Aspen Announces Organizational Changes
January 14 2010 - 1:37PM
Business Wire
Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (“Aspen”) (NYSE: AHL) today
announced a new corporate structure whereby it will manage its
insurance and reinsurance businesses under two separate brands,
Aspen Insurance and Aspen Reinsurance, to enhance and better serve
its global customer base. This will allow Aspen to place a greater
emphasis on client service, with an increased focus on the regional
markets in which it operates.
Under the reorganization, Aspen’s Insurance operations will
comprise primarily its existing International Insurance and U.S.
Insurance divisions. Rupert Villers, Global Head of Financial and
Professional Lines Insurance, has been appointed CEO of Aspen
Insurance. Bill Murray, President of Aspen’s US Insurance division
will continue to lead Aspen’s US Insurance business. Aspen’s
Reinsurance business will comprise three divisions, Property
Reinsurance, Casualty Reinsurance and Specialty Reinsurance. Brian
Boornazian has been appointed CEO of Aspen Reinsurance and James
Few has been appointed President of Aspen Reinsurance.
“We are always looking for ways to best serve our clients and we
believe creating two distinct identities for our insurance and
reinsurance businesses will help to further enhance the excellent
service our clients have come to expect from Aspen,” said Chris
O’Kane, Aspen’s Chief Executive Officer.
As part of the reorganization, Julian Cusack will assume the
role of Group Chief Risk Officer. Mr. Cusack previously served as
Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Cusack will remain Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Aspen Insurance Limited ('Aspen Bermuda'),
roles he has held since November 2006 and June 2002, respectively.
In addition, Mr. Cusack will continue to chair Aspen's Reserving
Committee. As a result of the decentralization of responsibilities,
the chief operating officer position at the group level will not be
filled.
Commenting on Mr. Cusack’s new role, Chris O’Kane said: “Risk
management is key to everything we do at Aspen and I am confident
that under Julian’s leadership we will be able to take this to the
next level.”
About Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited
Aspen provides reinsurance and insurance coverage to clients in
various domestic and global markets through wholly-owned
subsidiaries and offices in Bermuda, France, Ireland, Singapore,
the United States, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. For the
nine months ended September 30, 2009, Aspen reported gross written
premiums of $1,661.4 million, net income of $347.6 million and
total assets of $8.2 billion. Its operating subsidiaries have been
assigned a rating of "A" ("Strong") by Standard & Poor's, an
"A" ("Excellent") by A.M. Best and an "A2" ("Good") by Moody's
Investors Service. For more information about Aspen, please visit
www.aspen.bm.
Application of the Safe Harbor of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995:
This press release contains written, and Aspen's officers may
make related oral, "forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of the U.S. federal securities laws regarding changes in personnel,
reorganizations and its ability to execute its plans. These
statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward- looking
statements include all statements that do not relate solely to
historical or current facts, and can be identified by the use of
words such as "expect," "intend," "plan," "believe," "project,"
"anticipate," "seek," "will," "estimate," "may," "continue," and
similar expressions of a future or forward-looking nature.
All forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions,
estimates and data concerning future results and events and are
subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of
which are outside Aspen's control that could cause actual results
to differ materially from such statements, including changes in
market conditions and their impact on our business. For a detailed
description of uncertainties and other factors that could impact
the forward-looking statements in this release, please see the
"Risk Factors" section in Aspen's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2009.
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