Markel International, the specialty property and casualty insurer, is to launch a trade credit division to be led by Ewa Rose, who will be appointed managing director of the new division.
Ms Rose has been involved in the credit insurance sector for over 20 years. Since 2003, she has been manager of the global trade credit business at ACE Group, having joined the insurer in 2000. Prior to that she was a senior underwriter and then a director of Amlin Credit, having previously spent nine years as a trade credit insurance broker.
This is the second new division to be created by Markel International in the last 12 months, following the launch of an equine and livestock division in 2009. It also follows the acquisition last year of Elliott Special Risks, the leading Managing General Agent in Canada.
William Stovin, president and chief operating officer of Markel International, said: “There are some very attractive business opportunities in the trade credit business which, structured correctly, can meet Markel’s demanding underwriting criteria. The development of this new business line reflects further progress in Markel International’s commitment to create a wide portfolio of specialised insurance products. We are delighted that Ewa will be leading our business in this area.”
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Notes to editors:
Markel International Limited is a specialty property and casualty insurer. Based in London and comprising the international operations of Markel Corporation, it wrote gross premiums in 2008 of $693 million. It has six operating divisions writing business either through Markel Syndicate 3000 or through Markel International Insurance Company Limited. Markel Corporation is a US listed business, capitalised at around $3 billion, which in 2008 wrote gross premiums of $2.2 billion.
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