Kai Tse, FCAS, will serve as CFO & COO, Asia, in Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance’s (BHSI) newly established Hong Kong office. Tse comes to BHSI with more than 20 years of experience in numerous leadership roles in insurance, banking, private equity and risk financing.
Magna Carta Companies has appointed Grace H. Yang, FCAS, MAAA, as vice president and chief actuary. Yang has nearly 20 years of industry experience having served in a progression of actuarial positions with Milliman in America and the NMG Consulting Group in Asia. Most recently she was an independent consulting actuary working with FTI Consulting.
Elizabeth Riczko, FCAS, MAAA, has expanded her role at Westfield Insurance as group underwriting and product leader. She is now responsible for leveraging analytics and a deep understanding of risk to establish underwriting and pricing practices and manage the product portfolio. Riczko joined Westfield in 2007 and previously served as the group analytics leader with responsibility for driving the execution of business, agent and customer analytics across the enterprise. Prior to joining Westfield, Riczko spent several years with Ohio Casualty Group.
Greg Haft, FCAS, has been appointed head of catastrophe at PartnerRe, subject to Bermuda immigration approval. Based in Bermuda, Haft is responsible for PartnerRe’s worldwide catastrophe reinsurance business. Haft joined PartnerRe in 2013 from Markel Corporation, where he was managing director, head of U.S. property catastrophe underwriting. He has more than 20 years of industry experience.
Jim Partridge, ACAS, MAAA, has been named president of insurance company operations at Glatfelter Insurance Group (GIG). Partridge most recently served as GIG’s senior vice president of operations and chief actuary. A GIG associate since 2000, Partridge previously held positions at GEICO and Penn National Insurance.
Kingstone Companies has appointed Benjamin Walden, FCAS, MAAA, to the board of directors of its subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Company (KICO). Walden has also been promoted to senior vice president at KICO with direct responsibility over underwriting and information technology as well as actuarial services. Walden has more than 25 years of experience holding leadership positions in a variety of corporate environments, including two other New York-based carriers.
