People Moves: WTW Names Buganski Head of Personal Lines, CRB; Cueman New AXIS Head of Construction; Wargin Joins Dyad; Markel’s Houser Picked for IICF Board

WTW Names Buganski Head of Personal Lines, CRB NA

WTW, headquartered in Arlington, Va., appointed Despina Buganski as head of personal lines, corporate risk and broking, North America (CRB NA).

With more than 30 years of industry experience, Buganski joined WTW in 2010 and served as chief operating officer for the personal lines business since 2015.

Cueman Joins AXIS as Head of Construction

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited appointed Mike Cueman to the newly created role of head of construction – U.S.

Cueman is based in New York. With over 20 years of underwriting and leadership experience, Cueman joined AXIS from Liberty Mutual Insurance, where he was vice president. Before joining Liberty, he held senior underwriting and management roles at Zurich North America.

Wargin Joins Dyad as Chief Product Officer

Dyad named Jeff Wargin chief product officer (CPO). Wargin will lead product management for the global Dyad organization.

Wargin joins Dyad with over 25 years of experience in the P&C insurance software market. Wargin started his career at Accenture and held leadership posts at Duck Creek, including CPO.

IICF Names Markel’s Houser Chair of the IICF International Board of Governors

The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) named Wendy Houser as chair of IICF’s International Board of Governors.

Houser is chief wholesale officer at Markel Specialty. She previously served a three-year term as the IICF Southeast division board chair.