Rossini, Suckerman Take New Roles Within Reshuffled AXA XL Cyber Unit

AXA XL’s cyber insurance business announced the creation of two new roles and several regional underwriting management appointments.

Rachel Rossini has assumed a new role as product manager for Cyber and Technology E&O and Vern Suckerman is stepping into to the newly created role of U.S. Head of Complex Accounts.

“As digital threats grow more sophisticated and malicious, we keep enhancing our underwriting approach to help our clients manage cyber risks,” said Jeremy Gittler, AXA XL’s head of cyber insurance in the Americas. “These new roles will help us direct more focus on our growth strategy and find innovative ways to address our clients’ more complicated cyber & tech E&O risks.”

Rossini lead the go-to-market strategy in the US cyber insurance market. She began her insurance industry career in 2014 as a graduate trainee at Hiscox. She joined AXA XL in 2018, most recently serving as cyber underwriting manager for AXA XL’s West Zone.

Suckerman will apply his nearly 20 years of cyber insurance, and 30 years of E&O underwriting experience and take the lead on underwriting accounts with the most complex cyber and E&O exposures and build appropriate insurance program structures. He joined AXA in 2012 and has spent more than a decade helping build AXA XL’s cyber insurance business.

AXA XL also announced regional management promotions and welcomed back a former team member.

• Greg Chambers was promoted to assume Suckerman’s former role as underwriting manager for AXA XL’s Central Zone. He brings nearly 20 years of insurance brokering and underwriting experience to his new role\, and will be responsible for managing and underwriting both new and renewal business throughout the Central part of the U.S. Chambers joined AXA XL in 2015 after tenure as a broker with Marsh and an underwriter with CNA.
• Adam Jaffer rejoined AXA XL to assume the role of underwriting manager for AXA XL’s West Zone, assuming the role formerly held by Rossini. Jaffer returned to AXA XL after a brief time with Corvus. He previously spent five years with AXA XL’s cyber team. He began his career as an IT technician before applying his IT knowledge to cyber underwriting.
• Erik Barnes has been promoted to underwriting manager for the Northeast. He began his underwriting career at Ironshore before joining AXA XL in 2018. Barnes began his insurance career in major accounts support at Conner Strong & Buckelew in Philadelphia.

Topics Cyber AXA XL