NEW YORK and LONDON, Jan. 10,
2012 /PRNewswire/ -- XL Group plc's ("XL") (NYSE: XL)
Insurance segment has combined its Property Underwriting and
XL Global Asset Protection Services (XL GAPS) engineers to form one
unified team of nearly 200 risk engineers worldwide. To
efficiently direct its combined risk engineering resources as XL
underwriters and clients need them – either as part of a fully
integrated risk management program or to provide unbundled loss
prevention services -- XL Group also announced the appointment of
six new Regional Engineering Leaders.
According to Joseph Tocco,
Executive Vice President of XL's North America Property and head of
XL GAPS, "With this new alignment we have pooled our risk
engineering talent together to allow easy deployment of those
resources and greater flexibility to fit the business needs of our
insureds, our XL GAPS clients, and our underwriters. It's all part
of our goal to provide our customers with top-notch service through
the full length of the value chain -- from loss prevention
servicing, through fronting and risk transfer, all backed up by
outstanding claims services."
XL's new Regional Engineering Leaders include:
- Marc Musikoff for
North America/Eastern:
Based in New York, Mr. Musikoff
has 25 years of risk engineering experience gathered from his
experiences at Factory Mutual Engineering Association, Alexander
and Alexander, Protection Mutual Insurance Company, TVA Fire &
Life Safety and XL GAPS, which he joined in 2001. He holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from
Rutgers University's College of
Engineering.
- James Lemanski for
North America/Central: Mr.
Lemanski will remain based in Chicago and will apply his 20 years of large
account property loss prevention experience to direct risk
engineering resources throughout the Central US. He holds a
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and an MBA from
the University of Illinois, Chicago.
- Anthony Forester for
North America/Western: Mr.
Forester's loss prevention and risk management experience was honed
at GE Insurance Solutions and XL GAPS. He received his
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of
Science in Fire Protection Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. To take on his new
position, he is relocating from Chicago to Los
Angeles.
- Huw Chandler for
Northern Europe/Australia
Pacific: Based in London, Mr.
Chandler has more than 30 years of experience as a fire protection
engineer, industry safety consultant, construction and
property account consultant including positions with Allianz,
Winterthur International and XL, where he served as account
consultant before taking on this new regional engineering leader
role.
- Jan Van Caesbroeck for Western Europe: Mr. Van Caesbroeck has considerable experience
providing loss prevention services to Fortune 500 companies, with
particular expertise in the Auto, Diversified Chemical and Steel
industries. He earned his chemical engineering degree and a Masters
in Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering from the University
in Brussels.
- Martin Vinkenfluegel for Central and Eastern Europe: Mr. Vinkenfluegel joined
GAPS as a risk engineer in 1987. In 2003, he moved to XL to
build and manage its Property field engineering organization in
Europe and Asia Pacific. He will retain his
business development responsibilities in addition to taking on this
new risk leader role. He holds an Engineering degree from the
Technical University of Aachen, Germany. He is based in
Zurich.
Matthias Horntrich, Chief Underwriting Officer of XL's
International Property Insurance group added: "Our customers
should have a choice! That's why we are proud to be able to offer
them the flexibility of a customized approach to their risk
management needs with a highly qualified global engineering team
which can provide input for superior underwriting decisions.
Our new Regional Engineering Leaders will play a key role
assuring that we optimize our risk engineering capabilities to
their fullest."
According to Tim Heinze, Head of
XL GAPS, "XL GAPS remains committed to our loss prevention
customers – those businesses that rely on us for loss prevention
surveys, employee training and other loss prevention services
outside their insurance program. In fact, we now have even
more engineering resources to bring to bear for our customers and
look forward to growing with them and helping them keep their
operations running profitably."
About XL's Insurance Segment
The Insurance segment of XL Group plc offers property, casualty,
professional and specialty insurance products globally. Businesses
that are moving the world forward choose XL as their partner. To
learn more, visit www.xlgroup.com/insurance
About XL GAPS
XL GAPS provides property loss prevention consulting and
delivers individually tailored solutions to protect and enhance
property, production, and profit. XL GAPS, with engineers in 18
countries, brings clients occupancy specific experience as well as
deep knowledge of specific hazards across industries. More
information about XL GAPS is available at www.xlgaps.com.
About XL Group plc
XL Group plc, through its subsidiaries, is a global insurance
and reinsurance company providing property, casualty and specialty
products to industrial, commercial and professional firms,
insurance companies and other enterprises throughout the world.
XL is the company clients look to for answers to their most
complex risks and to help move their world forward. Its principal
offices are located at No.1 Hatch Street Upper, 4th Floor,
Dublin 2, Ireland. To learn more, visit
www.xlgroup.com
SOURCE XL Group plc