Ethos Specialty Launches Innovative Real Estate Liability Program
NEW YORK, NY, 15 May 2020: Ethos Specialty today announces the launch of a new commercial general liability program for U.S. real estate owners and managers; targeting apartments, condos, coops and commercial properties. The new program utilizes advanced third party...
Ascot appoints Jonathan M. Zaffino as Group President
NEW YORK, NY, 27 April 2020: Ascot today announces the appointment of Jonathan M. Zaffino as Group President. Mr. Zaffino joins Ascot as Group President and will be based in the company’s New York office after completing his contractual obligations with Everest. Mr....
Ascot appoints Professional Indemnity underwriters
LONDON 24 March 2020: Ascot today announces the appointment of Antonio Bellanca, Matthew Watson, Manoj Sharma and Henry Hollingdale to write Professional Indemnity (PI). Writing at Lloyd’s on behalf of Ascot Syndicate 1414, the team’s book will consist of a number of...
Ascot hires Drew Walter as Cyber & Commercial E&O Head
NEW YORK, NY, 19 December 2019: Ascot today announces the appointment of Drew Walter as Executive Vice President and Head of Cyber & Commercial E&O. Also joining the team are Tracy O’Hara, Abigail Oliver, Greg Garijanian, and Ben Mancuso. Based in New York,...
Ascot expands U.S. Management Liability and Financial Institutions group
NEW YORK, NY, 18 December 2019: Ascot today announces the appointment of Crystal Greene as Senior Vice President, Head of Management Liability. Crystal will lead Ascot’s commercial D&O and related product business in the U.S from Atlanta. She joins Ascot with 25...
Ascot appoints Patrick Kenahan and Excess Casualty team
BERMUDA, 29 October 2019: Ascot today announces the appointment of Patrick Kenahan as Head of Excess Casualty in Bermuda; and Jason Pugi, Kimberley Pursell and Michael Watkins, as Senior Vice Presidents. The team will write excess casualty insurance for large...
Ascot hires Jeff Vetter as Inland Marine head
NEW YORK, NY, 19 February 2019: Ascot today announces the appointment of Jeff Vetter as Executive Vice President and Head of Inland Marine. Based in Atlanta, Jeff will build an inland marine practice taking advantage of both the admitted and E&S capabilities of...
Ascot and Beazley launch $50m InsurTech linked cargo consortium
LONDON, 12 February 2019: Ascot and Beazley today announced the launch of a Lloyd’s based cargo consortium that uses insurtech solutions to help manage risk and claims performance. Led by Ascot and Beazley, the A2B consortium brings together a range of cargo carriers...
Ascot expands U.S. Marine team with West Coast hires
New York, NY, 14 December 2018: Ascot today announces the appointment of Chris Johnson and Jocelyne Factor as Underwriters in its U.S. marine team. Both will be based in the new San Francisco office, expanding Ascot’s geographic footprint to the West Coast. Chris,...
Ethos Specialty Insurance Services hires Lawyers Professional group
NEW YORK, NY, 27 November 2018: Ethos Specialty Insurance Services (Ethos), an Ascot Group Company, today announces the appointment of a Lawyers Professional Liability (LPL) group led by Todd Cusano, Senior Vice President. Todd is joined in New York by Heather...