Brit Adds Ballantyne to Claims Team for North America

Christopher Ballantyne joined specialty insurer Brit Ltd.s claims team in the newly-created role of vice president of Delegated Claim Authority.

Ballantyne will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight and performance management of Brit’s North American claims service providers, as well as providing support for Brit’s claims team based in London.

Ballantyne joins Brit with 20 years of industry experience. Most recently he was vice president for Liability & Property Claims at Crum & Forster. Prior to that, he was with Hastings Mutual and before that spent 18 years in claims roles at The Hartford.

U.S.-based Ballantyne will report to Mike Barry, head of Short Tail Claims, in London.