Munich Re Specialty Group Ltd. (MRSG) of London is expanding its underwriting platform in North America and has tapped John Hennessy to lead the initiative. Hennessy was named president and chief executive officer of MRSG subsidiary of Roanoke Group Inc. (RGI), in Schaumburg, Illinois.
With 35 years of industry experience at CNA, Hennessy will be responsible for driving growth in Marine and Specialty classes to North American insurance brokers. He began his career as an underwriter for CNA in Chicago, rising through the field ranks, along the way leading numerous levels of field operations; casualty underwriting and the middle market; and sales & distribution. From 2009, Hennessy served in London as CEO and chairman of CNA Europe; then from 2014 he served as president and COO of CNA Canada before returning to Chicago in 2017.
Through Munich Re Syndicate, MRSG has been providing marine and specialty offerings to insurance brokers in North America for decades from its home base in London.
RGI also provides targeted logistics and transportation-related insurance offerings across the U.S. through its subsidiary Roanoke Insurance Group Inc., which will continue to be led by its president, Karen Groff.
Roanoke Group Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of MRSG and is the parent and holding company of Roanoke Insurance Group Inc.
Source: MRSG
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