Insurer expands environmental business with pollution underwriting appointments

Ongoing demand for environmental risk management has led a global insurer to invest in its pollution underwriting

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XL Catlin is responding to ongoing demand for environmental risk management and pollution insurance with investment in its regional underwriting teams in San Francisco, Chicago and Atlanta.

XL Catlin's newest pollution underwriters, who will help manage, underwrite, and assist in the development of new environmental insurance products, include:        
  • In Atlanta:  Ben Stone joins XL Catlin's eastern region as senior underwriter.  Mr. Stone most recently served as a senior underwriter at AIG, providing pollution insurance coverage for fixed-site based risks, contractors and underground storage tanks. 
  • In Chicago:  Senior Underwriter Tracy Mitchell joins XL Catlin from Allied World. Her previous experience also includes five years of environmental consulting including tenure with the US Environmental Protection Agency.
  • In San Francisco:  Melissa Baker joins XL Catlin as senior underwriter, bringing 15 years of pollution insurance underwriting and business development experience honing her expertise in positions with Liberty Mutual, and Frenkel & Co.  
"While other insurers may be shying away from the pollution liability market, we continue to reinforce our resources and environmental risk management talent,” said Matt O’Malley, president of XL Catlin’s Environmental insurance business.

“Effective environmental risk management takes considerable knowledge and technical skill. We continue to attract a unique combination of environmental management and insurance industry talent.  It's been a key driver in our 30 years of success in the environmental insurance market and will continue to be as we look for new and innovative ways to help our clients manage pollution risks."  

XL Catlin's environmental insurance business is three decades in the making and continues to produce new pollution insurance products.
 

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