McGill and Partners has appointed Josef Heiler as a Partner in the Facultative Reinsurance team in Hannover, Germany. 

 Josef, an industrial engineer by background, joins McGill and Partners from Marsh where for the last 15 years he was responsible for large global clients across all lines, most recently as a Client Director and previously as Head of Global Risk Management for Marsh GmbH. 

Prior to Marsh, Josef worked as a property underwriter at AIG, working in Frankfurt and New York. In his new role Josef will be working with the McGill and Partners facultative colleagues globally, as well as the firm’s partners and clients in the region, focusing on third party reinsurance, in-house brokers and captives in EMEA.  

He has multi-line experience and a subsequent breadth of knowledge that will further enhance the team’s specialist reinsurance broking proposition in the region. 

Paul Summers, Partner and Head of Facultative Reinsurance at McGill and Partners said: “Josef is an outstanding and seasoned market practitioner and will be an excellent addition to the firm. With a track record of bringing tangible value to clients, Josef will undoubtedly enhance our specialist reinsurance proposition. We’re delighted to have him working with us as we continue to build out our platform.”