Executives On The Move at AGCS and AXIS

July 14, 2020

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE appointed a number of new North America executive and simplified its organizational structure as part of its ongoing “New AGCS” transformation program. AXIS Insurance has brought on three experienced underwriters to its U.S. Cyber and Technology team.

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Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE made a number of new appointments and simplified its organizational structure in North America as part of its ongoing “New AGCS” transformation program.

The Allianz SE logo sits on top of a building in Berlin, Germany. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

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AXIS Insurance has brought on three experienced underwriters to its U.S. Cyber and Technology team.

Peter Smith will join AXIS as Underwriting Manager, U.S. Cyber and Technology, and Emma Werth and Jessica Currier will join as Senior Underwriters.

Smith will specialize in middle market underwriting and strategic development across Cyber and Technology Errors & Omissions (E&O), focusing on analyzing, reviewing and monitoring new and renewal accounts of all programs. He has more than 12 years’ specialty insurance experience and joins AXIS from Swiss Re, where he was a Vice President and Senior Underwriter in Cyber and Technology E&O. Before that, he was a Senior Underwriter for Specialty E&O at Zurich North America, and Claims Assistant Vice President at Marsh & McClennan, where he focused on Property and Casualty and E&O.

Werth will focus on Cyber and Technology underwriting, having spent the previous two years underwriting Cyber and Technology at NAS Insurance Services and later Tokio Marine HHC following its acquisition of NAS. Previously, she worked at Zurich North America as an Associate Underwriter for middle market property and casualty with an emphasis on large business casualty.

Currier joins AXIS from Hiscox and will focus on Media E&O. She brings experience from both the carrier and broker perspectives, having started her career at Risk Strategies on its Entertainment business with a focus on Film & TV and Broadway shows. She then joined Hiscox as a Senior Underwriter, handling Media for regional and large program accounts.

Sources: Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, AXIS Insurance