Marsh Names Williamson CEO of MGU Business, Victor

Charles Williamson has been hired by Marsh to become chief executive officer of it global managing general underwriting business, Victor.

Williamson was most recently co-founder and CEO of Vault, an MGA and reciprocal exchange for the high net worth market. He also spent 25 years at AIG, including as its president of consumer lines, Americas.

Williamson takes over for Brian Hanuschak as CEO of Victor. Hanuschak has been named chairman of Victor. The appointments are effective Aug. 1.

As CEO, Williamson will report to Marsh CEO Martin South and lead operations for all of Victor’s businesses in the US, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Italy, Germany and Australia. He will be based in New York.

Hanuschak will continue to be based in Chevy Chase, Maryland and become a strategic advisor to Victor’s leadership team.

“Charles is an outstanding leader with deep underwriting, distribution, and product development expertise,” said South in a statement. “Under his leadership, Victor will be well-positioned to support carriers and agents around the world with cutting-edge digital distribution and underwriting platforms. I would also like to recognize Brian for his exceptional contribution in leading Victor and thank him for his continued support.”