Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has announced that Alessandro Carriglio (pictured) has been appointed as strategy officer of underwriting portfolio management of the Americas, Financial Lines, North America. Carriglio will be based in New York and will report to Paul Schiavone, regional head of financial lines for North America and regional head of corporate long-tail lines and ART. Gustavo Galrao will take Carriglio’s former role as regional head of financial lines for South America.

Carriglio has an extensive background in the financial lines business at AGCS, most recently as deputy regional head of MLC financial lines, North America, and regional head of financial lines, South America. Prior to that, he was deputy global head of MLC as part of the CUO office in Munich. He has also served as a financial lines MLC manager for Allianz in Milan, Italy.

“Alessandro is an integral part of the financial lines team,” Schiavone said. “This well-deserved promotion is testament to his dedication and expertise helping AGCS clients across the globe meet their risk management needs.”