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Chubb Appoints Property & Casualty Risk Engineering Leadership Team in Asia Pacific
Mar 24, 2016

 

SINGAPORE, March 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Chubb announced today that it has appointed Darren Cant as its Head of Risk Engineering for Property and Casualty (P&C) in Asia Pacific. He will continue in his role to lead the region's P&C Risk Engineering Services team, comprising 32 risk engineers based in 10 countries. He will retain his current oversight of the P&C Risk Engineering team in Melbourne, where he is based.

Mr. Cant has more than 20 years of risk engineering experience. He joined ACE in 1996 as a Property Risk Engineer and has since completed multiple assignments throughout the Asia Pacific region. He was appointed to his present role in 2014 and has specialist knowledge in fire protection systems designed to local and international standards.

Mr. Cant will report to Mr. Paul McNamee, Deputy Regional President and Head of P&C in Asia Pacific and Mr. Raimund Navakas, Senior Vice President and International Risk Engineering Service Manager.

Reporting to Mr. Cant are the following individuals:

  • John Stabelos, currently Asia Pacific Zone Loss Control Manager will be P&C Technical Risk Engineering Manager, Asia Pacific and will be based in Melbourne.
  • Justin Leow, currently Loss Control Technical Manager will be P&C Risk Engineering Manager, Asia – South and will be based in Singapore.
  • David Zhou will continue in his role as Head of P&C Risk Engineering, China and will lead the P&C risk engineers based in Shanghai and Hong Kong. He will be based in Shanghai.
  • Meg Liu, currently Risk Management Technical Manager will be P&C Risk Engineering Manager, Asia – North, based in Taipei. In addition to her current responsibilities, she will provide support to the P&C risk engineering team based in Korea.
  • Kai Jaan Foo will continue in his role as Property Risk Engineering Manager, Malaysia and will be based in Kuala Lumpur.
  • Peter McKay, currently Loss Control Technical Manager will be P&C Risk Engineering Manager, Australia - Northern Region. Peter will lead the P&C risk engineering teams in Sydney and Brisbane and will be based in Sydney.
  • John McNamara, currently Property Risk Engineering Manager, Australia - North Region will be Property Account Manager, Australia.
  • Graham Ramsey will continue in his role as P&C Risk Engineering Manager, New Zealand.

On these appointments, Mr. McNamee said, "The risk engineering team line-up brings together recognized experts in their fields and geographies. I am confident that we will deliver an unrivalled breadth and depth of risk engineering services to our insureds and business partners across all market segments. Mr. Navakas added, "Darren and his team will provide our insureds with a holistic view of risk that covers both first and third party exposures. They will also assist in developing pragmatic ways to reduce, eliminate or mitigate such risks – a testament to our world-class global risk engineering practice."

About the New Chubb

Chubb is the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London and other locations, and employs approximately 30,000 people worldwide. Additional information can be found at: www.new.chubb.com.

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For further information: Michele Anne Minjoot, Michele.minjoot@chubb.com, +65 6398 8708