AXIS Insurance hired two underwriters to its Global Cyber and Technology team. Aspen Insurance Holdings named a new Non- Executive Director to its board.

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AXIS Insurance hired two underwriters to its Global Cyber and Technology team.

Alex White has joined as a Senior Underwriter, Global Cyber and Technology, and will focus on Cyber and Technology Errors and Omissions (E&O) risks in the Bermuda market. Jeff Bayer signed on as Senior Underwriter, U.S. Cyber and Technology and will focus on Cyber and Technology E&O risks for small and medium-sized enterprises in the U.S.

White has nearly 10 years’ experience in underwriting and brokering Errors and Omissions and joins AXIS from Allied World where he was a Cyber/E&O Senior Underwriter. He previously worked as a broker at Aon.

Bayer joins AXIS from Hartford Steam Boiler (a Munich Re company), where he was a Cyber Senior Underwriter. He has more than 20 years of specialty insurance experience, having previously held positions in underwriting, claims and business development.

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Aspen Insurance Holdings named Tammy Richardson-Augustus to its Board as a Non- Executive Director.

Richardson-Augustus is a partner at Appleby Global, one of the world’s leading international law firms, which advises public and private companies, financial institutions and private individuals.

She joined Appleby Global in 1998 practicing securities and funds work in Bermuda and Hong Kong. Richardson-Augustus maintains a diversified business transactions practice, with emphasis on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets and securities, secured and unsecured lending transactions and general corporate governance matters. She has extensive experience working with clients in a wide range of industries, including in energy, oil and gas exploration, and maritime shipping.

Among other accolades, Richardson-Augustus has been recognized as a ‘Leading Individual’ in the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets category by Legal 500 Caribbean. She is also a member of the Bermuda Bar Association, a justice of the peace, and serves with a number of Bermudian community organizations.

Sources: AXIS, Aspen Insurance Holdings