Ascot Group has appointed Erin Osborne (pictured above) as the firm’s new head of US excess casualty, effective immediately.
Osborne joined Ascot's US excess casualty team as vice president, Northeast, earlier this year. Before her tenure at Ascot, she served as managing director for excess casualty at Nationwide, where she was instrumental in developing and expanding the company's retail excess casualty book.
Osborne also managed the national excess casualty portfolio at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions prior to her role at Nationwide.
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In her new role, Osborne will oversee the management and strategic direction of the business unit, focusing on growth within this key market segment. Based in New York, she will continue to report to Jeff Canfield, US head of casualty.
“Erin’s appointment further underscores Ascot’s continued commitment to – and strength in – the excess casualty market, a segment for which we’ve added five talented and experienced underwriters year-to-date,” Canfield said. “Since joining Ascot, Erin has proven herself both a shrewd underwriter and a trusted leader to our underwriters stationed in key client markets across the country, including New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Charlotte, and Hartford.”
Matt Kramer, CEO of Ascot US, also praised Osborne’s elevation to her new role.
“At Ascot, we continue to both recruit and develop top-tier talent who have the specialized expertise to meet the ever-evolving needs of our clients. Erin’s promotion to lead the US excess casualty team is representative of our commitment to both our employees and our clients,” he said.
Ascot Group specializes in providing excess casualty coverage solutions across multiple sectors in the US, the UK, and Bermuda.
Elsewhere for the insurance group, Ascot has also recently announced Charles Craigs as the new managing principal in charge of third-party capital initiatives in Bermuda in a bid to expand and enhance its sidecar and third-party capital ventures.
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