To support long-term development, Travelers announces a series of appointments within the Travelers Syndicate Management Ltd. (Syndicate 5000).
Alan Prestwich, previously head of the Marine team, has been promoted to Senior Business Unit Head. Mr Prestwich will oversee and support the leaders of the Global Property, Power & Utilities and Marine units.
He has been succeeded in his former role by Graham Gorsuch, who has been promoted to Marine Business Unit Head. Mr Gorsuch was previously Deputy Head of Marine, concentrating on the hull account. In his new role, he will have executive responsibility for the management of all lines of business in the Marine unit.
At the same time, Andrew Corton takes on leadership of the cargo account as Senior Cargo Underwriter. Mr Corton joined the company in 2004 as a project cargo underwriter with more than 27 years of Lloyd’s and company market experience.
Jason Stephenson has been promoted to Senior Underwriter for yachts after joining Travelers in 2008. He has worked in the Lloyd’s market for 22 years and has been underwriting yachts for 15 years.
Sean Genden, CEO, Travelers Europe, said: “This is an exciting evolution within our marine business, recognizing our highly talented leaders for helping to drive profitable growth. We are delighted to have such an experienced marine team and these actions reinforce our commitment to the marine industry, our customers and our brokers.”
Source : Travelers
