DARAG hires former Marsh/Aon/AmTrust exec as new COO

Legacy business  DARAG Group has appointed an industry veteran who has previously worked at Marsh, Aon, AmTrust and Flag Partners as its group chief operating officer.

Rob Samuel was most recently co-founder and CFO of Curotech Specialty, a start-up MGA focused on underwriting North American specialty E&S business.

Tom Booth (pictured),  DARAG group CEO, said: “Rob’s broad industry experience and excellent understanding of the requirements for a 21st century COO will be invaluable to  DARAG. He has the technical and leadership abilities we need to head all the operational aspects of our group and we are delighted he is joining us.”

Samuel said: “It’s a great time to be joining  DARAG. The group has an excellent team of professionals across all the run-off disciplines.  I am looking forward to continue building out the claims management and operational capabilities of the group as it grows through the acquisition of additional run-off portfolios in Europe and North America.”

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