People Moves: MAPFRE USA Names Pasko; Roosevelt Road Appoints Cook

MAPFRE USA Names Pasko Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

MAPFRE USA, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, appointed Mark Pasko as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of MAPFRE USA, effective July 21.

Pasko will be responsible for MAPFRE’s legal, regulatory and government affairs in the U.S., as well as compliance, state filings and corporate governance matters.

Pasko joins MAPFRE after having served most recently as chief legal officer of QBE North America, where he managed the legal and regulatory affairs for QBE’s North American and Bermuda operations.

Roosevelt Road Specialty Appoints Cook as Chief Underwriting Officer of Property

Roosevelt Road Specialty, headquartered in New York City, appointed Brendan Cook as chief underwriting officer (CUO) of property. Cook leads Roosevelt Road Specialty’s property underwriting strategy, guiding risk selection, portfolio management, and underwriting innovation across the platform.

A veteran in the insurance industry with more than 20 years of experience, Cook joins Roosevelt Road Specialty from RB Jones, Inc. (formerly Global Excess Partners), where he served as vice president and managing director. There, he led all facets of property underwriting and operations, overseeing multiple lines, including middle market, large property, flood, builders’ risk and terrorism. Before that, Cook held senior roles at QBE North America and Crum & Forster.