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ACE Appoints Robert Latimer as Environmental Risk Underwriter, UK & Ireland
Dec 10, 2014

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACE Group today announced the appointment of Robert Latimer as Environmental Risk Underwriter as it continues to invest in building its environmental liability insurance capabilities in the UK & Ireland.

Robert will be responsible for growing ACE’s regional environmental liability book, working predominantly with brokers outside of London to develop environmental liability programmes. Robert will be based in Manchester and report to Emma Bartolo, UK & Ireland Environmental Risk Manager. His appointment takes place with immediate effect.

Robert has thirteen years’ environmental consultancy experience and joins from OHES Environmental Consulting (part of AJ Gallagher) where he was a Principal Environmental Consultant, managing environmental incidents across a wide range of industries and clients. Prior to that, Robert was environmental consultant at specialist consultancy service provider WSP Environmental.

Emma Bartolo, UK & Ireland Environmental Risk Manager, said: “As the environmental liability market continues to grow and develop, Roberts’s appointment is a demonstration of ACE’s commitment to offering unmatched expertise in this evolving sector. Robert’s strong technical skills and experience in dealing with environmental claims will provide our brokers and clients with a detailed insight into how to build a robust and pragmatic programme to insure their environmental risk”.

About ACE:

ACE Group is one of the world’s largest multiline property and casualty insurers. With operations in 54 countries, ACE provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. ACE Limited, the parent company of ACE Group, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ACE) and is a component of the S&P 500 index.

ACE UK & Ireland’s five regions are:

∙ Ireland (Dublin and Belfast) ∙ Scotland (Glasgow, Aberdeen) ∙ The North (Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle) ∙ Midlands (Birmingham) ∙ London and South East (London, Maidstone, Reading, Watford)

Additional information can be found at: www.acegroup.com/uk

Contact:

ACE Group
Celine Lachevre
Marketing Manager (PR & Events)
020 7173 7489
Celine.lachevre@acegroup.com