Hamilton Re names Megan Thomas as CEO

Hamilton Insurance Group has named Megan Thomas as chief executive officer of Hamilton Re, Its Bermuda-based re/insurance platform.

Thomas will stake up her post in October and will report to group CEO Pina Albo. She will be based in Bermuda.

She brings 20 years’ re/insurance experience to Hamilton. Australian by birth and a lawyer by training, she joins from AXIS Capital where she has served as chief underwriting officer for reinsurance for the last two years. She began her career in the Australian insurance and financial services market, spending almost 13 years at AIG where she held various roles, including chief underwriting officer for liability lines.

Albo said Hamilton was fortunate to have found Thomas as it builds a global specialty insurance and reinsurance franchise.

“The breadth and depth of [Thomas'] underwriting experience across multiple lines of business on a global basis, as well as her strong leadership and relationships with clients and brokers, will help us to leverage the many opportunities we are seeing in today’s hardening market," he said.

The appointment is subject to requisite immigration and regulatory approvals.