Global re/insurer Chubb has made a series of leadership appointments to its North America commercial insurance division.
Ben Rockwell has been named vice president of Chubb group and will serve as division president, Chubb middle market.
He currently serves as executive vice president and Chief Underwriting Officer of North America commercial insurance.
Concurrently, James Williamson will serve as division president, Chubb Small Business, which includes the company’s product and service offerings for small and lower middle market companies.
He currently serves as vice president, Chubb group and division president, North America small commercial insurance,
Effective immediately, both Williamson and Rockwell will report to Paul Krump, executive vice president, Chubb group and president, North America commercial and personal insurance. They succeed C. Scott Gunter, who is leaving the company.
“I want to thank Scott for his service to the company over the past three decades and wish him and his family well,” said Krump.
“It’s a great pleasure to appoint Jim to lead our exciting and fast-growing small commercial and lower middle market business. This is a high-volume, high-tech segment where efficiency and ease of doing business is the name of the game, and Jim is a proven insurance executive and business-builder in this space.
“He understands the importance of offering a 100% digital experience for our agents and is the right executive to lead our efforts as we continue to penetrate the $100 billion U.S. small commercial market.
“I am equally delighted to appoint Ben to lead our middle market business, which is a core Chubb franchise. Ben is an experienced and seasoned underwriting executive.
“His expertise and leadership skills will be instrumental as we execute our ambitious growth strategies and provide the industry’s leading product and service capabilities for middle market companies across North America in more than 25 industry practices, each supported by a team of underwriting, claims and risk engineering professionals.”
The company also announced that Alex Wells, executive vice president and commercial insurance regional manager, northeast and mid-Atlantic regions, has been named Chief Underwriting Officer for North America Commercial Insurance, succeeding Rockwell. Wells will report to Mr. Rockwell and Mr. Williamson.
