Four major leadership appointments have been announced across the insurance industry, reflecting ongoing strategic initiatives at several leading organisations.
Generali appoints new group chief investment officer
Generali has named Luca Cetrano as its new group chief investment officer, effective June 1, 2026. In his new role, Cetrano will play a key part in overseeing the allocation of the group’s insurance investment portfolio as Generali continues its strategic repositioning efforts.
Cetrano joined Generali Investments in 2012 and has steadily progressed through a series of senior positions. Most recently, he was responsible for portfolio construction, tactical asset allocation, and management of the group’s holding investments portfolio.
The appointment comes as Generali continues to expand its asset management operations.
Fortegra elevates Mark Rattner to president
Specialty insurer Fortegra has promoted Mark Rattner to the position of president.
Rattner previously served as executive vice president and chief underwriting officer for insurance and has been with the company since 2016. He brings more than 30 years of underwriting expertise to the role. Before joining Fortegra, he held senior leadership positions at Houston International Insurance Group, where he established the professional liability division. Earlier in his career, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Professional Indemnity Agency, a subsidiary of HCC Insurance Holdings at the time.
The promotion follows a significant change in Fortegra’s ownership structure.
On May 29, 2026, South Korea’s DB Insurance completed its $1.65 billion acquisition of Fortegra, marking the largest acquisition of a US insurer by a Korean non-life insurance company. In 2024, Fortegra reported gross written premiums of $3.07 billion and net income of $140 million. The company operates across all 50 US states and in eight European countries, including the UK and Italy. Despite the ownership change, Fortegra will continue operating independently as a wholly owned subsidiary of DB Insurance while retaining its current leadership team and underwriting approach.
Aon appoints chief claims officer for EMEA
Aon has appointed José María Navas as chief claims officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective immediately.
Navas brings nearly 25 years of experience with the company and most recently led claims operations in Spain. During that time, he enhanced services for complex and large-scale claims while strengthening relationships with insurance carriers.
In his new position, Navas will also support the continued implementation of Aon Claims Copilot, the firm’s global claims platform that integrates data analytics and digital claims management capabilities. The initiative forms part of Aon’s broader strategy to improve consistency and claims outcomes across the EMEA region.
IFB adds two directors to board
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has strengthened its board of directors with the appointments of Colin Bushell, co-founder and director of Zebra Law, and Stephen Long, chief operating officer at Covéa Insurance.
The board is responsible for guiding the organisation’s strategic direction and representing its membership throughout the UK insurance industry.
Bushell brings nearly 20 years of experience in fraud prevention, customer engagement, and supplier relationship management. Long contributes almost 25 years of insurance sector experience spanning claims, technology, operations, and business transformation. He has served as a board director at Thatcham Research since 2023 and joined Covéa Insurance as a graduate trainee in 2001 before advancing through a variety of leadership positions and becoming COO in 2026.
The appointments coincide with an important phase for the IFB. In October 2025, the bureau introduced Connected to Protect, a five-year strategy aimed at enhancing fraud prevention efforts by improving data quality and volume, strengthening collaboration with government bodies, regulators, and international agencies, and developing a unified technology platform that consolidates IFB datasets into a single fraud investigation and case management system.
The strategy comes amid rising levels of insurance fraud. The IFB reported a 52% increase in identified ghost broking activity between 2022 and 2024, while the Association of British Insurers recorded £1.16 billion in fraudulent general insurance claims during 2024.
