ACE Ltd. announced Thursday that John Lupica, chairman of Insurance for North America, has been named to the additional position of vice chairman of ACE Ltd. and ACE Group Holdings.

Lupica’s responsibilities encompass ACE’s property/casualty insurance operations in the U.S., Bermuda and Canada, including ACE USA, a retail broker-distributed commercial insurance business; ACE Agriculture, which offers crop insurance and agribusiness coverages through agents and brokers; ACE Westchester, which provides commercial P/C excess and surplus lines through wholesale brokers; ACE Private Risk Services, which markets high-value personal lines coverages through independent agents and brokers; ACE Bermuda, which offers liability, property, political risk and captive programs through large international brokers; and ACE Commercial Risk Services, which provides specialty coverages to small and midsize businesses through agents and brokers.

Lupica has more than 25 years of property/casualty insurance experience. He joined ACE in 2000 as executive vice president of the U.S. Professional Risk business and advanced to division president of the unit. He also served as division president of U.S. Regional Operations before being named president of ACE USA in 2005. He was appointed to the additional role of chief operating officer of Insurance–North America in 2010 and to his current role in 2011. Prior to ACE, Lupica served as senior vice president for Munich-American Risk Partners Inc. and held various management positions at AIG.

Source: ACE Ltd.