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Chubb
Insurance group Chubb has appointed Jeremiah Konz as executive vice president, reinsurance officer for Chubb Overseas General, the company's international general insurance business in over 50 countries and territories. 

Konz is currently senior vice president of ceded reinsurance for Chubb's North American operations. In his new role, which will be effective January 1, he will have overall responsibility for Chubb's ceded reinsurance programs for all markets outside North America. He will succeed Neil Bennett, who will retire at the end of 2018.  Over his 40 years in the insurance industry, including 20 years at Chubb, Bennett has worked in a variety of underwriting and claims roles, primarily in London and Bermuda.

He will report to Timothy O'Donnell, vice president, Chubb Group and division president, commercial property and casualty, overseas general insurance, and to Michael Kessler, vice president of Chubb Group and chief reinsurance officer.

Before joining Chubb in 2012, Konz worked as an executive for reinsurance brokerage firm Aon Benfield providing analytic expertise to large commercial property reinsurance placements.