Chartis Appoints Mark Meyerhoff President of Chartis Aerospace Insurance Services, Inc.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Chartis today announced it is naming Mark Meyerhoff President of Chartis Aerospace Insurance Services, Inc., effective January 24, 2011. Mr. Meyerhoff will be responsible for leading Chartis’ aerospace businesses worldwide, replacing David Hupp who will retire from Chartis after 40 years of service with the company.

John Q. Doyle, Executive Vice President of Chartis and President and Chief Executive Officer of Chartis U.S., said, “Mark is an accomplished senior aerospace executive with extensive expertise in a number of areas within the insurance industry. We are very pleased to have a professional of his caliber join Chartis to continue to help build our Aerospace business.”

Nicholas C. Walsh, Chartis Vice Chairman and President and Chief Executive Officer of Chartis International, commented, “We are all very excited about Mark’s appointment and look forward to putting his understanding of the aerospace business to work for Chartis. We are also very grateful for David’s long and distinguished service to the company.”

Mr. Meyerhoff brings to Chartis over 30 years of experience within the aviation and aerospace industry. He is joining Chartis from Boeing, where he was most recently the Senior Director of Risk Management and Insurance. In that capacity, Mr. Meyerhoff was responsible for all business insurance programs and related processes for Boeing, including the company’s aviation products liability, property, and directors and officers liability, in addition to 50 other programs. Previously, Mr. Meyerhoff held several senior management positions at McDonnell Douglas Corporation. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Missouri at St. Louis.

About Chartis

Chartis is a world leading property-casualty and general insurance organization serving more than 45 million clients in over 160 countries and jurisdictions. With a 90-year history, one of the industry’s most extensive ranges of products and services, deep claims expertise and excellent financial strength, Chartis enables its commercial and personal insurance clients alike to manage virtually any risk with confidence.

Chartis is the marketing name for the worldwide property-casualty and general insurance operations of Chartis Inc. For additional information, please visit our website at http://www.chartisinsurance.com. All products are written by insurance company subsidiaries or affiliates of Chartis Inc. Coverage may not be available in all jurisdictions and is subject to actual policy language. Non-insurance products and services may be provided by independent third parties. Certain coverage may be provided by a surplus lines insurer. Surplus lines insurers do not generally participate in state guaranty funds and insureds are therefore not protected by such funds.

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Source: Chartis