PEMBROKE, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 13, 2024--
Hamilton Global Specialty, an underwriting platform of Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: HG) (“Hamilton” or “the Company”), today announced its entry into US Property Insurance at Hamilton Americas, its US managing agency, with Lissie Van Leunen appointed as Head of US Property, reporting to Pepe Marquez, President, Hamilton Americas.
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Van Leunen joined Hamilton this month and is building out a Hamilton Americas Property Insurance team, and a book targeting commercial E&S risks, with a goal of introducing products ahead of a January 1, 2025 launch date. Van Leunen will work closely with our London-based Property Insurance team, led by Mark Johnson. She is based in Hamilton’s Richmond, Virginia office.
Commenting on the appointment, Hamilton Global Specialty CEO Adrian Daws said, “It’s a great time for Hamilton to expand on our existing groupwide property insurance offerings and I’m delighted to welcome Lissie to our team. She will be integral in supporting the continued expansion of our complementary offerings in this line and market.”
Van Leunen brings 15 years of underwriting experience to her new role. She joins Hamilton from CNA Insurance in Richmond, Virginia, where she served for three years, most recently as Underwriting Consulting Director. Prior to CNA Insurance, she had roles of increasing seniority with both Markel and Argo, also in Richmond, Virginia.
About Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd.
Hamilton is a Bermuda-headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance company that underwrites risks on a global basis through its wholly owned subsidiaries. Its three underwriting platforms: Hamilton Global Specialty, Hamilton Select and Hamilton Re, each with dedicated and experienced leadership, provide access to diversified and profitable business around the world.
For more about our company, visit www.hamiltongroup.com or find us on LinkedIn at Hamilton
Lissie Van Leunen, Head of US Property Insurance, Hamilton Americas (Photo: Business Wire)
PARIS (AP) — There will be a heavy police presence but few visiting fans when France hosts Israel in Nations League soccer on Thursday amid an increasingly tense political climate.
French police chief Laurent Nuñez said 4,000 police officers and security staff will be deployed around the Stade de France, with another 1,500 police on public transport.
Paris authorities are on high alert and pursuing extreme measures one week after violence against Israeli fans around a Europa League soccer game in Amsterdam in attacks widely condemned across Europe as antisemitic.
Nuñez said the event was at “high risk” of tensions. “What we learned from Amsterdam is that we need to be present in the public space including far away from the stadium," and in public transports before and after the match, he said Thursday on French news broadcaster France Info.
Three months after hosting the Olympic closing ceremony, the atmosphere has gone from festive to fearful and the national stadium was expected to be three-quarters empty for the match. French President Emmanuel Macron and French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau will be present. Former presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy are also to attend.
Only 20,000 of 80,000 tickets have been sold with around 150 Israel supporters reportedly attending, escorted by police.
“We’ve tried to prepare for this match as normally as possible. But obviously none of us within the team can be insensitive to such a heavy context,” France coach Didier Deschamps said Wednesday. “It impacts the amount of supporters present tomorrow and everything that goes with it.”
The away match against Israel on Oct. 10 — which France won 4-1 — was played in Budapest, Hungary.
“These are situations the players are not accustomed to,” Deschamps said. “But we have to adapt.”
The low number of visiting fans comes after Israel’s National Security Council warned citizens abroad to avoid sports and cultural events, specifically the match in Paris.
Retailleau told French news channel TF1 on Tuesday that no specific threats were identified but “zero risk does not exist.”
Therefore, he said, exceptional measures are in place "before the match, during the match and after the match."
The elite tactical unit of the French National Police, known as RAID, will be in the stadium and some police will be in plain clothes mingling with fans. There will also be heavy surveillance within Paris, including at Jewish places of worship and schools.
“It is out of the question that we take the risk of seeing a repeat of the dramatic events, of the manhunt, that we saw in Amsterdam,” Retailleau said, adding that postponing or moving the game elsewhere was ruled out.
“France does not retreat," he said. “France does not submit, and the France-Israel match will take place where it's supposed to.”
Amsterdam witnessed scenes of chaos when Israeli fans were attacked by hordes of young people apparently riled up by calls on social media to target Jewish people, according to Dutch authorities. Before the game, a large group of supporters of the Israeli team could be seen on video chanting anti-Arab slogans as they headed to the stadium, escorted by police.
Protests erupted in Paris on Wednesday night against a controversial gala organized by far-right figures in support of Israel.
The game in Saint-Denis, the suburb north of Paris, is scheduled to kick off at 8:45 p.m. local time (1945 GMT) on Thursday.
A pro-Palestinian demonstration is organized on a Saint-Denis plaza at 6 p.m. local time to protest against the match.
Nine years ago, Stade de France was one of several locations during the Nov. 13 terror attacks in which 130 people died. France was playing Germany that night when two explosions happened outside the stadium.
Deschamps, Germany coach Joachim Löw and all of the players stayed together in the locker rooms for hours until it was safe to leave.
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FILE - Police officers stand guard ahead the UEFA Nations League soccer match between France and Denmark at the Stade de France in Saint Denis near Paris, France, Friday, June 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
