Oesterreicher Joins HCC Board of Directors

HCC Insurance Holdings Inc., headquartered in Houston, announced that James E. Oesterreicher was elected to the company’s Board of Directors..

Oesterreicher is the retired chairman of the Board of J.C. Penney Company Inc., having served as chairman of the Board and chief executive officer from January 1997 until September 2000 and Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from January 1995 until January 1997. He serves as a Director for TXU Corp., Brinker International Inc., Texas Health Resources, Circle Ten Council – Boy Scouts of America, National March of Dimes Advisory Board, and Spina Bifida Birth Defects Foundation.

HCC is an international specialty insurance group with offices across the United States and in Bermuda, Spain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Source: HCC, www.hcc.com