Sompo International, the Bermudian-based global provider of commercial and consumer property and casualty re/insurance, has appointed Jesús García Matas as head of property insurance for Iberia.

Mr García Matas will be based in Sompo International’s new Madrid office and report to Jamie Cañellas, country manager insurance, Iberia.

The company said he has managed both underwriting and claims teams in the Iberian and Latin American regions and joins Sompo International from Generali Insurance, where he was most recently the head of claims, Iberia and Latam.