Hamilton Select Insurance Inc., Hamilton’s newly-launched E&S insurer has announced two senior underwriting appointments.
Devon Minarik has been appointed as Head of US Small Business Casualty Insurance, and Logan Kirkland has been appointed as Head of US Products Liability & Contractors Insurance.
Reporting to Hamilton Select Insurance Inc. CEO Clay Rhoades, Minarik and Kirkland will be based in Hamilton’s new Richmond, Virginia office.
Within these new roles, both Minarik and Kirkland have responsibility for the development of their respective lines of business.
Minarik joins Hamilton most recently having spent over a year serving as Vice President at AmWINS Group, Inc., prior to which he spent over a decade with Burns & Wilcox in increasingly senior roles, ultimately serving as Managing Director for several years prior to his departure.
Before joining Hamilton, Kirkland was most recently serving as an Underwriting Specialist at James River Insurance Company, where he was involved in handling large, complex, national products and construction accounts.
Prior to that, he served as a property underwriter and property and casualty (P&C) broker at Continental Underwriters, Inc.
Rhoades commented: “It continues to be an exciting time for Hamilton in the US E&S space. Over the past year, we have established and quickly grown our team, launched Hamilton Select Insurance Inc., and are excited to begin writing policies on our domestic paper as we build this best-in-class specialty insurer.
“We’re pleased to now diversify into small business casualty and products liability & contractors insurance lines with additional immediate growth afoot. Devon and Logan’s expertise serving small businesses with their hard-to-place insurance risks together with their solid reputations within the market are valuable additions to our already talented team.”
