Guy Carpenter snags property cat leader from rival Aon

Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan, has hired Aon's Paul Miller to lead its property catastrophe value proposition for UK, global specialties and key global clients.

Miller was most recently head of international catastrophe management. He has over 30 years of experience in the re/insurance industry working in the UK and the Netherlands. Miller started his career as an underwriting assistant at Lennox Underwriting before moving into the analytics space as a catastrophe model developer at Greig Fester and joining Aon in 1995.

In his new role, Miller will be responsible for Guy Carpenter’s UK and global specialties property catastrophe broking, analytics and advisory platforms. Additionally, he will work with broking and analytics teams to provide his expertise on key global accounts. Miller will report to Kevin Fisher, chairman of Guy Carpenter UK.

Fisher said: “Paul is a fantastic addition to the Guy Carpenter team as we continue to expand our capabilities in the property catastrophe arena. He has continually demonstrated his impact through a combination of modelling, financial and broking insight for clients with both regional and global exposures.”

Rob Bentley, CEO of global strategic advisory at Guy Carpenter, added: “Paul’s deep subject matter expertise will uniquely complement Guy Carpenter’s Global Strategic Advisory capabilities. His leadership experience, market relationships and insights are invaluable to our clients as we address the changing nature of catastrophic risk.”