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

On this new function, Parish will probably be based mostly in Lockton Re’s London workplace. He involves this new function with 25 years of trade expertise, most not too long ago as accomplice and portfolio administration and funds workforce 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 Faculty London, and he holds a distinction in monetary economics from the College of London. Parish has give attention to purchasers, expertise, 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 expertise.

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

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

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