Marsh McLennan

Scott Leney, who has been Marsh Australia CEO since 2015, will also become MMC Australia’s corporate country manager.

She replaces Dan Hearsum, who has been named as the managing director of Brit’s new follow-only syndicate Ki.

The broker returns to Willis after a 17-year absence.

The new follow-only syndicate has worked with Google Cloud to develop a digital offering.

Vanessa Macdonald-Smith, who resigned as CEO of the legacy JLT Fac business in April 2019, has resurfaced in the market as head of direct and facultative at Oneglobal Broking.

A spell of damaging losses has led to sustained positive rate movement in the sector.

Mark Ettershank was at Marsh for four years, and before that was a corporate lawyer for nine years.

Mike Johnson takes over from Tim Smith, who is set to retire after nearly three decades insurance.

Vanessa Macdonald-Smith, who resigned as CEO of the legacy JLT Fac business in April 2019, has resurfaced in the market as head of direct and facultative (D&F) at JC Flowers-owned Oneglobal Broking.

The new group brings together former JLT Specialty and Bluefin teams.

Hardening in the financial lines market has been exacerbated by fears over Covid-19.

Joanne Silberberg will be Canadian renewable energy leader and Dan Gumsley will be a UK account manager.