Global insurer Chubb announced two appointments for its regional Cyber team in Asia Pacific.
Based in Sydney Andrew Taylor has assumed the position of Cyber Underwriting Manager for Asia Pacific. He will be responsible for the expansion of Chubb's Cyber insurance business, from guidelines to ratings and portfolio management, in the region.
He joined Chubb in 2009 in the Information and Technology team and started underwriting cyber risks in 2010 as one of the region's first cyber specialists. Taylor commenced his career as an accountant and has since held senior underwriting and portfolio management positions in Specialty Lines.
Significant Growth
John DePeters has been appointed as Cyber Underwriter for Asia Pacific and will be tasked with supporting Taylor to drive the growth of Chubb's Cyber insurance business.
Prior to this new appointment, DePeters was an executive underwriter in the Chubb North America Financial Lines division, responsible for Cyber and Technology Errors & Omissions underwriting in the U.S. Pacific Northwest territory including Silicon Valley. He has relocated from San Francisco to Singapore to take up his new position.
Both Taylor and DePeters report to Stanley Wong, head of Financial Lines for Asia Pacific, the firm said in a media statement. «One of the key growth areas for our region, Chubb's Cyber book of business has grown significantly in the past 12 months,» said Wong.
