People Moves: 17 – 21 February 2025
Follow the latest personnel moves in insurance.
Featuring: QBE, Tokio Marine Kiln and Lockton.
QBE Europe hires Francisco Castro YebraQBE Europe has added Francisco Castro Yebra as a senior underwriter to its warranty and indemnity team.
Based in London, he will underwrite deals across the UK and Europe.
Joining from managing general agent ICEN Risk where he placed W&I policies, he is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and in Spain as an abogado admitted to the bar.
Toria Lessman, global head of transactional liability at QBE, said: “The
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