Ascot promotes recent hire to head US excess casualty

Specialty re/insurer Ascot Group has lifted a recent hire with a background at Swiss Re and Nationwide to head up its US excess casualty business.

Erin Osborne has been appointed as head of US excess casualty and will assume full management and leadership responsibility for the business unit and lead the strategic planning for future growth in this market segment.

Based in New York, Osborne joined Bermuda-based Ascot’s US excess casualty team as vice president, Northeast in January and will continue to report to Jeff Canfield, US head of casualty. 

Prior to Ascot, Osborne most recently spent time as managing director for excess casualty at Nationwide where she helped to develop and grow the organisation’s retail excess casualty book. Previously, Osborne managed the national excess casualty portfolio at Swiss Re corporate solutions.

Canfield said: “Erin’s appointment further underscores Ascot’s continued commitment to – and strength in – the Excess Casualty market, a segment for which we’ve added five talented and experienced underwriters year-to-date. 

"Since joining Ascot, Erin has proven herself both a shrewd underwriter and a trusted leader to our underwriters stationed in key client markets across the country, including New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Charlotte, and Hartford.” 

Matt Kramer, Ascot US chief executive officer, added: “At Ascot, we continue to both recruit and develop top-tier talent who have the specialised expertise to meet the ever-evolving needs of our clients. Erin’s promotion to lead the US Excess Casualty team is representative of our commitment to both our employees and our clients.”

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