{"id":23655,"date":"2025-06-13T14:33:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T14:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=827229"},"modified":"2025-06-13T14:33:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T14:33:44","slug":"people-moves-beazley-taps-swiss-res-wunderlich-as-head-of-parametric-insurance-qbe-promotes-browne-to-uk-casualty-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/people-moves-beazley-taps-swiss-res-wunderlich-as-head-of-parametric-insurance-qbe-promotes-browne-to-uk-casualty-director\/","title":{"rendered":"People Moves: Beazley Taps Swiss Re\u2019s Wunderlich as Head of Parametric Insurance; QBE Promotes Browne to UK Casualty Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/group-of-business-people-102381789-AdobeStock-580x232.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/international\/2025\/06\/13\/827229.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/international\/2025\/06\/13\/827229.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p>This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Beazley and QBE Insurance.<\/p>\n<p>A summary of these executive hires follows here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"79\" data-revive-topics=\"casualty,parametric\" data-revive-companies=\"beazley,qbe,swissre\" data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p><strong>Beazley<\/strong>, headquartered in London, appointed <strong>Stefan Wunderlich<\/strong> as head of parametric insurance. Reporting to <strong>Richard Montminy<\/strong>, group head of property risks, Wunderlich will be based in Zurich, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_827231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-827231\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-827231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/beazley-stefan-wunderlich-e1749658619326-150x150.png\" alt width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/beazley-stefan-wunderlich-e1749658619326-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/beazley-stefan-wunderlich-e1749658619326-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/beazley-stefan-wunderlich-e1749658619326-580x580.png 580w, https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/beazley-stefan-wunderlich-e1749658619326-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/beazley-stefan-wunderlich-e1749658619326.png 1307w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-827231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stefan Wunderlich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wunderlich joins from Swiss Re, where in a two-decade career he held a number of senior positions, including building out parametric solutions for corporate clients and most recently leading teams supporting corporate clients to better manage their climate risk exposures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProperty risks are ever more complex, requiring specialist solutions, effective modelling and underwriting expertise to deliver outcomes that meet the needs of business across the world,\u201d said Montminy. \u201cParametric underwriting is a highly effective response to the risk environment, often adding more immediacy, certainty and scalability than traditional methods of property underwriting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beazley specializes in a variety of lines including professional indemnity, cyber liability, property, marine, reinsurance, accident and life, and political risks and contingency business. It has tripled the size of its property underwriting since 2022, rolling out specialist property underwriting capabilities to Europe and developing selective solutions using parametric underwriting.<\/p>\n<h3>***<\/h3>\n<p><strong>QBE Promotes Browne to UK Casualty Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>QBE<\/strong> has appointed <strong>Adrian Browne<\/strong> as director of Underwriting, Casualty, for the UK, effective from Jan. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext-2\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"162\" data-revive-topics=\"casualty,parametric\" data-revive-companies=\"beazley,qbe,swissre\" data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_827684\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-827684\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-827684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/browne-adrian-150x150.png\" alt width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-827684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adrian Browne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Browne has more than two decades of experience in insurance, spanning actuarial pricing and underwriting leadership. In the last four years, he has worked as QBE\u2019s portfolio manager for UK casualty. He has held various roles at QBE for the past 22 years.<\/p>\n<p>Based in London, Browne will report into <strong>Chris Wallace<\/strong>, executive director of UK Insurance, at QBE Europe. The appointment follows <strong>Anna Bennett\u2019s<\/strong> decision to retire at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Adrian leading of one of our major portfolios, our broker partners and customers can look forward with confidence. Our casualty customers operate in a challenging environment and Adrian\u2019s experience, and solutions-focussed approach is highly regarded across the market,\u201d commented Wallace.<\/p>\n<p>Under Anna Bennett\u2019s leadership, the QBE UK Casualty team has increased the division\u2019s GWP by 43% in recent years through significant regional growth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagtag\"> <span class=\"tagtag\">Topics<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/casualty\/\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-primary tagtag\">Casualty<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll\" data-post=\"827229\">\n<div class=\"article-poll-vote\">\n<p>Was this article valuable?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll-feedback voted-no\">\n<form class=\"feedback-form\">\n<p>Thank you! 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