ACE appoints leadership team for North America E&S lines

Insurer ACE has announced the leadership team it intends to appoint for the company’s North America excess and surplus (E&S) lines wholesale business upon the completion of the acquisition of Chubb.

According to ACE, the business will be called Westchester, a Chubb company, and it will include wholesale business currently written in ACE Westchester, ACE Commercial Risk Services, Chubb Custom Market, Chubb Specialty Insurance and Chubb Commercial Insurance. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016.

Bruce Kessler will serve as senior vice president (SVP) of the new Chubb Group and division president of Westchester. He will be responsible for integrating the E&S, small commercial and programmes businesses within ACE and Chubb, focusing on the company’s wholesale distribution partners.

Kessler will continue to report to John Lupica, who will serve as vice chairman of the new Chubb Group and president, North America major accounts and specialty insurance.

David Lupica will serve as chief operating and distribution management officer. Reporting to Lupica, who is currently division president of ACE Commercial risk services, will be the small commercial group, which will include the wholesale, micro specialty and programmes businesses currently written by ACE Commercial risk services, Chubb Commercial Insurance and Chubb Specialty Insurance. Lupica will report to Kessler.

Westchester will also continue its focus on the property, casualty, professional risk, inland marine, environmental and product recall lines of business for wholesale distribution partners.

Bob Meyer will lead property and inland marine. Meyer is currently division president, ACE Westchester property.

Dean Andrighetto will lead casualty. He is currently division president, ACE Westchester casualty.

Joseph Casey will be in charge of professional risk. Casey is currently division president, ACE Westchester professional risk.

Rob Owens will lead environmental. Owens is currently SVP, ACE Westchester environmental.

Florian Beerli will lead product recall. Beerli is currently SVP, ACE Westchester product recall.

David Charlton will lead the micro specialty business. Charlton is currently president, ACE commercial risk services specialty and micro products.

Franklin Sanders Jr will head up the programmes business. Sanders is SVP, Chubb programmes business management.