Ethos Specialty Insurance Services, part of Ascot Group’s Managing General Underwriter platform, has appointed Rory Cline as its President and Chief Executive Officer.
Cline has served as Chief Underwriting Officer since joining Ethos Specialty at its inception in 2017, before which he served as President of Ascot Specialty U.S, a position he held since 2009.
He has also held a number of other senior management positions in both primary insurance and reinsurance over his 35-year career, including as the founding CEO of MGU DirectFac in 2004.
In his new role, Cline will report to Jerry Tegan, who has recently taken on a wider Ascot Group role as Executive Chairman for the U.S.
Andrew Brooks, Ascot Group CEO, commented on the appointment: “Rory has been a long-standing employee of Ascot and understands our values and the culture we have.
“Since joining Ethos at its foundation last year, he and the team have done an excellent job taking the company from a start-up MGU platform to a serious player in the market – he’s the right person to lead them in to their next phase of development.”
“I look forward to Rory being an essential part of Jerry Tegan’s team in growing Ascot Group in the U.S,” Brooks added.
