Willis North America appoints COO
Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, has appointed Eric Joost as chief operating officer. Joost has been serving as chief executive of Willis North America's Specialty Practices since 2009. He will report to Todd Jones, CEO, Willis North America.
In this newly created role, Joost will lead the development and execution of Willis North America's growth and operational strategies. He will work closely with business unit leaders across North America and collaborate with Willis Group leadership to ensure Willis has the proper specialisation, structure and operating models in place to support growth. Joost will continue to lead the North American Specialty Practices, which feature dedicated specialty brokers serving key marketplace sectors including construction, health care, financial services, real estate and life sciences; as well as dedicated insurance products to protect unique risks such as executive risk and environmental liabilities.
"Eric is well-suited to lead our operational strategies in North America,” said Jones. “His experience aligning our specialty practices and product capabilities with our business platforms combined with his strong leadership skills and client focus makes him ideally suited to help us achieve our goal of improving connectivity across all of Willis to ensure we are positioned to support a much deeper and broader delivery to each and every client."
New York-based, Joost joined Willis in 2006 and has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry as a specialist broker and underwriter. Prior to joining Willis he held leadership positions at Allianz and Aon.
