QBE the Americas has announced that president and CEO John Pollock will retire at year-end after 29 years of service to the company. Pollock will continue as chairman of the General Casualty and Unigard board of directors. Peter Christen, the current president and CEO of the company’s Unigard subsidiaries, has been named as Pollock’s successor. Christen has served in several leadership positions within the group over the past 27 years. Pete McPartland, the current president and CEO of the General Casualty companies with 13 years of service, will also assume the newly created role of chief operating officer of QBE Regional Insurance, reporting directly to Christen.
QBE Regional Companies (N.A.), Inc., formerly Winterthur U.S. Holdings, Inc. was acquired by the QBE Insurance Group from the AXA Group earlier this year, becoming part of its Americas Division. The General Casualty and Unigard companies, along with the National Farmers Union Insurance companies and QBE AGRI Insurance, form the QBE Regional Insurance pillar of QBE the Americas.
“My primary focus for some time has been to secure a new owner for our organization that valued our people, our agents, and our business,” Pollock said. “The completion of our acquisition by QBE has delivered the right owner, allowing me to consider this move with the confidence that we also have the right team in place to lead the company into this new era.”
QBE Regional Insurance, based in Sun Prairie, Wis., specializes in property and casualty insurance through two subsidiaries: General Casualty (Sun Prairie) and Unigard (Bellevue, Wash.).
Source: QBE Regional Insurance
Topics Casualty
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