Howden US, headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, appointed Mark Peterson as head of its construction, infrastructure and surety practice. Peterson joins Mike Parrish’s Howden US team and works closely with Naresh Dade, global head of construction, as part of Howden’s global specialty practice.
Peterson is responsible for building out the industry practice and creating a new holistic option for clients in the construction and infrastructure space.
Peterson has over three decades of legal and insurance industry experience. Before joining Howden, he led the professional liability team at Aon, where he advised constructors, architects, engineers, and owners on complex project risks and contractual models. Earlier in his career, he was a partner at Stinson Leonard Street LLP in Omaha, Nebraska, and a shareholder at Koley Jessen P.C., where he built a national litigation practice focused on intellectual property, construction, engineering, and professional liability disputes.
ICW Group Names Sokol Head of Excess Casualty for New Business Unit, ICW Specialty
ICW Group Insurance Companies, headquartered in San Diego, California, appointed Jake Sokol as head of excess casualty for ICW Specialty, the company’s newly formed specialty products business unit. Sokol will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for the excess casualty division, expected to launch next year. Sokol and his team are based out of Atlanta, Georgia, alongside Tracey Estes, the newly appointed chief underwriting officer of ICW Specialty.
Sokol has over 20 years of expertise in excess casualty underwriting and strategic portfolio management. Most recently, he served as vice president and head of national accounts, excess casualty at Everest Insurance, where he managed an excess casualty portfolio and led a team of underwriters across the U.S. Sokol has also held senior roles at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and C.V. Starr.
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