Kiskadee makes a number of senior appointments

Hiscox Re’s insurance linked strategies (ILS) operation, Kiskadee Investment Managers, has unveiled a number of senior appointments.

Andrew Hughes has been appointed as ILS chief compliance officer and general counsel and Dr Matthew Swann has been hired as portfolio manager.

Hughes joins Kiskadee from Australia-based QIC, an Australian state-owned investment manager, where he served as senior legal counsel.

Swann will transfer from Hiscox Re’s London office, where he held the role of senior non-marine treaty underwriter. He joined Hiscox in 2007 as a catastrophe modelling analyst.

Additionally, Michael Jedraszak, who has served as the director of ILS since the formation of Kiskadee, has also been named chief investment officer of Hiscox Re ILS.

Jeremy Pinchin, chief executive officer of Hiscox Re, said: “These new appointments represent our continued commitment to invest in the development of Kiskadee.

“With assets already exceeding $600 million, Andrew Hughes and Matthew Swann are very welcome additions to the team, alongside Richard Lowther, chief operating officer and Michael Jedraszak chief information officer, as we continue to develop the depth and breadth of Kiskadee products for the benefit of investors and our clients.”