People Moves: Germano Named DUAL Casualty Leader; Shaw Joins Axis to Help Lead Specialty Programs; Victor Appoints Cashman President of ICAT

DUAL North America announced Connie Germano as its chief casualty officer.

Germano’s appointment comes as DUAL continues to expand its reach and capabilities in the market. Germano will be responsible for overseeing DUAL’s commercial casualty and financial lines divisions.

Having served in a variety of leadership roles in the specialty casualty insurance sector, Germano brings nearly 30 years of industry experience to DUAL. Most recently, Germano served as the president of an insurtech startup and prior to that, she was the president of specialty casualty at Everest Insurance.

Axis Appoints Shaw as a Specialty Team Leader

Axis has hired Andy Shaw as its new specialty Team leader for North American Programs.

Shaw joins Axis from Nationwide, where he most recently was vice president for P&C program, casualty and ocean marine.

With Axis in this newly created role, Shaw will help shape the overall direction of the company’s specialty programs portfolio business and establish underwriting, pricing, portfolio modeling standards and governance for its MGA and MGU partners, as well as manage program authority. He will report to Gabe Galanski, head of North American programs, and be based in Phoenix.

Victor Appoints Cashman President of ICAT

Victor appointed Ashleigh Cashman as president of International Catastrophe Insurance Managers LLC (ICAT), its U.S. property catastrophe managing general agency.

Cashman joined ICAT in 2003 and was named chief underwriting officer in 2018. She took over the leadership of ICAT on an interim basis in December 2022. She will also remain in her role as chief underwriting officer of ICAT.

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