AmTrust unveils new E&S leadership with senior Admiral hire at helm

Global specialty property and casualty insurer  AmTrust Financial Services has formed a new excess and surplus (E&S) leadership team promoting and expanding the roles of five executives.

Senior vice president Erich Bublitz (pictured) will lead the division, reporting to Dan Hickey, president of AmTrust Specialty Insurance.

Bublitz recently joined AmTrust from the Admiral Insurance Group, where he served in numerous underwriting and operations roles, culminating in his position as the SVP of operations, responsible for home office underwriting, including the office of the CUO, information technology, specialty underwriting, and numerous other administrative areas.

" AmTrust has built a team of some of the best excess and surplus professionals in the business," Bublitz said. "I am honored to now be leading this team and look forward to driving an exceptional 2022.

"The new leadership team will support a unified national underwriting appetite, with a focus on specific industry segments and continue our dedicated wholesale distribution strategy."

Shannon Piotrowski has been promoted to vice president, brokerage new business team. Previously, Piotrowski was director of underwriting, with responsibility for the Central and Southern new business teams. Piotrowski has been with AmTrust E&S for over four years, having previously served in brokerage underwriting positions with leading carriers.

Caseta (Cassie) Paul has been promoted to vice president, brokerage renewal team. Paul will expand her role managing the brokerage renewal team, focusing on continuing to refine the book and ensure rate adequacy of renewals. Paul started as an underwriter with AmTrust E&S in 2017 after numerous years at MGAs and carriers.

Jackie Hennig will now lead its unsupported excess team, responsible for building and leading the underwriting team, setting the underwriting strategy, and achieving underwriting profit objectives in her new role. Previously, Hennig was the leading production underwriter for the unit and was instrumental in AmTrust's launch of this product in 2021.

Finally, Christopher (Topher) Fylak will be tasked to expand the binding platform. He has served as an executive member of the E&S leadership team since 2017 and will continue in this role with an expanded focus on developing and enhancing AmTrust's E&S binding platform to deliver cutting-edge technology solutions to improve the experience for agent partners. Fylak joined AmTrust E&S after a number of years at a leading binding carrier.

Commenting on the appointments, Hickey said: "I am very excited about the future of AmTrust's E&S group and am confident that this team will increase our leadership position in the industry and further our reputation as a highly responsive E&S underwriter."

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