Lockton Re appoints market innovation chief

Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of the most important privately held insurance coverage brokerage, has introduced the appointment of Chris Parish as market innovation chief.

On this new function, Parish shall be primarily based in Lockton Re’s London workplace. He involves this new function with 25 years of trade expertise, most not too long ago as associate and portfolio administration and funds crew chief at Nephilia Capital, along with a senior enterprise adviser function in London for a similar firm. He has additionally labored at Aon Benfield Securities, Aon Benfield Re, and Benfield in London, Bermuda, Canada, and the US.

According to his LinkedIn, he completed his diploma in physics at Imperial School London, and he holds a distinction in monetary economics from the College of London. Parish has give attention to shoppers, know-how, securitization, and fund administration, which, in keeping with Lockton Re, makes him the best candidate for this new function, which requires nice understanding of latest developments within the reinsurance market and perception into the potential for innovation and know-how.

Because the market innovation chief, Parish will report back to Lockton Re world head of analytics Claude Yoder.

“I’m delighted to welcome Chris to the crew on this new and thrilling function. To make sure our shoppers and companions profit from the exterior technological modifications which can be occurring, the reinsurance trade must consolidate its information flows and share information by means of digital connectivity,” Yoder mentioned. “Our lack of legacy techniques and the flexibleness of Lockton Re’s SAGE, our proprietary analytics device, imply we’re in a terrific place to efficiently embrace this variation. Chris’ experience and expertise will assist be certain that Lockton Re performs a key function on this know-how development.”

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