Allied World Europe Appoints Burniston as Senior VP – Primary Casualty
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that Denis Burniston has been appointed senior vice president, General Casualty, for Allied World Europe to lead the company’s primary casualty operation in London.
He will be responsible for developing Allied World Europe’s primary casualty book of business, which includes primary public liability, products liability and UK employers’ liability.
Burniston will be responsible for growing the company’s book of primary liability business in both the construction and commercial insurance space, which will further complement Allied World’s existing capability to write primary casualty, primary property and primary professional lines products.
Burniston has 40 years of experience within the insurance industry, most recently, as chief underwriting officer UK/Ireland/Middle Markets at XL Insurance UK Ltd since 2007. He began his career at Bain Dawes as a casualty broker in 1975, and served in a succession of underwriting and management roles with AIG UK Ltd from 1981 to 1986. He subsequently served as senior underwriter and director of UK Liability at QBE Lloyd’s Managing Agency – Syndicate 386 from 1986 to 2002,and worked as active underwriter of Illium/HCC Syndicate 4040 from 2003 to 2007.
Source: Allied World Assurance