Markel Corp. said it has named John K. Latham as its president of the newly formed Southeast region of the Richmond, Va.-based surplus lines insurer. Mr. Latham will also continue as head of the firm's Office of Business Development.
As president of the Southeast region, Mr. Latham will organize the management team that will focus on marketing and underwriting all of Markel's products. The region will serve the wholesale distribution community in nine Southeastern states and Puerto Rico.
Mr. Latham has been with Markel for six years and has held several roles including president of Markel Re and chief information officer. In addition, he created the Office of Business Development for Markel and has headed that department since 2007.
The Southeast region is one of five regions in the new structure of Markel's excess and surplus lines operations.
The company said the new regional structure is an effort to improve customer service by getting closer to its agents, providing one point of contact and offering a wider range of insurance products. Plans for the new structure will be fully implemented in early 2009.
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