Validus Specialty Underwriting Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Validus Holdings, Ltd., has appointed a team of U.S. cyber underwriters based in New York, writing on behalf of Talbot Underwriting Ltd. through Syndicate 1183, and Western World Insurance Group.
Jackie Lee joined the team as vice president, and Mary Spicer joined as senior underwriter.
Ms. Lee has over 18 years of experience in insurance, primarily in cyber and commercial errors and omissions. Ms. Lee most recently served as associate vice president, division head-cyber and professional liability, at Nationwide Insurance. She previously was assistant vice president for professional liability at Arch Insurance.
Ms. Spicer has experience in the insurance and brokering sector, having held roles at Aon Risk Services and most recently at Nationwide Insurance, specializing in cyber and commercial errors and omissions.
Jonathan Ritz, the chief executive officer of Validus Specialty, said, “Validus Specialty is uniquely positioned to deliver a suite of specialty insurance solutions to U.S. clients and brokers through U.S. based underwriters, leveraging the risk appetite and balance sheet capacity of Talbot and Western World. As Validus Specialty continues to build out the Validus insurance platform in the U.S., including a cyber-offering is a natural progression and complement to our existing product offerings. We are delighted to welcome Jackie and Mary to the global cyber team and are confident that they will add tremendous value to our U.S. clients and brokers.”
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].