Lombard International Assurance has made a senior appointment focused on developing its European operations.

Ranald Munro has been named as general counsel of Lombard International Assurance’s European operations - a new role at the company.

Munro will lead a team that covers legal, regulatory affairs, risk and compliance functions. He will report to Axel Hörger, European chief executive.

Previously, Munro was chief legal officer at the global reinsurer SCOR Global P&C. Earlier, he was a Crown prosecutor in the UK, as well as a senior legal advisor at International Computers and group legal advisor and company secretary at L'Oréal (UK). He also spent over 17 years as European general counsel, company secretary and head of external affairs at Chubb Insurance Company of Europe.  

In addition to his legal career, Munro is also a major-general and current assistant chief of defence staff in the UK Reserves.  

“We are operating in a period of rapid regulatory and fiscal change and Ranald’s wealth of legal and compliance experience will be invaluable as the geopolitical landscape becomes ever more complex,” said Hörger.

A few weeks ago, Lombard International Assurance named David Liebmann as head of French market as it looks to expand its footprint in the European country, which it says is a key growth area for 2017.