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Ironshore Names Hartley U.S. Program Business Leader; Appoints Sharis Director

Feb 4 2019 // Ironshore Specialty Casualty has announced executive appointments to oversee the Programs business unit in the U.S. Casey Hartley has been named senior vice president, head of Programs. Hartley will oversee the...

Horton Heads Ironshore Bermuda Rebranded as Liberty Specialty Markets

Dec 6 2018 // Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, is integrating its Ironshore Bermuda businesses and brands into one brand called Liberty Specialty Markets Bermuda. The new business will be led by...

Ironshore Enhances Contractors Ability Coverage for Pollution Incidents

Nov 28 2018 // Ironshore Environmental has enhanced its Contractors Environmental Legal Liability (CELL) program to include coverage for damages resulting from pollution incidents caused by the contractor’s work. CELL is offered on...

Ironshore’s O’Brien Joins Ascot U.S. to Launch Environmental Business

Nov 20 2018 // Ascot has named environmental insurance veteran John O’Brien as executive vice president and head of Environmental. O’Brien will be responsible for launching an environmental liabilities and related specialty...

Former AIG, Ironshore Executive Mitrovic Joins Cooper Levenson Law Firm

Sep 24 2018 // Veteran insurance executive Michael Mitrovic has joined the Cooper Levenson law firm in its insurance defense litigation practice. Mitrovic’s career spans nearly 40 years in the insurance industry. He served as...

Liberty International Underwriters & Ironshore Canada Renamed Liberty Mutual Canada

Sep 14 2018 // Liberty Mutual Insurance announces that Liberty International Underwriters (LIU Canada) and Ironshore Canada will be rebranded as Liberty Mutual Canada. “The rebranding of our joint operation as Liberty Mutual Canada...

Ironshore Enhances Designers, Contractors PL Coverage

Aug 7 2018 // Ironshore’s Construction Industry group, in conjunction with Ironshore Specialty Casualty, has enhanced its coverage for designers and contractors. The specialty program offers contractors pollution liability on an...

Ironshore Forms Onshore Middle Market Energy Equipment Facility

Jul 10 2018 // Ironshore Insurance Services LLC has formed an energy equipment facility offering property and inland marine insurance coverage for onshore middle market classes of business in the U.S. Ironshore’s Syndicated Risk...

Ironshore Names Dorneker President of IronHealth

May 15 2018 // Lainie R. Dorneker has been appointed president of IronHealth, the healthcare professional liability unit of Ironshore. She assumes the role from Matthew Dolan, who was recently named president of Ironshore U.S....

Iron-Starr Excess Agency Increases Capacity for Property Risks

Mar 7 2018 // Iron-Starr Excess Agency Ltd. (Iron-Starr), an excess specialty insurance lines managing general underwriting agency operated by Ironshore, has expanded its relationship with Oil Casualty Insurance Ltd. (OCIL) to...

Ironshore Names Russo VP, Mid-Atlantic Regional Executive in Philadelphia

Feb 13 2018 // Ironshore Inc. has named David D. Russo as vice president and regional executive of the Mid-Atlantic region, based in Philadelphia, Penn. In his new role, Russo will be responsible for the management, oversight and...

Yeoman Named Branch Executive for Ironshore’s Dallas Region

Dec 22 2017 // Ironshore Inc. has appointed Richard Yeoman as branch executive for its Dallas region, effective January 2018. He assumes the role from Ben Johnson, who is pursuing a new opportunity within the organization. Yeoman will...

Ironshore’s Pembroke Agency & GIC Re Get Nod from Lloyd’s to Form Syndicate

Dec 21 2017 // Ironshore Inc. announced that its Pembroke Managing Agency has been granted “in principle” approval by the Lloyd’s Franchise Board to create GIC Re’s syndicate at Lloyd’s. “The...

Ironshore’s Boren, President of U.S. Field Operations, Retiring; Frediani to Succeed

Nov 30 2017 // Ironshore Inc. announced that industry veteran Joseph L. Boren, president of U.S. Field Operations and a noted environmental risk expert, will retire as of year-end 2017. Boren’s role as president of U.S. Field...

Smith Named President of Ironshore Environmental, Replacing O’Brien

Nov 21 2017 // Ironshore Inc. announced that Toby Smith has been appointed president of Ironshore Environmental. Smith assumes the role from John O’Brien, who recently left recently the company to pursue new opportunities. Smith...

Iron-Excess Names 3 to Specialty Casualty Posts for U.S., London

Oct 30 2017 // Ironshore announced the appointments of three executives to underwrite Specialty Casualty risk in U.S. and London markets. Iron-Excess, the excess underwriting unit of Ironshore Insurance Services formed in September 2017,...

Ironshore’s Singapore Branch Hikes Capacity to $50M for Political Risk Lines

Oct 19 2017 // Ironshore Insurance Ltd., Singapore Branch, announced an increase in capacity for political risk business lines within its Political Risk & Trade Credit unit. Available capacity now stands at US$50 million, an increase...

Ascot Group Taps Ironshore’s Roberts as CFO, Promotes Dimsey to Group COO

Oct 18 2017 // Ascot Group Ltd. (AGL), a Bermuda-based holding company, announced the appointment of Joe Roberts as group chief financial officer, and the promotion of Rob Dimsey to group chief operating officer. Roberts has 30...

Ironshore Hong Kong Offers Legal Event Expense Cover in Hong Kong Market

Oct 18 2017 // Ironshore Hong Kong has introduced a specialty professional lines product that offers protection for after-the-event legal expenses following commercial litigation. Ironshore’s After-the-Event Legal Expenses product...

Ironshore’s New Iron-Excess MGA Is Based on Iron-Starr Excess Agency Model

Sep 26 2017 // Using a Bermuda joint venture between Ironshore and C.V. Starr & Co. as a model, Ironshore announced the launch of Iron-Excess on Monday. Ironshore, a Liberty Mutual company, describes Iron-Excess as an expansion of...