Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG, has appointed Marc Berner to the North American public directors and officers (“D&O”) underwriting team, effective immediately. Mr. Berner will be based in New York in the role of vice president of public and private financial institutions for D&O.
Christian Gravier, the president of Allied World's professional lines operations for North America, commented, “Allied World's public D&O platform offers insurance solutions for the unique needs of publicly traded companies and their management teams. With the appointment of Mr. Berner, we now have an industry expert who will assist us in expanding our products and services for financial institutions.”
Thomas Kennedy, the senior vice president of the North America public D&O division, said, “We are happy to welcome Marc to the team. His extensive experience and specialized knowledge regarding financial institutions will be tremendous assets to all of our trading partners.”
Mr. Berner has almost 20 years of experience with management liability insurance, most recently as the department head of the financial services division at Hartford Financial Products, where he had responsibility for all aspects of underwriting executive liability and fidelity lines for financial institutions and private equity firms. Prior to that, he spent eight years as vice president of the financial institutions division at Axis Insurance.
Mr. Berner is a graduate of State University of New York in Binghamton, New York, and received his J.D. from Albany Law School of Union University in Albany, New York.
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Victoria Spears
Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].