Hamilton eyes M&A business build-out with Willis Towers Watson hire

Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group has hired Aartie Manansingh to lead the development of its mergers and acquisitions (M&A) division in North America and Latin America.

Manansingh comes to Hamilton from Willis Towers Watson (WTW) where she was a director in WTW’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group, facilitating the placement of transactional liability products for private equity and corporate clients. Prior to that, she was senior vice president, transactional liability group, at Ethos Specialty Insurance Services.

Manansingh's almost 10 years of M&A experience also include a position as assistant vice president at Ironshore Insurance Services Mergers & Acquisitions Group and as senior underwriter at Allied World Assurance Company. She began her career as a corporate M&A associate at New York firm Kelley Drye & Warren.

Based in New York and reporting to David White, chief underwriting officer of Hamilton Managing Agency, Manansingh will play a strategic and underwriting role in the development of Hamilton’s M&A book of business.

Hamilton chief executive Pina Albo said the company will soon begin recruiting for a similar position based in London to build an international M&A portfolio.

“We are truly delighted to be able to announce Aartie’s appointment to this critical position at Hamilton,” she said. “Since we completed the acquisition of Pembroke Managing Agency and related businesses last August, we’ve been delivering on our promise to unlock the potential this transformational deal represents to Hamilton.

"We see great opportunities in rebuilding a profitable portfolio of M&A business, as our colleagues in Hamilton Managing Agency have done before, and know that Aartie is exactly the right person to help us develop this line of business."