Catlin US Appoints Greggains, Englesbe as Chief Underwriting Officers

Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited reported that Nick Greggains has been appointed as chief underwriting officer for insurance and Andrew Englesbe has been appointed as chief underwriting officer for reinsurance for Catlin US.

Both will report to Richard Banas, president and chief executive officer of Catlin US, and will be responsible for insurance and reinsurance underwriting operations in the United States, respectively.

Greggains was most recently president and chief operating officer of the XL Design Professional, a unit of XL Insurance. Prior to joining XL, he held positions at Brown & Brown Risk Management and Corcoran & Havlin Insurance. He will be working out of Catlin’s Hartford, Conn., office.

Englesbe has most recently been director of property facultative reinsurance for Catlin US, which he joined in December 2006 following the Catlin Group’s acquisition of Wellington Underwriting plc. Prior to joining Wellington he had been director of property facultative reinsurance for J. Linneman & Co. and had worked for 22 years with General Re in both facultative and treaty reinsurance roles, including 16 years as facultative manager of the San Francisco office. He will be working out of Catlin’s Sonoma, Calif., office.

Source: Catlin
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