People Moves: Hunter Leads New Axis Inland Marine Unit; Patel Joins Socotra as Chief Product and Technology Officer

Axis Launches North American Inland Marine Unit Led by Hunter

Kristen Hunter joined AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, as head of newly launched inland marine, North America.

Previously, Hunter worked at Berkshire Hathaway, where she was vice president, marine and inland marine unit leader. Before that, she held senior underwriting roles in inland marine at Brit, XL Catlin, Hiscox and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company.

Hunter is joined by Ciara Nolan, Sinead O’Shea and Saoirse McNulty, who will serve underwriting roles in the new team and were previously part of Hunter’s team at Berkshire Hathaway. Hunter, O’Shea and McNulty are based in Boston, Mass., and Nolan is based in the AXIS New York, N.Y. office.

Patel Joins Socotra as Chief Product and Technology Officer

Socotra, based in Austin, Texas, hired Sonny Patel as chief product and technology officer. She leads the company’s product and engineering teams alongside Product Architect Matt Hamilton, who leads Socotra’s platform strategy and product design.

Patel has over 20 years of experience building and launching products at Fortune 500 companies, including Dell, Microsoft and Amazon.