Infrassure shakes up management team

Specialist insurer, Infrassure, has “re-designated” responsibilities within its management team during a review of the company’s business processes.

Colm Kelly, until recently deputy to Hans Zimmermann, will take up the role of chief underwriting officer. Zimmermann, who has been with Infrassure since 2008, will take up a position on the board of directors.

Sylva de Fluiter, formerly the deputy chief risk officer, will take over the CRO role following the departure of Thomas Leddy, who has been with the company since 2006.

Phillip Wallace, deputy chief operating officer, has assumed for the duration of the transition period the responsibilities of Jakob Thyme, who previously held the COO position and who has decided to pursue other career opportunities. Wallace, who joined the company in 2005, will also take up the newly created position of chief claims officer.

In addition, a new position of chief development officer has been created to manage the continuous improvement and development of business processes and resources. The new position will be taken up by Steven Smith, formerly underwriting and claims director, who has been with the company since 2006.

William Bachmann and Jürg Kostenbader remain in their current positions, as CEO and CFO respectively.

The full transition will be completed by the end of September 2013.