The insurance firm, which provides services including those for HNW client in specialist areas, has made a number of top-level hires in the region.

Insurance and risk management firm Chubb, which provides services for clients including high net worth individuals, continues its worldwide hiring spree, naming a number of senior managers in general and life insurance roles in Asia.

Cunqiang Li has been named chief operating officer of Chubb Life, the company's international life insurance division. Li is chairman and chief executive of Huatai Life, a joint venture between Chubb and the Huatai Insurance Group in China. In his new position, Li will be based in Hong Kong and focus on leading the day-to-day operations of Chubb Life's Asian life insurance entities, in addition to continuing to provide governance oversight to the operations of Huatai Life.  

The role sees Li reporting to Russell Bundschuh, senior vice president, Chubb Group and President, Chubb Life.

Li has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience. Li joined Beijing-based Huatai Life in 2012 as CEO and president and was named chairman and CEO in 2016.  
Kevin Goulding has been named president of combined insurance, the company's agency and worksite-based personal accident and supplemental health insurance company. 

Currently regional president, Asia-Pacific, of Chubb Life, Goulding will be responsible for all management aspects of this business, which has operations in the US and Canada. He will be based in Chicago and will report to Ed Clancy, executive vice president of Chubb Group, Global Accident & Health and Life.  

Goulding has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience. He was appointed Regional President, Asia-Pacific, of ACE Life in 2012, a position he retained after ACE acquired Chubb in 2016 and adopted the Chubb name globally. Prior to joining Chubb Life, Goulding was CEO of AIG China.

Brad Bennett has been named regional president of the company's Far East operations in Japan. Currently SVP, Chubb Group and president, combined insurance, Bennett will be responsible for the management and business results for all general insurance operations including property and casualty, accident and health, and personal lines. He will be based in Tokyo and will report to Juan C Andrade, executive vice president, Chubb Group and president, overseas general insurance.

Bennett has more than 30 years of insurance industry experience. He joined the company in 2012 as President of Combined Insurance after more than 17 years with AIG. He mainly worked in the Asia region.

Jeff Hager has been named regional chief operating officer of the Pacific region in the US.  Hager, who is regional president, Far East, will provide management oversight for the regional underwriting and sales strategies in the seven branches of the region which include Los Angeles, San Francisco, Newport Beach, San Ramon, Seattle, Portland and Phoenix.  Hager will be based in San Ramon, where he will also lead that branch, and report to Jim Darling, regional executive officer for the Pacific region.  

Hager has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience in Asia and North America. In 2011, he joined ACE as Regional President, Far East, a position he retained after ACE acquired Chubb.

Chris Martin has been named COO of combined insurance. Martin is president of Chubb Workplace Benefits, the worksite division of combined insurance, and he will continue with these responsibilities.  He is based in Chicago and will report to Goulding. Martin has more than 20 years of insurance industry experience.  He joined combined insurance in 2011, bringing with him extensive experience in management and development of worksite-style businesses. Martin spent 17 years with Trustmark, where he helped build and lead the company's voluntary business unit.  

All the appointments take effect on 1 December.

Chubb has made a number of appointments across Asia - and other regions - in recent months. Earlier this year, Chubb appointed Michael Ho as country president for Chubb Life, the life insurance division of Chubb, in Hong Kong.

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