AXIS Capital names new head of environmental for North America

AXIS Capital Holdings has introduced the appointment of Eric Paglieri as head of environmental for its North America division.

Paglieri will likely be based mostly in New York. He’ll report back to Michael McKenna, head of North America at AXIS.

In his new function, Paglieri will lead the corporate’s environmental underwriting workforce in constructing its specialty insurance coverage providing in North America inside its environmental legal responsibility coverages, that are personalized to satisfy the wants of contractors, consultants, producers and business properties.

Paglieri has greater than 15 years of underwriting expertise. He has experience in environmental threat, specializing on the whole legal responsibility, product legal responsibility, website air pollution, and extra legal responsibility. Previous to becoming a member of AXIS, Paglieri helped launch the environmental division at Ascot. He additionally spent two years as a P&C producer with Program Brokerage Corp. (now often known as Specialty Wholesale Insurance coverage Options), the place he targeted on New York building.

“The environmental legal responsibility threat panorama continues to evolve and stay advanced as new liabilities emerge and the regulatory surroundings in North America shifts,” McKenna mentioned. “This complexity requires the long-term, disciplined underwriting strategy and specialist threat information that our environmental workforce has demonstrated since its launch.

“As we proceed to raise our management in specialty insurance coverage segments, I’m delighted that Eric Paglieri has joined AXIS as North America’s head of environmental. Eric brings management, underwriting expertise, and expertise to assist us ship the tailor-made options that our companions and prospects require on this ever-evolving threat panorama.”

Paglieri is the most recent addition to AXIS’s roster. Final month, the corporate introduced the appointment of Cliff Gallant as head of investor relations and company growth. The corporate additionally just lately secured a four-year contract to offer specialty accident and medical insurance options to authorities, instructional and nonprofit organizations throughout North America.

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