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ACE Limited announces several executive appointments will take effect once the proposed acquisition of The Chubb Corporation is completed, expected in early 2016. Ellen Moore [1a], currently senior vice president and Canadian zone officer of Chubb & Son, will become senior vice president, North America Insurance, and regional executive officer of Canadian operations. Having joined Chubb Corporation in 1978, Moore was later named president and chief executive officer of Chubb Insurance Company of Canada. As well, Christopher Maleno [1b], now senior vice president of ACE Group and division president, ACE USA, will become senior vice president of the new Chubb Group and division president, North America national accounts. Maleno will report to John Lupica [1c], now vice chairman of ACE Group and chairman of ACE’s Insurance-North American businesses. Lupica will serve as vice chairman of the parent company and co-president of the North America insurance division once the acquisition closes. And James Williamson [1d], currently division president of ACE private risk services, will be vice president of the new Chubb Group and division president, North America, retail small commercial. 72 Canadian Underwriter October 2015
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Moore-McLean Insurance Group Ltd. and Gateway Insurance Group, based in Toronto and Halifax, respectively, have formed a new joint venture company, Moore-McLean Gateway Insurance Group. Daryn McLean [2a] will be chairman and chief executive officer and Keith Dexter [2b], currently president of Gateway Insurance Group, will serve as president. The joint venture is expected to be operational by October 15.
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CIP Society has recognized Bryan Bedford [3], manager of strategic projects and privacy officer at Peel Mutual Insurance, with its 2015 emerging leader award, part of a national program through which the Insurance Institute of Canada recognizes graduates of its Chartered Insurance Professional and Fellow Chartered Insurance Professional programs. Bedford will be inducted into the CIP Society Leadership
Circle at the Insurance Institute of Ontario, GTA convocation this January.
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Tino Brambilla [4], manager of insurance services at Manitoba Hydro, has received the Donald M. Stuart Award, presented annually at the RIMS Canada conference by the RIMS Ontario Chapter. It recognizes any corporate, professional, associate or emeritus member of a Canadian RIMS chapter who has made outstanding contributions to risk management in Canada. Brambilla worked at Insurers’ Advisory Organization and Fire Underwriters Survey, before Alexander & Alexander Services Inc. and then Centra Gas Manitoba, which later merged with Manitoba Hydro.
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Policyholders for North Waterloo Farmers Mutual Insurance Company (NWFM) and Oxford Mutual Insurance Company have voted to approve a merger of the two Ontario insurers. The amalgamation will create Heartland Farm Mutual Insurance Inc., which will be based in Waterloo, Ontario. Currently president and chief executive officer of NWFM, Carlos Rodrigues [5] will take on those roles with Heartland Farm Mutual. The merger is subject to federal approval. All existing policies of both companies will remain in force as Heartland Farm Mutual policies and policyholders will continue to be served by their current brokers or agents.