{"id":3462,"date":"2025-11-27T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/?p=3462"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:28:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:28:51","slug":"chris-mackinnon-leaves-lloyds-to-build-out-munich-re-specialtys-australia-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/27\/chris-mackinnon-leaves-lloyds-to-build-out-munich-re-specialtys-australia-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Mackinnon leaves Lloyd\u2019s to build out Munich Re Specialty\u2019s Australia presence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Munich Re Specialty, part of the insurance operations of global reinsurer Munich Re, has announced the joining of Lloyd&#8217;s veteran Chris Mackinnon to expand its presence in Australia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-111345 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"munich re building logo\" width=\"340\" height=\"241\" data-src=\"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/munich-re-logo-building.jpg\">The appointment is subject to all regulatory approvals. As part of his responsibilities, Mackinnon will establish and build out a local market presence for Munich Re Specialty in Australia in the first half of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Mackinnon currently serves as Lloyd&#8217;s Regional Director Asia Pacific, Middle East &amp; Africa, based in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>He has a career spanning three decades with experience across broking, sales, strategy, operations, regulation, compliance, and management in London, Singapore and Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Mackinnon has served with Lloyd&#8217;s for over a decade. His past roles include Deputy Regional Director, Asia Pacific, Middle East &amp; Africa and Regional Head of Australia &amp; New Zealand, and Lloyd&#8217;s General Representative in Australia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"reins-in-every-article\" id=\"reins-953339964\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" class=\"alignnone size-full reins-target\" id=\"reins-3743775761\" data-reins-trackid=\"107022\" data-reins-trackbid=\"1\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britinsurance.com\/brit-group\/brit-re?utm_source=eqdisplay&#038;utm_medium=display&#038;utm_campaign=Reinsurance_news&#038;utm_content=BritRe_728x90\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Brit Re - Experienced underwriting backed by strong capital\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Brit Re - Experienced underwriting backed by strong capital\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brit-re-in-article-728x90-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He was also a Non-Executive Director of the Insurance Council of Australia for over six years, and Associate Director of the Underwriting Agencies Council (UAC) for over nine years.<\/p>\n<p>Mackinnon started his career as an Account Executive at broker Marsh in 1988, eventually moving on to serve as a Principal at Aon Professional Risks, Managing Director and Executive Director, Strategy &amp; Development for Arthur J. Gallagher, and as Chief Executive Officer of Gow-Gates Insurance Brokers.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/chris-mackinnon-leaves-lloyds-to-build-out-munich-re-specialtys-australia-presence\/\">Chris Mackinnon leaves Lloyd&#8217;s to build out Munich Re Specialty&#8217;s Australia presence<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\">ReinsuranceNe.ws<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Munich Re Specialty, part of the insurance operations of global reinsurer Munich Re, has announced the joining of Lloyd&#8217;s veteran [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3462"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3462"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3466,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3462\/revisions\/3466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}