ACE USA Selects Kinsella to Lead Midwest Region

Kelley Kinsella has been appointed senior vice president and regional executive officer for ACE USA’s Midwest Region.

Kinsella will be responsible for setting and driving overall strategy for the region, which comprises 13 Midwestern states, and includes ACE USA branch offices in Cleveland, Ohio, Minneapolis, Minn., and Kansas City.

Kinsella will be based in Chicago and will report to Ed Zaccaria, division president, ACE USA Regional Operations.

Kinsella returns to ACE USA Regional Operations from ACE USA Global Property and Specialty Lines where she most recently served as senior vice president for the western zone. She was previously chief operating officer for ACE USA’s Midwest region, where she was responsible for leadership and business development, and coordinating product line presence across the region.

Kinsella succeeds Scott McKeon, who has been appointed to the national role of senior vice president, Distribution Management, for ACE USA. In this new role, McKeon will work collaboratively with ACE USA’s regional teams to develop distribution strategies on a national basis for all ACE operating units to further drive select broker relationships and differentiate ACE.

With more than 25 years of insurance and industry experience, Kinsella began her career at ACE’s predecessor company, CIGNA Property & Casualty

With more than 20 years of experience in the insurance underwriting and brokerage arena, McKeon most recently served as senior vice president and regional executive officer of ACE USA’s Midwest region, a position he held since 2002. He joined ACE USA from Tri-City Brokerage in Chicago, a national wholesale broker, where he was vice president in its Casualty group.

Source: ACE USA