Bermuda-based Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. has appointed several industry executives to senior underwriting positions for non-catastrophe and specialty lines of business.

Andreas Peter, who has joined Flagstone Re subsidiary Flagstone Reassurance Suisse S.A., previously was global head of aviation and space at Zurich, Switzerland-based Swiss Reinsurance Co.

Dominic Kirby previously was chief underwriting officer for global marine and energy at The Navigators Group Inc. of New York.>

Rafael Saer had been a senior vp and branch manager, Latin America and Spanish Caribbean operations, for New York-based Folksamerica Reinsurance Co., a subsidiary of White Mountains Re Group Ltd.

Irshied Tayeb will be responsible for building Flagstone Re's presence in the Middle East and North America. Mr. Tayeb previously was director of insurance and reinsurance at the Dubai Financial Services Authority in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.