Lloyd's has appointed Dawnmarie Black as the market development lead for Lloyd's with responsibility for the northeast region of the United States.
Ms. Black joined Lloyd's from London broker BMS Group, where she served as a senior vice president on the risk solutions team. She has more than 20 years of experience with Ascot, Aon Benfield, AIG, and Chubb.
Hank Watkins, president of Lloyd's North America operations, said, "We are thrilled to have Dawnmarie join our U.S. team. She knows the London and U.S. markets well, from both distribution and underwriting perspectives, and her experience will prove invaluable to our local distribution partners."
Ms. Black will be based in the Boston area and is responsible for market development activities in a 12 state region stretching from Maryland to Maine, and Washington D.C. Lloyd's stakeholders in this region include retail, wholesale, and reinsurance brokers, program managers, managing general agents, risk managers, and the organizations that support them.
Ms. Black holds a B.A. from Allegheny College and is affiliated with a number of industry groups and insurance industry philanthropic efforts, including the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (Boston chapter board member).