People

In anticipation of the retirement of Chief Operating Officer John J. Degnan on Dec. 31, 2010, John D. Finnegan, chairman, president and chief executive officer of The Chubb Corp. announced several management appointments, effective Jan. 1, 2011:

Paul J. Krump, currently executive vice president and chief underwriting officer, will become president of Commercial and Specialty Lines. He will also assume direct responsibility for the Accident business. Krump will report to Finnegan.

Dino E. Robusto, currently executive vice president and chief administrative officer, will become president of Personal Lines and Claims. He will also continue to oversee Information Technologies, Communications, Corporate Development and Innovation. He, too, will report to Finnegan.

Harold L. Morrison, executive vice president and chief global field officer, will continue in that role and assume the additional title of chief administrative officer, in which capacity he will supervise Human Resources and Administrative Services. Morrison will report to Krump and Robusto.

Krump, Robusto and Morrison will serve on the Executive Committee with Finnegan and Richard G. Spiro, executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Finnegan also announced that he had asked Degnan to continue his association with Chubb in a part-time consulting role as a senior advisor to the chairman. Degnan, 66, served as attorney general of New Jersey under Governor Brendan T. Byrne. He joined Chubb in 1990 as senior vice president and general counsel and was named president in 1996. He became vice chairman and chief administrative officer in 2002 and vice chairman and chief operating officer in 2008.

Krump, 50, began his career in 1982 as a Chubb underwriting trainee in Minneapolis. He has held underwriting and management positions in several U.S. cities and Europe, and was named chief operating officer of Chubb Commercial Insurance in 2000. In 2008 he became chief underwriting officer, overseeing all three Chubb business units.

Robusto, 52, joined Chubb in 1986 as an underwriter in Montreal. He has led Chubb’s Multinational Risk Group and held other domestic and international underwriting and field management positions. In 2006 he became head of Chubb’s global Claims operations and in 2008 was promoted to chief administrative officer.

Morrison, 53, who joined Chubb in 1984 as an operations supervisor, has held a number of management positions in operations, underwriting and field management. In 2004, he became U.S. Field Operations officer, and in 2008, he was named chief global field officer, overseeing Chubb’s field organization in 120 offices in 28 countries.

Crump promoted John Lanni to vice president, broker, and team lead and hired Juan Borda as assistant vice president, broker, to expand the firm’s East coast professional lines focus in its Orlando, Fla. franchise.

Lanni joined Crump in 2005 and has experience with directors and officers liability, employment practice liability, and various professional liability risks.

Borda has experience in banking and fidelity risks. He previously worked with Professional Risk Solutions.

Michael R. Cratem, an insurance executive with 18 years in the business, has been named vice president and chief underwriting officer at Sunshine State Insurance Co., which writes homeowners’ insurance in Florida. Cratem returns to SSIC after three years as senior vice president of Intendant Holding Corp./Kings Bay Insurance Services in Ponte Vedra Beach. He served as marketing and underwriting manager and vice presdient of underwriting during the early years of Sunshine’s growth.

AssuranceAmerica Corp. has named Sheree Williams senior vice president and chief financial officer. Williams was most recently vice president of Finance at 21st Century Insurance and Financial Services (previously AIG Agency Auto). Her previous experience includes senior vice president of Finance and senior vice president of Logistics for Swift Denim as well as corporate controller for Tom’s Foods Inc.