ACE appoints environmental exec

ACE has appointed Glenn O’Halloran as environmental risk underwriter as it continues to invest in building its capabilities in the UK & Ireland.

He succeeds Rob Wade who is now associate vice president, environmental risk with ACE in Canada.

O’Halloran will be responsible for growing ACE’s environmental liability book, working with brokers in the region to develop environmental liability programmes. He will be based in London and report to Emma Bartolo, UK & Ireland environmental risk manager.

He joins from ACE in Sydney where for the past two years he was environmental risk underwriter for the Australia and New Zealand market.

Bartolo said: “As the environmental liability market continues to grow and develop, Glenn’s strong technical credentials underpin our continued commitment to offering our brokers and clients technical expertise and value added capabilities in this evolving sector.”