W. R. Berkley Corporation Names James Hastings as President of W. R. Berkley Syndicate Management Limited
10 December 2021 - 1:00AM
Business Wire
W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) today announced the
appointment of James Hastings as president of W. R. Berkley
Syndicate Management Limited, the Lloyd’s managing agent for W. R.
Berkley Syndicate 1967, effective February 22, 2022. David Brosnan
will continue as W. R. Berkley Syndicate Management Limited’s chief
executive officer. The Company expects that Mr. Hastings will
assume the role of chief executive officer in 2022, subject to
regulatory approval, and that Mr. Brosnan will remain on the Board
of Directors of the Managing Agency following the transition.
Mr. Hastings has nearly 20 years of experience in the insurance
industry with a particular focus on the London and international
markets across multiple classes of business. Most recently, he led
the international wholesale division of a specialty insurance
group, establishing and developing key client and broker
relationships and growing the business to a substantial percentage
of the group’s revenue. He is a graduate of the University of
Hertfordshire.
W. Robert Berkley, Jr., president and chief executive officer of
W. R. Berkley Corporation, commented on the appointment, "James
will be an outstanding addition to the W / R / B Underwriting team,
and we are confident that he will play an important role in moving
W / R / B Underwriting forward. We are delighted to welcome him to
Berkley."
For further information about the products and services
available from W / R / B Underwriting, please visit
www.wrbunderwriting.com.
Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance
holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers
in the United States and operates worldwide in two segments of the
property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance
& Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley
Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com.
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