Chubb Country President for the Philippines Peter van Ratingen has been named as Head of Consumer Lines for Australia and New Zealand, with his appointment taking effect this month.

He takes over from Blain Waterford, who has taken on a new role as Chubb Asia Pacific Head of Direct Marketing for Consumer Lines.

Mr van Ratingen will have overall management responsibility for the insurer’s Accident & Health and Personal Lines businesses, which encompass Direct Marketing, Travel Insurance, Residential, High Net Worth and Specialty Personal Lines.

He reports to Country President for Australia and New Zealand Peter Kelaher, who took on the role in March.

Mr van Ratingen joined Chubb in 2009 as Country President for Indonesia, growing the insurer’s general insurance operation during his tenure. In 2013 he was appointed Asia Pacific Regional Head of Bancassurance, where he helped accelerate the expansion of this distribution channel by establishing a number of bank partnerships. In 2015 he became Country President for the Philippines.