This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets in Luxembourg and the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation in Canada.
A summary of these new hires follows here.
Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes Fraigneau to President, Europe, as Sinz Retires
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, announced the appointment of Pierre-Edouard Fraigneau as president, Europe.
Currently the chief underwriting officer (CUO), LSM Europe and Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe, Fraigneau will begin his new role on Sept. 1 and will continue to be based in Luxembourg.
He succeeds incumbent president Kadidja Sinz and will continue to work closely with her until her retirement at the end of 2025.
Fraigneau joined Liberty as CUO in 2020. He was closely involved in developing Liberty’s Invest in Europe 2030 strategy. As president of the region, he will be responsible for driving its delivery.
With more than 20 years of experience in the industry, Fraigneau joined Liberty from Sanlam. He started his career at AIG, spending 12 years with the insurer, latterly as deputy general manager – North and West Africa. His experience across the African, European and Middle Eastern Markets makes Fraigneau well placed to take on this role.
Liberty in Europe has grown significantly since establishing a presence in the region, driven by a consistent focus on underwriting quality and claims service. It has 12 offices in seven countries with more set to open in the future.
“Pierre-Edouard is fantastically well placed to lead our European business and deliver the 2030 strategy which he was instrumental in creating,” said Phil Hobbs, president, Liberty International Insurance, describing Fraigneau’s appointment as richly deserved.
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The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) appointed Sarah Gladki as the executive director of its new division, IICF Canada. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the recently established IICF Canada is the foundation’s second international division and will serve Canadian communities.
Along with Gladki, IICF Canada is led by a board of senior industry leaders from prominent insurance companies and businesses across the region. Marc Lipman, president, Lloyd’s Americas and attorney-in-fact in Canada for Lloyd’s Underwriters, is serving as the founding chair of IICF Canada Board of Directors. Sandra Henkel, independent board director at Tokio Marine Canada Ltd., is serving as a strategic adviser to IICF Canada.
The founding board companies and board members of IICF Canada include Allianz Commercial (Nancy Costa), Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (Andrew Knight), Burns & Wilcox (Patricia A. Chiodo), CNA (Erin Gattoni), Lloyd’s (Lipman), Markel (Jeff Sutton) and Northbridge Financial Corporation (Anchal Kumar). Additional companies that confirm membership during 2025 will be recognized as founding board companies.
“Working with these exceptional insurance leaders as we establish a new division and shape the vision of IICF in Canada has been a privilege,” said Lipman. “We’re in early days and already the IICF Canada Board includes industry-leading organizations, each of which is passionate about giving back in the communities where we live and work through leadership, grants and volunteer service. The priority is expanding the mission of IICF and making a greater collective impact, locally now in Toronto and throughout Ontario and beyond in the future, by working together through IICF.”
The division was formally established in June 2025 when initial founding board companies were confirmed, and grant focus areas were determined to be alleviating food insecurity and children at-risk.
As an international philanthropic foundation representing the insurance industry for more than thirty years, IICF serves communities through four divisions in the United States in the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast and Western regions, along with divisions based in London and Toronto.
IICF Canada follows the foundation’s initial international expansion with IICF UK, based in London and currently celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The IICF has granted more than $50 million in community grants and contributed $12 million in volunteer service value, and partnering with over one thousand nonprofit partners since 1994.
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