Qatar Re appoints heads of claims and property-cat

Qatar Re, a subsidiary of Qatar Insurance Company, has appointed Andrew Deighton as its global head of claims. In addition, Michael Roth and Marc Tueller were promoted to head of international property catastrophe and head of agriculture, respectively.

Prior to his appointment, Deighton served as in-house counsel in Jersey, UK. He moved to Zurich in 2000 to become transactional counsel for Zurich Re (later Converium), supporting underwriting and claims across the business.

Roth has been appointed head of international property catastrophe and head of the Zurich branch. He has over 12 years of experience in the reinsurance and financial industry.

Roth began his career as a futures trader, before he moved to Munich Re to become an agricultural underwriter. In the following years he held senior underwriting positions at Swiss Re, Novae Re and Qatar Re.

Tueller has been appointed head of agriculture and succeeds Karl Schneider who was appointed senior member of the Qatar Re advisory group. He will continue to support Tueller with the further build-up of the agriculture portfolio.

He has been in the agricultural reinsurance industry for more than 14 years. Tuller began his career as underwriter with Swiss Re where he was responsible for various markets in Europe and Asia, and later became head agriculture for the Americas. He then moved to Novae Re and Qatar Re where he has held senior underwriting positions.

Gunther Saacke, chief executive officer of Qatar Re, said: “I am very pleased with these most recent appointments. Andrew Deighton will drive the establishment of a first-rate global claims organisation. It is our objective to pay all legitimate claims within a few working days. Committed to the global reinsurance market this ability will form an integral part of Qatar Re’s value proposition.

“I am also delighted that we were able to fill two other senior positions from within the company. Marc’s and Michael’s appointments testify to the depth and breadth of our internal talent base.

“My gratitude goes to Karl for his outstanding contributions and the leadership he has provided in building the agricultural lines practice at Qatar Re. We are excited about Karl’s broadened role as a senior advisor dedicated to strengthening Qatar Re’s franchise globally and well beyond the space of agricultural lines.”