QBE North America Promotes Burkhart to Head of Specialty Management, Professional Liability

QBE North America has promoted John Burkhart to senior vice president and head of Management Liability & Professional Lines (MLPL).

In this newly created role, Burkhart will assume responsibility for QBE North America’s entire Specialty MLPL portfolio, which includes its public company, private company, errors & omissions, financial institutions and transactional liability practices.

Additionally, Burkhart will become the Specialty Midwest regional leader, working in partnership with field operations. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Burkhart will continue to report to Jeff Grange, president, Specialty Insurance.

Burkhart has 24 years of experience in the specialized MLPL arena. He worked at Chubb prior to joining QBE in 2013 as senior vice president and underwriting leader for the public company MLPL practice.

Source: QBE North America