LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Aspen International Insurance (“Aspen Insurance”), part of the
insurance segment of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE: AHL),
announces the appointment of Christopher Wildee as Head of Energy
Property Damage, London.
Reporting to Rupert Villers, Chairman of Aspen Insurance, Christopher
will be responsible for developing and enhancing Aspen Insurance’s
capabilities and profile in this fast-growing sector.
Rupert Villers said: “Christopher has considerable insurance and global
industry experience and he is ideally qualified to lead our Energy
Property Damage team in London. This is an important market segment for
us and I am delighted to welcome him to the team.”
Christopher will join Aspen Insurance from Chaucer Singapore Pte Ltd
where he was, until recently, Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Underwriter. He was responsible initially for establishing all business
lines including Energy (and associated Liability), Marine, Power and
Political and then managing Chaucer Singapore on behalf of their Lloyd’s
Syndicate. In addition to his CEO and Chief Underwriter role which he
had undertaken since 2006, Christopher was also Development Director,
Asia Pacific from 2012 with responsibility for the development of all
lines of business across the region. Christopher was previously with
Wellington Syndicate 2020 for eight years, first as Energy Underwriter,
Energy and Liability Account and then as Divisional Underwriter, Energy
Property. He played a lead role within the account at Lloyd’s as well as
managing a team across upstream / downstream energy and power.
About Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (“Aspen”)
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, 2012, Aspen reported $10.3 billion in total assets, $4.8 billion in
gross reserves, $3.5 billion in total shareholders’ equity and $2.6
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.
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in Aspen’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2012, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February
26, 2013. Aspen undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly
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