The Singapore-based executive has held several senior positions, including head of life and health products, Asia and chief risk officer for Asia Pacific.
Life & Health reinsurance business emerged as an increasingly important earnings driver in the first half, as the group posted higher profits and appointed a new division chief.
The appointment adds a regional head to a practice the broker has been looking to expand since creating a global chief executive for the line 12 months ago.
Advantage is shifting from insurers competing on price to those combining agricultural expertise, analytics and flexible capital, says Swiss Re's Chandan Verma.
Insurance research institute told a Seoul workshop that correlated shocks from both perils need dispersing through reinsurance, capital markets, and a defined public-private framework.
