Allied World’s Andrew Charron and Becky Cox to Speak at the Crittenden Medical Conference

PEMBROKE, Bermuda, April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd (NYSE: AWH) announced today that Andrew Charron, Vice President, Medical Products Manager in the U.S. and Becky Cox, Vice President, Business Development in the U.S., are speaking at the Crittenden Medical Conference. The conference takes place on April 18-20, 2010 and will focus on emerging risks in the healthcare industry. Mr. Charron and Ms. Cox will speak on the panel, "How to Effectively Structure Ambulatory Exposures in a Hospital's Insurance and Risk Management Programs" on Monday, April 19at 2:30pm.

As Vice President, Medical Products Manager, Allied World Healthcare, Mr. Charron is responsible for the product development and best practices associated with the medical professional liability lines of business, including: hospitals, surgicenters, senior living, physicians and miscellaneous institutions. Mr. Charron has 16 years of experience in the insurance industry, dedicated exclusively to the healthcare sector. His experiences include, underwriting hospitals, physicians and miscellaneous medical risks at AIG, PHICO, GE Insurance Solutions (Medical Protective), and Darwin. Mr. Charron obtained his BS Degree in business administration from the University of New Hampshire.

As Vice President, Business Development, Ms. Cox is responsible for the growth and retention of all segments of healthcare business (Medical Malpractice, D&O and Managed Care E&O) written in the South, Southeast, MidAtlantic, Northeast and New York regions of the country. She is also responsible for managing retail and wholesale broker relationships in those regions.  Ms. Cox specializes in the hospital and large facility segments of the healthcare industry and has over 30 years of experience in the medical malpractice insurance industry.  Prior to joining Allied World in 2009, she was with the Lexington Insurance Company for 13 years as the National Marketing Executive for the healthcare division. Before that, Ms. Cox was a producer and manager of the Special Risk Division in a regional insurance brokerage firm for over 9 years. She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a BA in Political Science.  She has her RPLU and CIC designations.

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