W.R. Berkley has appointed Michael Marcus as president of Berkley Industrial Comp. He assumes the position from Chandler F. Cox, Jr., who transitions to a boss position for the corporate. Each appointments are efficient instantly.
Marcus first joined Berkley in 2008 as regional director of its Key Danger enterprise and has since served as the corporate’s vice president for gross sales distribution and enterprise analytics. He has over three a long time of expertise in industrial property and casualty insurance coverage and holds an Economics diploma from Louisiana State College.
“Mike has achieved an distinctive job throughout his tenure, and he possesses the traits we search for in an excellent chief,” mentioned W. Robert Berkley, Jr., president and chief govt officer of W.R. Berkley. “Mike’s attributes, mixed together with his wealth of expertise, make us exceedingly assured in his means to steer the distinctive Berkley Industrial Comp crew as they additional construct upon the enterprise’s lengthy historical past of success.”
Cox, in the meantime, co-founded Berkley Industrial Comp, then referred to as American Mining Insurance coverage Group. He has served as the corporate’s president and chief govt officer since 2000. When the corporate was acquired by Berkley in 2007, Cox’s management was instrumental to the corporate’s transition from offering insurance coverage safety for the coal mining trade to serving different high-hazard industries.
“We wish to thank Chan for his extraordinary contributions to Berkley Industrial Comp and W. R. Berkley Company over his a few years of service. His imaginative and prescient in reworking the enterprise to achieve an ever-changing atmosphere has been exemplary, and we’re delighted that he shall be persevering with on this new position,” Berkley added.
