JLT Re lures Swiss Re exec to head global client business

Francesca Marc-Antonio, who has been senior vice president at Swiss Re Ltd., is leaving the insurer to join JLT Re, the reinsurance brokerage arm of London-based Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group P.L.C., as global head of client relationship development management, JLT Re announced.

Ms. Marc-Antonio, who was head of U.S. property/casualty broker marketing and of the global broker group at Swiss Re, will join JLT Re in the newly created position as soon as she has completed her contractual obligations with Swiss Re, JLT Re said Friday in a statement. She will be based in New York and report to Mike Reynolds, global CEO of JLT Re.

In her new position, Ms. Marc-Antonio will work closely with senior colleagues to coordinate relationships and service offerings with JLT's global and national clients, JLT Re said.