ACE Limited announced the leadership teams it intends to appoint for the company’s North American business units following the expected completion of the firm’s acquisition of Chubb in the first quarter of 2016.
ACE named leaders for National Accounts, Middle Market, Small Commercial, Personal Lines, Wholesale/Excess & Surplus Lines, Bermuda and Agriculture. The company also announced the leadership teams that will have responsibility for all North American business of several major product lines, including Professional Lines, Surety and Property.
National accounts, middle market and small commercial insurance leadership
Christopher A. Maleno will serve as Senior Vice President of the new Chubb Group and Division President, North America National Accounts. Maleno is currently Senior Vice President of ACE Group and Division President, ACE USA.
Steven R. Pozzi will serve as Senior Vice President of the new Chubb Group and Division President, North America Middle Market. Pozzi is currently Executive Vice President of Chubb and Chief Operating Officer, Chubb Commercial Insurance.
James A. Williamson will serve as Vice President of the new Chubb Group and Division President, North America Retail Small Commercial. Williamson is currently Division President of ACE Private Risk Services, ACE’s high net worth personal lines business.
High net worth personal lines leadership
Frances D. O’Brien will serve as Senior Vice President of the new Chubb Group and Division President, North America Personal Insurance. O’Brien is currently Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer of Chubb.
Scott Gunter will serve as Chief Operating Officer of North America Personal Insurance. Currently Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer of Chubb Commercial Insurance,
Wholesale/excess & surplus lines leadership
Bruce L. Kessler will serve as Senior Vice President of the new Chubb Group and Division President, North America Wholesale/Excess & Surplus Lines. Kessler is currently Division President of ACE Westchester, ACE’s Excess & Surplus (E&S) specialty company in North America.
David Lupica will serve as Chief Operating Officer, North America Wholesale/Excess & Surplus Lines. Currently Division President of ACE Commercial Risk Services, Lupica will work in partnership with Kessler in the operation of the E&S business, the wholesale small commercial division and the North America programs business.
Bermuda and global client executives leadership
Joseph S. Clabby will serve as Vice President of the new Chubb Group and Division President, Bermuda and Global Accounts. Clabby is currently Division President of ACE Bermuda and ACE Global Accounts.
Agriculture leadership
Michael J. Coleman will serve as Vice President of the new Chubb Group and Division President, North America Agriculture. Coleman is currently Division President of ACE Agriculture and will continue to have executive operating responsibility for the commercial P&C insurance business that serves farmers and other agribusiness clients in the U.S.
Product line leadership
ACE Limited also announced the leadership team it intends to appoint for the following North American product lines: Professional Lines, Surety and Property.
Robert C. Cox will serve as Division Chairman, North America Professional Lines, and Scott A. Meyer will serve as Division President, North America Professional Lines. Cox is currently Executive Vice President of Chubb and Chief Operating Officer, Chubb Specialty Insurance, and Meyer is currently Division President of ACE’s North America Professional Lines.
Stephen M. Haney will serve as Division Chairman, North America Surety, and Chief Underwriting Officer, Global Surety. Haney is currently Division President, Surety, ACE USA, and Chief Underwriting Officer, Global Surety, ACE Group.
Richard A. Ciullo will serve as Chief Operating Officer of North America Surety. Currently Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Chubb Surety, Ciullo will assist in the P&L performance of the product line and together with Haney will be responsible for the successful integration of ACE and Chubb’s surety products in order to deliver a best-in-class offering to the company’s brokerage distribution partners.
Derek Talbott will serve as Division Chairman, North America Property. Talbott is currently Division President, ACE North America Property & Specialty Lines.
