IQUW appoints finance chief from Nephila Capital

Property and Speciality re/insurer IQUW has appointed Helen Thornton as chief financial officer for IQUW Re Bermuda and as group head of finance. Thornton joined IQUW from Nephila Capital where she held roles as co-head of reinsurance and chief operations officer since 2011.

IQUW recently hired Rene Lamer for its Bermuda operation as managing director for underwriting and operations, and Stephen Young, who joined as head of reinsurance and CEO of IQUW’s Bermuda platform.

Young said: “As we build out IQUW’s reinsurance platform, we will continue to recruit a high-quality team with broad skills that can be leveraged across the group. Helen joins us with a wealth of reinsurance, finance and operations experience that she can bring to bear across the organisation as we continue to build a profitable, diversified reinsurance portfolio.”

IQUWs insurance and reinsurance products are distributed through Lloyd’s syndicate 1856 and IQUW Agency in Bermuda.  IQUW provides insurance cover for Aviation, Crisis Management, Cyber, Cargo, Marine, Political Risk, Energy, Property, D&O, Financial institutions, Political Violence and Terror and War risks, plus Reinsurance for Property and Specialty Treaty.