LONDON 11 Jan 2018 – CNA Hardy, a leading specialist commercial insurance provider for clients within the Lloyd’s and company markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of Stuart Middleton as CEO of their Luxembourg subsidiary, subject to regulatory approval.
Reporting to Dave Brosnan, CEO, Stuart will be responsible for continuing to build out our operations and capabilities across Europe by transforming the way we do business. The depth of his experience across underwriting as well as in leading successful teams and businesses will help us focus on developing an effective, customer focused service that leverages technology to drive efficiency and increase customer satisfaction.
Dave Brosnan, CEO, CNA Hardy said “Stuart has significant experience and a proven track record of building profitable businesses and highly effective teams, having held numerous leadership roles including Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), Europe at Hiscox and most recently, CUO and Joint Managing Director of EXIN’s Wholesale Division, based in Barcelona. We are delighted that we can leverage both his underwriting expertise as well as his strong broker relationships to build out our proposition and capabilities across the Continent in this manner”.
Stuart will be based in Luxembourg and will promptly begin recruiting a local management team comprising risk, finance and compliance functions to build out our local footprint.