Ironshore Appoints Senior VP of Northeast Region

Bermuda-based specialty insurer Ironshore Inc. appointed Aileen Marchese as senior vice president of the Northeast Region.

Based in New York, Marchese will be responsible for the management, oversight and operational execution of Ironshore’s business development strategies within the regional area. She will report to Joseph Boren, president of Ironshore’s U.S. field operations.

Marchese has more than 25 years of management experience within the insurance sector, with an extensive background in the underwriting of primary and excess casualty, and professional and employment liability lines. Prior to joining Ironshore, she served for nine years as senior vice president/zonal manager of New York region for the Risk Specialists Company Insurance Agency Inc. (RSCIA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AIG.

Marchese also led the New York Regional Real Estate Practice Group, which was an AIG corporate industry specialization initiative. She served on the company’s Executive Steering Committee for the New York Women Alliance, as well as the Executive Steering Committee for the New York Region Emerging Leader Program.

Marchese’s industry career spans a variety of executive positions with leading insurance companies and brokerage entities in diverse professional liability and casualty business lines. Prior to AIG, she was an assistant vice president for financial products with The Hartford, responsible for managing the Employment Practices Liability Department nationwide.

She also has been vice president and national practice leader of employment practices liability for the Financial Insurance Services division of Kemper Insurance Company.

Ironshore provides broker-sourced specialty property and casualty insurance coverages for varying risks on a global basis through its multiple international platforms.