Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed three new underwriters to its U.S. cyber and technology team.
Zachary Manuel joined Beazley’s Southcentral team in Dallas from The Hartford, where he was a technology and life sciences underwriter covering the California brokerage community.
Cory Yost joined the Southeast team in the Atlanta office from CNA Insurance, where he was a financial institutions underwriter on the Southeastern professional lines team.
Sean Connors joined Beazley’s West coast team in San Francisco from Chubb, where he was an underwriter for errors and omissions and cyber cover across small, middle, and large accounts.
Beazley said that the new team members will underwrite cyber, data security, and privacy exposures for middle market businesses. Beazley’s U.S. middle market cyber and tech team now operates across 11 cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Farmington, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Beazley said that it planned to add underwriters in Seattle before the end of 2019.
Kristen Dauphinais, head of U.S. middle market cyber and technology at Beazley, said, “Cyber and data breaches pose an evolving threat to companies and are extremely difficult to manage alone. We partner with our clients and brokers to provide risk transfer and risk management support that will mitigate and reduce the impact if a breach does occur and, crucially, help avoid a loss in the first place. Our growing team of underwriters work closely with brokers and clients to ensure we offer differentiated cover and protection. I am delighted to welcome Cory, Zack, and Sean to the team.”
Victoria Spears
Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].