Ascot Group names Currie executive chairman

Bermuda-based Ascot Group has appointed former RenaissanceRe CEO
Neill Currie as executive chairman.
Ascot said today that Currie's tenure in the newly created
role began on 21 June.
Currie co-founded RenaissanceRe in 1993, and was CEO of the
reinsurer from 2005 until his retirement in 2013.
Ascot noted that Currie has a mandate to expand the company
through organic growth, strategic investments and acquisitions.
Currie will work alongside Ascot CEO Andrew Brooks.
Ascot Group is the holding comp