22 July 2015 Insurance

Allied World hires Starr CUO

Re/insurer Allied World has appointed Michael Garrison as senior vice president of Asia-Pacific for Allied World global markets.

Garrison will report to Julian James, president of Allied World global markets, and will relocate to Singapore in December.

In this role, he will be responsible for the strategic leadership of the global markets insurance operations in Asia-Pacific.

He joins from Starr Companies, where most recently he served as senior vice president and chief underwriting officer.

At Starr, Garrison created and developed first-party underwriting platforms for international onshore energy, global construction, global exploration and production and international general property.

In addition, William Cotter, current executive vice president of Asia-Pacific, will return to the US to manage the North American business development team in Allied World North America. He will relocate to Boston at the end of the year.

James said: “We are extremely pleased to have someone of Mike’s calibre joining us to continue growing our Asia-Pacific footprint. Mike’s global experience and strong track record of growing a strategic business will be invaluable as we fully realise the strength of our platform following the acquisition of the Hong Kong and Singapore operations of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance.

“We’re extremely grateful for Bill’s leadership in Asia over the past 7 years. He has been instrumental to the success that we’ve had in the region since opening our office in Hong Kong in 2008 and we look forward to the contributions he’ll make to our North America business.”

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