JLT Specialty USA Hires Taccetta as Executive VP in New York

JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. (JLT Specialty USA), a U.S. subsidiary of London-based Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc., hired Joe Taccetta as executive vice president.

Taccetta will be based in New York where he will be part of the management team for the aerospace practice at JLT Specialty USA.

Taccetta comes to JLT Specialty USA from Global Aerospace Inc. where he served as senior vice president and practice leader for the Airlines Claims Department. Prior to joining Global Aerospace, he served as senior vice president of the Central Claims Office at United States Aviation Underwriters Inc.

JLT Specialty USA said Taccetta’s appointment comes as the company continues its strategy in expanding its core capabilities in the key industry specialty areas of aerospace, construction, energy, entertainment and hospitality, private equity, real estate and technology.

JLT Specialty USA is the U.S. platform of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, a provider of insurance, reinsurance and employee benefits-related advice, brokerage and associated services.