People Moves: Chaucer Hires Baker From AXA XL to Lead Political Violence Team; EagleView Hires Cooke for Enterprise Growth

Global specialty insurer Chaucer hired Alex Baker as class underwriter within its political violence and crisis management team. Baker will lead the delivery of their growth strategy and portfolio management in the US market.

Baker previously worked at AXA XL (Catlin) for 13 years, specializing in underwriting terrorism and political violence risks.

Chaucer recently partnered with Gabriel and Merrill Herzog to launch its active assailant product for the U.S. market. The product covers combined property damage, business interruption and liability cover following active assailant incidents at an insured’s location or neighboring sites.

EagleView Hires Cooke for Enterprise Growth

EagleView, headquartered in Rochester, New York, hired Courtney Cooke as vice president of enterprise growth.

Cooke has spent over 20 years working across the P&C insurance industry with carriers and insurtech startups. EagleView said she will be leveraging that experience in working with carriers to address pain points with technology solutions. EagleView is a geospatial technology company.

She began her career as a specialized adjuster for the in-house managed repair program at State Farm Insurance in 2002 and joined the catastrophe response team in 2005. In 2018, Cooke transitioned to a vendor support role within the P&C industry as the vice president of business development for TheBestIRS, Insurance Recruiting Specialists. In 2021, she became executive vice president of sales and marketing at Bees360 Inc.

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