Marsh, Willis Re, Swiss Re, Miramar Group: 10 APAC insurance people moves of the week
November 13 2026 by Roshan Nambiar
InsuranceAsia News wraps up the people moves from the insurance industry in Asia this week.
1. Marsh promotes Asia’s marine, cargo, and logistics head to global role, hires claims advocacy leader
Marsh Asia’s head of marine, cargo, and logistics, Michael Walls has been promoted to global head of the business.
Walls succeeds Marcus Baker, who has been elevated to the newly created role of chairman for marine, cargo, and logistics.
Both roles are effective from January 1 and will report to Andrew George, president for specialty and industry.
Marsh has also appointed Pari Raman as casualty claims advocacy leader for Asia.
Singapore-based Raman joins the broker from Oneglobal, where she was head of claims for over five years.
Read the full story here and here.
2. Willis Re appoints Kyung Won as APAC senior leader
Reinsurance broker Willis Re has added Kyung Won to its Asia Pacific team in Singapore as senior leader for APAC.
Willis Re said Won would be responsible for driving the growth of its buildout in the region and strategic oversight of the business.
Read the full stories here.
3. Swiss Re appoints Southeast Asia L&H reinsurance head
Swiss Re has named Pierre-Albert Bouard as its new head of life and health (L&H) reinsurance for Southeast Asia.
Singapore-based Bouard replaces Liem Phan, who left Swiss Re in September after more than 21 years to join Sun Life Private Wealth, Sun Life’s platform for high-net-worth clients, as its chief product officer.
Read the full story here.
4. Miramar Group taps head of casualty
Miramar Group has appointed Donna Brierley as its head of commercial casualty.
Brierley, based in Sydney, joined Miramar from AIG, where she was a casualty underwriting manager in the major accounts division from April 2025.
Read the full story here.
5. Marsh Re names Tokio Marine Asia veteran as senior vice president in Malaysia
Marsh Re has appointed Zaidi Omar as senior vice president in Malaysia.
Kuala Lumpur-based Omar returns to the industry after a nearly three-year hiatus, having previously spent nearly two decades with Tokio Marine Asia.
Read the full stories here.
6. QBE elevates property, liability manager to chief transformation and operations officer
QBE Insurance has appointed Nigel Hawtin as chief transformation and operations officer (CTOO), effective from Tuesday.
Sydney-based Hawtin is currently general manager for property and liability claims at QBE Australia Pacific, and has held several leadership roles across claims, operations and transformation since joining QBE in 2016 as head of property claims.
Read the full story here.
7. MSI Oceania hires head for new broker partnership role
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI) Oceania has appointed Kerryn Christie to the newly created role of head of broker partnerships for Australia and New Zealand.
Sydney-based Christie joins from Suncorp, where she led national key account and broker relationships and built the frameworks behind them. She spent over nine years at Suncorp, starting in the insurer’s claims team.
Read the full story here.
8. Knightcorp promotes account manager to technology account director as build-out continues 
Australian broker Knightcorp has promoted Jessica Tanner to the newly created role of technology account director.
Perth-based Tanner has been with Knightcorp for almost seven and a half years, most recently as technology account manager.
Read the full story here.
9. Howden appoints partner for M&A insurance in Australia
Howden has hired Sarah Pendred as a partner for M&A insurance in Australia.
Melbourne-based Pendred was most recently WTW’s senior director for due diligence and private equity in the Pacific region.
Read the full story here.
10. Indian startup Kiwi General Insurance names head emerging lines underwriter
Karan Ruia has joined Indian startup Kiwi General Insurance as head underwriter for emerging lines.
Mumbai-based Ruia joins, having spent 18 months as vice president for finpro at Marsh India. He previously also spent six years at Howden prior to that.
Read the full story here.
For more InsuranceAsia News (IAN) people moves at brokers, insurers, reinsurers, insurtechs, specialty players, MGAs and loss adjusters across Asia Pacific’s fast-growing (re)insurance markets click here.
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