A business segment of MS Amlin, the global re/insurer with an underwriting office in Bermuda, has appointed Norbert Herkströter as chief operations officer.

MS Amlin Insurance SE, the European primary insurer of MS Amlin, also said Jan Vande Weghe has been appointed as property and casualty country manager for Belgium.

Both appointments are subject to regulatory approval.

They will take up their roles on September 1, and will report to chief executive officer Ludovic Senecaut, the company said.

Swiss-domiciled MS Amlin is a global re/insurer with three main legal entities operating in the Lloyd’s, UK, Continental European and Bermudian markets.

The organisation employs some 1,800 people in more than 20 locations worldwide.