Florida Peninsula Insurance Companyannounced the nomination of Michael Koscielny,CPCU CIC, as president-elect of the Chartered Property and CasualtyUnderwriters (CPCU) Society. Koscielny serves as director ofunderwriting for Florida Peninsula and has served on the LeadershipCouncil of the National Society of CPCU and other Society positionsfor 19 years. With more than 35 years of experience in theinsurance industry, Koscielny’s background includes work with theAuto Club Insurance Association (known as AAA Michigan), KemperInsurance Personal Lines and SAFECO. Prior to joining FloridaPeninsula, Koscielny served as assistant vice president of property& casualty underwriting at American Modern Insurance Group. Inaddition to his involvement with the CPCU Society, Koscielny is aboard member of the Underwriting Executives Council. His pastleadership roles include, board member of Insuring the Children(the industry charity in Cincinnati), CPCU Instructor for theInsurance School of Chicago, past president of the Central MichiganUnderwriters Association and past president of the CincinnatiChapter of CPCU. Koscielny received a CPCU designation in 1996 andhas held a CIC (Certified Insurance Counselor) designation since1991.

Global speciality insurance group ANV HoldingsBV announced the appointment of JanetHelson as CEO of the group’s Lloyd’s Managing Agency, ANVSyndicates Limited (ANV). The appointment is subject to regulatoryapproval. Effective Oct. 19, Helson will be responsible for theoperation of ANV’s Lloyd’s platform, and will report to LynseyCross, CEO of ANV Group. Helson succeeds Andrew Hall, who wasappointed interim managing director of ANV’s Lloyd’s ManagingAgency in April. Helson previously served as director of Randall& Quilter’s Underwriting Management Division, where she focusedon developing new business opportunities. Helson brings to ANV over30 years of experience in the London insurance market. Previousroles include director, Turnkey Syndicates at Chaucer, director atKiln and Crowe.

Gerard van Loon, who took on the role of ANVSyndicates director of underwriting in 2014 during the integrationof ANV and Jubilee, resumes his previous role of ANV Group chiefunderwriting officer. Loon will oversee underwriting strategy forthe Group including ANV Syndicates and ANV’s Managing GeneralUnderwriter (MGU) covering U.S. and international business.