Munich Re named Germany-based Andrew Buchanan to succeed Chief Financial Officer Christoph Jurecka, effective Jan. 1. Mr. Jurecka was named CEO, replacing Joachim Wenning, who will be retiring at the end of the year. Mr. Buchanan is currently CFO of Munich Re’s reinsurance business.

Based in New York, Stephen Freeman is a Senior Editor at Trending Insurance News. Previously he has worked for Forbes and The Huffington Post. Steven is a graduate of Risk Management at the University of New York.