People Moves: Sartain Heads Marsh Specialty; AXA XL Adds 2 Underwriters to E&S Team

Sartain Named Marsh Specialty Leader for U.S. and Canada

Insurance broker Marsh announced the appointment of Michelle Sartain as head of Marsh Specialty for the U.S. and Canada, effective January 1, 2022. Sartain will oversee Marsh’s aviation, construction, energy and power, credit specialties, financial and professional (FINPRO), marine, private equity and M&A (PEMA), and transactional risk specialty businesses in the region.

Currently head of Marsh’s US FINPRO Practice and based in New York, Sartain will succeed Pat Donnelly who, Marsh announced last month, will become president of Marsh U.S. and Canada on January 1, 2022.

Sartain has more than 20 years of experience, having served in roles of increasing responsibility at Marsh; prior to being named U.S. FINPRO leader in 2019, she was U.S. Sales leader.

In her new role, Sartain will work with Donnelly and report to Lucy Clarke, president, Marsh Specialty and Marsh Global Placement.

AXA XL Adds Two to E&S Primary Casualty Team

AXA XL has added new Excess & Surplus (E&S) casualty insurance underwriting expertise with the addition of Matthew Moses as senior underwriter in New York and Joshua Steele as senior underwriter in Scottsdale, Arizona.

With more than 10 years of underwriting experience, Moses joins AXA XL from CapSpecialty where focused his underwriting activities on addressing the E&S casualty needs of the construction industry. Prior to CapSpecialty, he was at Admiral Insurance, working in the Midwest, and building Admiral’s office from ground up.

Steele joins AXA XL’s E&S team from AmTrust. In this newly created role based in AXA XL’s West Zone, Steele will address the needs of wholesale brokers and clients throughout the Southwest. During his 10+ year-career in the insurance industry, he has held underwriting positions with Nationwide, Liberty Mutual and Travelers.

Topics Excess Surplus Underwriting AXA XL