W. R. Berkley Corporation Names Daniel Smyrl President of Admiral Insurance Group
October 27 2021 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) today announced the
appointment of Daniel Smyrl as president of Admiral Insurance Group
(Admiral). He succeeds Curtis E. Fletcher, who has been named
chairman of Admiral. The appointments are effective
immediately.
Mr. Smyrl joined Admiral in 2002 and most recently served as
executive vice president of underwriting. He has nearly 40 years of
commercial property and casualty insurance experience in
underwriting and management. He holds both the Associate in Surplus
Lines Insurance (ASLI) and Associate in Commercial Underwriting
(AU) designations.
Mr. Fletcher has been with Admiral for 23 years and was named
president in 2018. He has been instrumental in advancing Admiral as
a leader in the excess and surplus lines commercial insurance
market. As chairman, he will maintain an active role, providing
insights and strategic guidance.
W. Robert Berkley, Jr., president and chief executive officer of
W. R. Berkley Corporation, commented on the appointment, "Curt has
been a model of what we look for in an outstanding leader within
our organization. He has done an exceptional job in all of the
positions he has held during his tenure. We would thank him for his
extraordinary contributions to Admiral and W. R. Berkley
Corporation over his many years of service, and we are delighted
that he will be continuing in this new role. Dan is a dynamic
executive, who has brought a wealth of experience to the
organization. We are exceedingly confident in Dan’s ability to lead
the Admiral team as they further build upon Admiral’s long history
of success."
For further info about products and services available from
Admiral Insurance Group, please visit www.admiralins.com.
Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance
holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers
in the United States and operates worldwide in two segments of the
property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance
& Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley
Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com.
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