Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. said Friday that former Third Point Re executive Christopher Coleman will succeed Kevin Chidwick as group chief financial officer, effective Oct. 19.
Mr. Chidwick is retiring at year’s end, the Hamilton, Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer said.
Mr. Coleman, who was most recently CFO at Third Point, will be based in Bermuda and will join Aspen’s executive committee.
Mark Cloutier, Aspen executive chairman and group CEO, said the change is part of the next phase of the company’s growth.
Bruce Eisler was appointed CEO U.S. and chief underwriting officer at Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. in June 2020. He has overseen a refocusing of Aspen’s book of business that took place after the specialty insurer and reinsurer was bought by Apollo Global Management LLC in February 2019 for $2.6 billion. Mr. Eisler recently spoke with Business Insurance reporter Matthew Lerner about commercial insurance market conditions, emerging from pandemic lockdowns, technology and other issues facing the insurance industry. Edited excerpts follow.