HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (“Aspen” or “the Company”) (NYSE:
AHL) is announcing today some directorate and management changes.
Julian Cusack has decided that after over ten years with Aspen, it is
the right time for him to step down as Chief Risk Officer. This is
effective immediately and he will also be stepping down from the Board
at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on April 24, 2013. Julian is a
co-founder of Aspen and has held a number of positions within the
Company, including as Chief Financial Officer, Chairman of Aspen Bermuda
Limited (“ABL”) and most recently as Chief Risk Officer. Julian, who has
been a Director since 2002, will remain with the Company with
responsibility for strategic projects and as Chairman of ABL.
Stephen Postlewhite, currently Aspen’s Head of Risk, will be taking over
from Julian as Chief Risk Officer. Stephen has been with the Company
since 2003 and was acting Chief Risk Officer from February to October
2012 while Julian assumed the role of acting Chief Financial Officer
during Aspen’s search for a permanent CFO.
Chris O’Kane, Aspen’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “Julian has been an
invaluable member of our Executive Management team for the past decade
and no one has done more to ensure that our capital and risk management
framework has remained robust and resilient, particularly during
prolonged periods of economic and market uncertainty. He has made an
enormous contribution to Aspen’s growth and development and we are
delighted that he is staying with us and retaining responsibility for
strategic projects and as Chairman of ABL.”
He continued: “We are very fortunate to have in Stephen Postlewhite
someone with a wealth of experience who will be able to step into
Julian’s role seamlessly, having undertaken the position on an acting
basis for much of 2012. I look forward to working with Stephen again in
this capacity.”
Aspen also announces that Gordon Ireland has been appointed as a
non-executive director of the Company. Gordon has been Chief Executive
and a Director of L&F Indemnity Holding Company, the captive insurance
company for PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”), since July 2010. Prior to
this, he spent his career with PwC and its predecessor firms. Gordon was
a PwC Partner for 24 years and led the audits for a number of major
quoted insurance companies and other financial services organizations.
In addition to his client responsibilities, Gordon has considerable
technical leadership experience having chaired PwC’s global
international insurance accounting group as well as management
experience having been a member of PwC’s UK supervisory board.
In addition, Ian Cormack has decided to step down from the Board and as
Chair of Aspen’s Audit Committee and as a member of the Company’s Risk
and Compensation Committees with effect from the Annual General Meeting
on April 24, 2013. Ian has been a non-executive director of the Company
since 2003.
Glyn Jones, Chairman of Aspen, said: “I would like to thank Ian for his
very significant contribution to the Company over the past ten years.
His broad ranging international experience, financial knowledge and
business acumen have greatly benefited the Company and on behalf of the
Board, I wish him well for the future.”
He continued: “I am delighted that Gordon is joining the Aspen Board.
His wealth of accounting experience and deep knowledge of the insurance
and broader financial services sector will be a great asset to Aspen.”
Chris O’Kane, Chief Executive Officer of Aspen, added: “I would like to
express my gratitude to Ian for bringing the wealth of experience he
gained while working in complex global financial institutions to bear
for the benefit of Aspen. In particular, he has helped me enormously in
creating the right organizational design and managerial infrastructure
which has underpinned Aspen’s development and growth into a successful
global specialty insurer and reinsurer.”
He concluded: “I would also like to welcome Gordon to the Aspen Board
and I look forward to working with him.”
About Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited
Aspen provides reinsurance and insurance coverage to clients in various
domestic and global markets through wholly-owned subsidiaries and
offices in Bermuda, France, Germany, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland,
the United Kingdom and the United States. For the year ended December
31, 2011, Aspen reported $9.5 billion in total assets, $4.5 billion in
gross reserves, $3.2 billion in shareholders’ equity and $2.2 billion in
gross written premiums. Its operating subsidiaries have been assigned a
rating of “A” (“Strong”) by Standard & Poor’s, an “A” (“Excellent”) by
A.M. Best and an “A2” (“Good”) by Moody’s Investors Service.
Application of the Safe Harbor of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995
This press release may contain written “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. These statements
are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or
current facts, and can be identified by the use of words such as
“expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “project,” “anticipate,” “seek,”
“will,” “estimate,” “may,” “continue,” and similar expressions of a
future or forward-looking nature.
All forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions,
estimates and data concerning future results and events and are subject
to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are
outside Aspen’s control that could cause actual results to differ
materially from such statements, including changes in market conditions
and their impact on our business. For a detailed description of
uncertainties and other factors that could impact the forward-looking
statements in this press release, please see the “Risk Factors” section
in Aspen’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2011, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February
28, 2012. Aspen undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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Source: Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited