NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- XL Catlin's Global Excess Casualty business is
growing in the US, establishing an underwriting operation in
Los Angeles and expanding in
Chicago and New York.
According to Lorraine Seib,
President of XL Catlin's Global Excess Casualty insurance business,
"Our Excess Casualty business continues to enjoy deep relationships
with broker and insured clients, and as a result, our book of
business continues to grow. Our strong working relationships
and profitable growth would not be possible without our strongest
asset – a talented team that brings a high level of technical
expertise, credible experience, collaboration, innovation, and our
passion for client advocacy. And we're excited to see our
team grow."
"We stay involved with each client to be sure they get the
highest level of service and that claims are handled
professionally," explained Ron
Pardo, Chief Casualty Officer for XL Catlin's Excess
Casualty team in North America.
"To continue to deliver exceptional service and provide the
best-in-front staff and resources that help our clients address
their excess and umbrella coverage needs, we're pleased to welcome
top industry talent like Mark, Jane and Julie to our team."
Mark Smith joins XL Catlin as
underwriting manager to establish an Excess Casualty underwriting
center in Los Angeles. Most recently, he served as regional
excess casualty underwriting manager for Starr Indemnity. His
insurance career also includes underwriting positions in the US and
UK and wholesale and retail brokering experience in Bermuda and the US, respectively.
In Chicago, XL Catlin's Excess
Casualty team welcomes Jane
Chaloupka as Senior Underwriter. Ms. Chaloupka joins
from Great American Insurance Company, serving most recently as
senior underwriter in its excess casualty division. She
brings more than 20 years of excess, primary and reinsurance
underwriting experience honed from positions at Liberty
International Underwriters, Everest Reinsurance, and other
insurance carriers.
In New York, Julie Fields has joined as an excess casualty
senior underwriter to help support XL Catlin's growth throughout
the eastern US. Ms. Fields most recently served as a strategy
analyst in XL Catlin's North America Property & Casualty
division before returning to an underwriting position. She
has more than a decade of underwriting experience including seven
years working with XL Catlin.
In addition to a highly skilled underwriting, claims, and risk
engineering team with deep knowledge and expertise in the complex
business risks, XL Catlin's Global Excess Casualty also
provides:
- Global access points with underwriting centers in
Bermuda, Dublin, Ireland, London, UK and 13 cities in North America.
- Broad product offering: Lead Umbrella, Excess,
Occurrence, Claims Made, Occurrence Reported and Primary Rail and
Excess.
- Vast appetite: From Upper Middle Market (UMM) to Fortune
1000 companies, providing liability limits up to $100 million
About the XL Catlin Insurance Operations
The XL Catlin insurance companies offer property, casualty,
professional, financial lines and specialty insurance products
globally. Businesses that are moving the world forward choose XL
Catlin as their partner. To learn more,
visit xlcatlin.com.
About XL Catlin
XL Catlin is the global brand
used by XL Group plc's (NYSE:XL) insurance and reinsurance
companies which provide property, casualty, professional and
specialty products to industrial, commercial and professional
firms, insurance companies and other enterprises throughout the
world. Clients look to XL Catlin for answers to their most
complex risks and to help move their world forward. To learn more,
visit xlcatlin.com.
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