Global insurer AmTrust Financial Services has hired STERLON founders Kevin Le Messurier-Girling and Victoria Girling for its legal expense insurance team in Canada.
The key hires are recognized authorities in the legal expense insurance space and bring more than three decades of expertise to AmTrust International. STERLON, which the duo launched in 1993, was granted the first special license to adjust legal expense insurance claims.
At AmTrust, Le Messurier-Girling will become the business development director for corporate underwriting, while Girling will serve as claims director. Their arrival is seen as a strategic move to enhance AmTrust’s legal expense insurance business in Canada, a market the company entered in 2013.
It was noted that AmTrust's legal expense insurance division is active in many common law jurisdictions and is dedicated to evolving its product offerings to increase access to justice, particularly in emerging markets.
Simon Warr (pictured), AmTrust International’s lead underwriter for legal expenses, commented: “We are excited to welcome Kevin and Victoria to AmTrust. We believe adding their experienced management and established reputation to our existing global legal expenses operations will allow for profitable growth and regional expansion in Canada.”
Headquartered in New York, AmTrust Financial Services is a multinational insurance holding company offering various specialty property and casualty insurance products. These include workers’ compensation, business owner’s policy, general liability, and extended service and warranty coverage.
Meanwhile, AmTrust International’s legal expense insurance proposition spans before-the-event (BTE) and after-the-event (ATE) coverage. BTE includes legal protection for commercial, family, landlord & tenant, and motor, as well as affinity, membership associations, and employee benefit solutions. BTE policies also incorporate access to a round-the-clock legal, human resources, and tax advice service.
ATE case categories include commercial litigation, professional negligence, financial mis-selling, insolvency, contentious trusts/probate, international arbitration, clinical negligence, and personal Injury.
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