Ott Named President, CEO of Texas Medical Liability Trust

Austin, Texas-based Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) announced that Charles R. (Chip) Ott Jr. will assume leadership of TMLT as president and chief executive officer beginning in late July.

He will replace current President and CEO Bob R. Fields, who is retiring after 25 years with TMLT.

Most recently, Ott served as executive vice president at the Minneapolis, Minn., office of global reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC. Prior to joining Guy Carpenter via the acquisition of Collins Associates, Ott served as co-head of the sales and service functions for Collins. He was a member of the executive management team, the board of directors and the Collins UK board of directors.

Texas Medical Liability Trust is a physician-owned, health care liability claim trust offering medical professional liability insurance products and risk management education services to Texas physicians.

Source: TMLT