Willis’ Podmore to Head AF Specialty Captive Operations in North Carolina

AF Group has named Ian Podmore as director of Captive Operations at AF Specialty. Podmore will focus on business growth and profitability for new markets and business opportunity development through the use of insurance captives. He will be based in Charlotte, N.C.

Eric Halter, managing director of AF Specialty, said Podmore will play a key role in the company’s continued to expansion of its product offerings and presence in the captive space.

Podmore joins AF Group with more than 30 years of insurance experience in the U.S., Bermuda and the U.K. He most recently was Head of Captive Underwriting and Captive Consultant at Willis Towers Watson. Podmore holds numerous insurance designations including Associate in Reinsurance (ARe), Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and Associateship and Inducted Chartered Insurer to the Chartered Insurance Institute.

AF Specialty focuses on providing fronting capacity to insurance carriers, managing general agents, reinsurance intermediaries and captive managers. The brand partners with entities seeking a fronting facility to place well-managed property and casualty programs.

AF Group, based in Lansing, Mich., and its subsidiaries provide insurance products that may be issued by any of the following companies within AF Group: Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, Accident Fund National Insurance Company, Accident Fund General Insurance Company, United Wisconsin Insurance Company, Third Coast Insurance Company or CompWest Insurance Company.