MS Amlin

The appointments come a week after the firm appointed Habib Kattan as outwards reinsurance adviser.

Habib Kattan will support the implementation of the company's outward reinsurance strategy.

James Maxwell takes up the role following the departure of incumbent Vishal Desai for personal reasons.

Japanese carrier MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings has become the latest insurer to limit its coal underwriting appetite, saying it will no longer insure new coal-fired power plants.

Richard Little, who boasts more than 20 years’ industry experience, was head of Marsh’s energy liability team.

The Japanese parent predicts a bounce-back in the operations that include MS Amlin in the current fiscal year.

Insider Louis De Segonzac will become Americas CUO, with Maria Amelio hired externally for the role of lead casualty underwriter.

Heike Trilovszky is to chair the underwriting oversight committee, replacing Martin Hudson.

Binding insurers include Chubb and AIG, with reinsurance from Munich Re.

The underwriter will be responsible for D&F, binders and auto business once he joins the business later this year.

CEO Johan Slabbert says the US specialty market offers a chance to balance out the volatility of catastrophe risk.

MS Amlin Syndicate 2001 fell to a loss of £178.1mn ($244.9mn) for 2020 following a £136.0mn net hit from Covid-19 and a string of natural catastrophe losses.