Markel appoints 2 senior underwriters, 1 claims manager for international casualty team; BHSI Announces 2 Promotions to UK Global Teams

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI). A summary of these new hires follows here.

Markel appoints 2 senior underwriters, 1 claims manager for international casualty team

Markel, the insurance operations of Markel Group Inc., has announced a trio of key appointments as part of a strategic move to diversify its international claims portfolio and strengthen its wholesale claims service for broker partners.

New arrivals include Lauren Percivalwho has been appointed as executive underwriter – General Liability, with immediate effect. Her main responsibilities will include supporting the sustainable expansion of Markel’s general liability portfolio alongside James Murray who was hired as head of general liability earlier this year.

Percival will also be responsible for identifying areas to continue to drive profitable growth and ensuring that high levels of service and response times are maintained for brokers and their policyholders.

Percival brings 18 years of underwriting experience and expertise in the London market to her new role. Prior to joining Markel, she held senior insurance roles at Arch Insurance International and Chaucer Plc respectively. Prior to this, Percival worked for QBE Insurance (Europe) Ltd for 13 years, during which time he progressed to Senior Underwriter, International Casualty Division, where he established a strong client network and managed a profitable risk book of business writing in South America. , the Middle East, Asia and the Caribbean, among other territories.

Along with Percival, Olivi Hogan was appointed senior underwriter at Markel. In her new role, Hogan will support him Graeme Ivorydirector, International Casualty, with developing the organization’s environmental liability product offering by underwriting a market-leading diversified portfolio of businesses, ensuring long-term profitable growth. She will also be responsible for building new relationships and nurturing existing broker relationships, as well as recruiting and nurturing talent within the international casualty team in London.

Hogan is an experienced underwriter with 12 years’ experience in the London market, specializing in strategic underwriting. Previously, she spent more than six years at AIG as owner of the insurer’s UK environmental business line, where she led a team of four underwriters managing a profitable portfolio of environmental insurance.

finally, Ed Norman has been appointed international claims manager with responsibility for developing and leading the international claims function to ensure brokers and policyholders continue to receive a client-focused, agile and value-added service. He is also tasked with managing complex and non-complex claims across Markel’s key international product lines – general liability, environmental and life sciences – building strong relationships with brokers and bringing technical expertise to market-leading formulations. good quality, adapted to meet the evolving risk of clients. exposures.

Norman has a wealth of industry knowledge and experience spanning two decades and was most recently employed at AXA XL for more than nine years. During that time, he led a team of four claims professionals in his role as Assistant Claims Manager – London Wholesale Casualty and handled claims for the company’s international wholesale underwriting units. Prior to his employment with AXA XL, Norman held the role of claims adjuster at MSIG Holdings where he handled losses and claims settlements on a global scale.

Based in Markel’s London office, Percival will report directly to Murray, while Hogan will report to Ivory and Norman will report to Thomas UptonHead of Claims, Marine and Energy.

“We are delighted to welcome Lauren and Olivia to our growing International Casualty underwriting team here in London,” commented Ivory. “Their combined skill sets, industry knowledge and experience in managing various international casualty product lines will add significantly to the workforce we already have in the team and support us in our ambitions to diversify even more portfolios and to improve our service offering.”

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BHSI announces 2 promotions to UK and Global teams

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that he appointed Caroline Alder-Smurthwaite to its Global Underwriting Office for Casualty & Healthcare and promoted Charlotte Behar to succeed Alder-Smurthwaite as Head of Casualty, UK.

Alder-Smurthwaite joined BHSI as Head of General Casualty, UK in 2021 and brings 25 years of industry experience to his new leadership role. Throughout her career, she has held several senior level roles focused on corporate and global casualty. She continues to be based in London and can be contacted at [email protected].

Behar, who was previously managing director of casualty in the UK, joined BHSI in 2020. He has almost 15 years of underwriting experience in the European market. She continues to be based in London and can be reached at [email protected].

“Caroline has done an excellent job in leading our UK casualty business, prioritizing consistency and stability for our clients and brokers,” said Hilary BrownBHSI’s deputy global director of underwriting.

“I look forward to working with Caroline in her new role as a member of our global underwriting team as she works closely with our casualty and medical underwriting leaders around the world to ensure BHSI’s global approach to underwriting is understood and executed while being at the same time tailored to the characteristics of the local market,” continued Browne. “She leaves our UK Casualty business in excellent hands, with Charlotte ensuring a seamless transition and bringing strong financial acumen, underwriting talent and client and broker relations to her senior role.”

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