Pacific Life Re has appointed Andrew Gilbert and Ben Johnson to senior roles within its expanding Savings and Retirement division in the United Kingdom.
Both appointments are based in London and reflect the reinsurer’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its position in the individual retirement income and pension risk transfer markets.
Gilbert has joined as director, individual retirement income. He will be responsible for advancing Pacific Life Re’s reinsurance offerings in the UK retirement space. Gilbert brings over two decades of experience across product development, pricing, and actuarial functions within the savings and retirement sector.
His previous roles include product director at Legal & General and head of product development at Just Group. He has also served in senior positions at LV=, The Retirement Practice, and Police Mutual.
Johnson has taken on the role of director, client solutions, UK. His focus will include reinsurance solutions related to longevity and asset-intensive lines, particularly within the UK pension risk transfer market.
Johnson has held leadership positions in both the retail and institutional insurance segments globally. Before joining Pacific Life Re, he worked at Hymans Robertson as Head of International Longevity and as a Senior Consultant.
Earlier in his career, he spent several years at Legal & General America, where he led efforts around pricing, underwriting, and reinsurance strategies for term life products in the U.S.
The company said the new directors will be based at Pacific Life Re’s Tower Bridge House office in London. Both are expected to contribute to the ongoing development of its UK reinsurance capabilities, drawing on their extensive experience in product management, actuarial oversight, and international insurance operations.
Last year, the reinsurer’s Singapore branch together with Malaysian Re signed an extension to their memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at providing sustainable retakaful solutions to Takaful Operators.
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