W. R. Berkley Corporation Names Miklos F. Kallo President of Berkley Regional Specialty
Released : 12/08/2016
GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) today announced the
appointment of Miklos F. Kallo as president of Berkley Regional
Specialty. He succeeds Paul S. McAuliffe, who will retire at the end of
the year after 15 years of service with W. R. Berkley Corporation. The
appointment is effective immediately.
Mr. Kallo has served in senior executive positions at two operating
units of W. R. Berkley Corporation since joining the organization in
1999. He has extensive experience in the insurance industry and holds a
bachelor of science in accounting from Arizona State University.
W. Robert Berkley, Jr., president and chief executive officer of W. R.
Berkley Corporation, said: "Mick has a wealth of knowledge regarding the
specialty insurance business and is an outstanding leader. Our agents
and customers will benefit from this expertise as well as his experience
at W. R. Berkley. Paul has done an excellent job in building Berkley
Regional Specialty’s presence as an important excess and surplus lines
provider for W. R. Berkley agents over the past 7 years and we are
pleased that he will continue during the transition."
Berkley Regional Specialty provides excess and surplus lines coverage on
a national basis to small to medium-sized insureds with low to moderate
insurance risk. Its product lines include general liability, liquor
liability and some property and inland marine coverage. It serves a
limited distribution channel consisting of select agents for W. R.
Berkley Insurance Group member companies. For further information about
the products and services available through Berkley Regional Specialty,
please visit www.brsic.com.
Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding
company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United
States and operates worldwide in two segments of the property casualty
business: Insurance and Reinsurance.
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W. R. Berkley Corporation
Karen A. Horvath, 203-629-3000
Vice
President - External
Financial Communications
Source: W. R. Berkley Corporation