Hamilton hires Kinsale exec to head up its MGA Americas

Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group has appointed a new president of Hamilton Managing General Agency Americas.

Clay Rhoades joins from Kinsale Insurance where he was SVP of commercial property/inland marine.

Prior to this, he was SVP of Kinsale’s professional liability, management liability, and public entity segment. Before Kinsale, Rhoades spent several years in increasingly senior positions at Argo Group, profitably developing a number of specialty lines of business.

In the newly formed role, Rhoades will report to Hamilton CEO Pina Albo and will be a member of her group executive team. He will focus on the further expansion of Hamilton's US specialty insurance businesses written across its group platforms.

“I'm thrilled that Clay has decided to join Hamilton. His knowledge and relationships will be instrumental not only as we grow our existing business, but also as we thoughtfully expand our product offerings in the US,” said Albo.

"Clay's leadership will provide the springboard we need to advance our US buildout at an ideal time in the market. Clay joins a strong underwriting operation in the US, which has recently expanded to include environmental liability and transactional liability and will look to attract new talent for targeted lines of business."