ACE Expands Environmental Risk Team

ACE International has appointed Perrine Kalina to the new role of Engineering Coordinator and Assistant Underwriter to its Environmental Risk team.

She will “provide underwriting support to ACE’s environmental teams in the UK and Ireland and Continental Europe,” said the announcement. “She will also support the underwriting teams based in Asia Pacific and Latin America. Her role will include the coordination of engineers and other third parties on multinational accounts on an international basis.”

Kalina will report to Karl J. Russek, Head of Environmental Risk, ACE International.

Russek commented: “The creation of this new role demonstrates ACE’s commitment to delivering a high quality professional underwriting and support service to brokers and clients on an international basis. We are responding to the increasing relevance of the environmental risk insurance market for global businesses by investing in expertise and experience and enhancing our products to meet their needs. ACE continues to provide real leadership and innovation in this area. Perrine is a great asset both to ACE and our clients.”

Kalina originally joined ACE in March 2008 as a Client Services Executive working in ACE’s Major Risk Multinational Support Unit. Prior to joining ACE, she worked for Marsh based in Paris providing supporting to French-owned multinational companies. She graduated from the French national insurance institute, the ENASS, in 2005.

Source: ACE Group