People on the move in the P&C insurance industry: Dec. 14, 2018
News from DealerPolicy, Everest Insurance Company of Canada, SterlingRisk Insurance and more.
DealerPolicy, a leader in the InsurTech space, has hired Weili Yuh as chief underwriting officer. Yuh joins from Plymouth Rock Assurance where he was managing director of underwriting and product management with a focus on personal lines.
Kevin Pinto has been named chief underwriting officer of Everest Insurance Company of Canada. He most recently held the title of chief underwriting officer for Travelers Canada.
Geraldine DelPrete has joined SterlingRisk Insurance as director of programs, senior vice president. Before this, DelPrete was a partner at the New York office of TigerRisk Partners.
Road America Motor Club announced that Frank Compolo has joined the company as vice president of sales. He most recently served as vice president of sales for Agero Inc.
AXA XL has announced the following appointments:
- Ankur Chokshi - promoted to head of E&S primary casualty and brokerage and binding authority
- Kimberly Smid - underwriting manager
Aaron Head has recently been hired as an insurance advisor and producer at Ellsworth Insurance Agency. Prior to joining the company, Head worked as an insurance producer for a local Illinois agency.
Florida-based catastrophe reinsurance broker COIN Re has appointed Andy Crichton executive vice president. Over 11 years in Bermuda, he served as vice president at XL Re; senior class underwriter at Catlin Insurance; and vice president Americas property catastrophe at Endurance Specialty.
Daniel Wilhelm has been named an account manager in RT Specialty‘s national environment and construction professional liability practice. He served as a commercial lines account manager with the Anderson Insurance Agency and direct manager for State Farm Insurance, among other managerial positions, before joining RT New Day.
Producers Ag Insurance Group Inc., a member of the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies, has announced the following appointments:
- Scott Schaefers - senior vice president of marketing and innovation
- Becky Piechowski - senior vice president of operations
- Benji Borner - chief information officer
Lockton has named Byron Clymer chief information officer. In 2016, Clymer started Approach Logic consulting services to help new and seasoned business leaders navigate the IT industry and transform to meet the needs of an evolving technology environment.
Andrew Maher has been hired as senior cyber underwriter at AXIS Insurance, the insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited. He joins AXIS from Markel where he spent two years as a senior cyber underwriter.
Related: People on the move in the P&C insurance industry: Dec. 7, 2018