BMS hires David Overton in Latin America, Caribbean financial lines

BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, has appointed David Overton as a director in its Latin America and Caribbean financial lines division.

Overton joins from EmergIn Risk, part of Ryan Specialty Group, where he was head of sales in the Miami office, offering cyber to Latin American and Caribbean clients.

He has 21 years’ experience of placing and underwriting complex risks across a broad spectrum of classes. He has worked as a broker at several London broking houses, including Integro, and as an underwriter for international financial lines business at Barbican Syndicate 1955 and Allianz Global & Corporate Specialty (AGCS).

In his new role Overton is based in Miami and reports to Daniel Court, a director.

Court said Overton’s “strong background in cyber liability insurance allows us to offer our clients an additional advisory service in this market segment.”

Overton said: “With disruption in the local marketplace, clients can rely on us to offer specialty support that others cannot.”

Jose Astorqui, chief executive of BMS Latin America, welcomed Overton’s experience and technical underwriting expertise, both at Lloyd’s and in the London company market. “BMS’s global platform and the team of experts in different markets facilitate our comprehensive service to clients in Latin America & the Caribbean,” she said.