most recently, he held the role of head of reinsurance underwriting at Greenlight Reinsurance Ireland Ltd in Dublin.
All three of the new appointments are based in London and report to Rob Littlemore, chief executive for London reinsurance.
Mr. Littlemore commented, “I am delighted to welcome Megan, Nick, and Conor to our London reinsurance team. Each one of these highly talented individuals has the right credentials and leadership skills to continue our drive for profitable growth while ensuring clients receive the same, consistent high level of service and flexibility they have grown to expect from us.”
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