United Fire Group Inc. has appointed Kevin Leidwinger as its new president and chief executive officer. He will join the company on Aug. 22, 2022 and succeeds Randy Ramlo, who shared his retirement plans in February.

Prior to being named CEO of UFG, Leidwinger served as president and chief operating officer of CNA Commercial. He also spent many years with Chubb Commercial Insurance, where he served in casualty, liability and underwriting management roles.

Ramlo joined UFG in 1984 as an underwriter. Since then, he has held a variety of leadership roles, including vice president of fidelity and surety and chief operating officer, taking the helm as CEO in May 2007.

“It has been an honor to serve as CEO, and I am proud of the growth and success of the company during my tenure,” Ramlo said. “After 15 years as CEO, the time is right to retire. I am looking forward to helping a new leader continue moving our business—and our culture—into the future.”

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Great American Insurance Group announced the retirement of Phil Lally, divisional president, FCIA – Trade Credit & Political Risk, effective July 15, 2022.

Lally began his 31-year career at Great American in 1991 as a divisional VP and treasurer. Since that time, he has held positions of increasing responsibility, including serving as divisional president of FCIA since 2015. “I am honored to have worked with Phil over the past few years and thank him for his leadership, deep expertise and contributions,” said Bruce Smith, SVP.

Lally is succeeded by Michael B. Mulvey, who joined FCIA in 2012 and previously served as divisional SVP of FCIA.

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AXA XL Reinsurance has appointed Peter Kiernan as head of U.S. Property, Bermuda Reinsurance, effective July 1. He will be based in Bermuda and replaces Simon Penney, who is relocating to London to take up a new global role as head of Underwriting Analytics.

Kiernan will be responsible for the U.S. Property strategy and execution of business underwritten through AXA XL’s Reinsurance Bermuda operation. He has over 30 years of industry experience with a proven track record of underwriting and business development in the U.S. Property space.

Penney, who started his career at Zurich Financial Services in 2005 before joining XL Catlin as an actuary in 2007, will be returning to the UK to take up his new role on July 4. As head of underwriting analytics, London, he will be responsible for pricing standards, in-house views of risk, and portfolio management across all areas of the Reinsurance segment. He will report to Jonathan Gale, chief underwriting officer, Reinsurance and acting CEO Bermuda Reinsurance.