Canopius Group has made four appointments to its global credit and political risk team.

The global specialty insurer and reinsurer has appointed Angelos Deftereos as head of structured credit and Boris Medimorec and Virad Patel as underwriters in its credit and political risk team in London.

In addition, Dimitri Plastiras joins the Apac team in February as an underwriter. He will initially be based in Sydney and will transfer to Singapore later in the year.

Patrick Sheriff, head of credit and political risk, London, said: “Adding such high-calibre professionals to our team demonstrates Canopius’s long-term commitment to this class. Their collective skill set diversifies and complements our existing pool of expertise, and we are excited to welcome them as we look to strengthen our lead position in this market.”