THB hire bolsters reinsurance capability
THB, the specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, today announces the appointment of Rodrigo Botelho as director, European division from 1 October 2017.
Based in THB’s Amsterdam office, Botelho’s duties will include targeting new markets in the Portuguese-speaking countries of Africa. He joins from Universal Seguros in Angola, where he held the position of chief corporate business officer with responsibility for reinsurance. He previously worked in Lisbon for leading Portuguese insurer Fidelidade Seguros and for Guy Carpenter.
Joaquim Caria, Managing Director, THB Europe, said: “I am delighted to welcome Rodrigo to THB Europe. With the backing of AmWINS, the largest US wholesale broker handling premiums of USD13 billion, THB has ambitious expansion plans and this appointment is a key stage in furthering that strategy. We have identified a profitable opportunity in Portuguese-speaking Africa, and Rodrigo unparalleled experience in this area will support the ongoing dynamic growth across our targeted markets.”
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For further information contact:
Haggie Partners (PR)
Damian Beeley
+44 (0)20 7562 4444
+44 (0)7950 481795
THB Group
Julian Vereker
+44 (0)20 7469 0100
Notes to editors
- THB Group is a specialist (re)insurance and risk management group, having at its core a Lloyd’s broking business (Thompson Heath & Bond Limited), providing services to clients worldwide.
- The Group has some 700 staff worldwide.
- THB is part of AmWINS Group, Inc., a global specialty insurance distributor with some 4,000 employees across more than 100 office locations worldwide. AmWINS handles over $13billion in premium and is ranked the largest wholesale insurance broker in the U.S. by Business Insurance magazine.
- AmWINS offers expertise across a diversified mix of property and casualty (P&C) and group benefits insurance products, and also provides value-added services to support these products, including product development, underwriting, premium and claims administration and actuarial services.
- For further information on THB, please visit www.thbgroup.com.
- For further information on AmWINS, please visit www.amwins.com.