People Moves: Willis Names Spinelli Head of Transactional Claims; Amadori Joins Zurich From Markel to Head Management Liability; BHSI’s New Casualty Leaders

Willis, a WTW business headquartered in New York City, appointed Dom Spinelli as head of transactional insurance claims for North America. He leads the claims function within Willis’ Alternative Asset Insurance Solutions (AAIS) industry vertical division, overseeing the entire life cycle of transactional insurance claims, including representations and warranties, tax and contingent matters.

Spinelli has 15 years of experience in insurance and litigation. Most recently, he served as head of contingent and litigation risk for North America at VALE Insurance Partners after leading the contingent legal risk insurance team at Liberty Global Transaction Solutions and working as a representations and warranties insurance underwriter.

Earlier in his career, Spinelli was a litigator, managing a wide range of commercial and insurance coverage disputes across the U.S.

Based in Boston, Spinelli will report to Simone Bonnet, head of transactional insurance solutions, North America at Willis.

Eric Amadori joins Zurich as Head of Management Liability – Public

Eric Amadori joined Zurich North America as the head of management liability – public, effective April 10. He will report to Head of Financial Lines Nora Hattauer.

Zurich’s Financial Lines group provides management liability coverages to Zurich customers that range from large publicly traded companies to privately held middle market businesses and nonprofit organizations. Amadori joins a team that includes Paul Giliberto, head of management liability – private/nonprofit.

The team offers insurance coverages such as directors & officers (D&O) Insurance, employment practices liability (EPLI), fiduciary liability and crime insurance.

Amadori has more than 20 years of experience underwriting and managing financial lines products. His most recent position was managing director of the management professional liability team at Markel, where he worked for 14 years. He earlier held leadership and underwriting positions at Arch Insurance and AIG.

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Names North America Casualty Leaders

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), based in Boston, announced leadership moves in its North America casualty business.

• Matt Hale is now head of U.S. casualty underwriting operations. In this new role, he will oversee BHSI’s regional casualty underwriting teams across the U.S. and work closely with Galan Riley, head of casualty, Canada, to coordinate BHSI’s North American casualty strategies. Matt is based in Chicago.
• Marcie Stephan is head of casualty, U.S. Central Region. She will oversee BHSI’s casualty underwriting teams, except construction, in the Central U.S. She is based in Chicago.
• John Roe is head of North American construction, including construction casualty, construction professional liability, and homebuilders liability. He will oversee BHSI’s U.S. construction underwriting team and support the build out of construction casualty field operations. He will also work closely with Galan Riley, aligning our U.S. and Canadian construction casualty strategies. John is based in New York.

BHSI offers a full line of casualty coverages, including primary general liability, primary products/completed operations liability, lead umbrella and excess casualty, transportation, and construction and environmental coverages for a wide range of North American risks.

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