W. R. Berkley Corporation Appoints Heath Kidd as Executive Vice President

Business Wire

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) today announced the appointment of Heath Kidd as executive vice president. The appointment is effective immediately.

Commenting on the appointment, W. Robert Berkley, Jr., president and chief executive officer of W. R. Berkley Corporation, said, “We are pleased to welcome Heath to Berkley. As a very experienced and established leader in the property casualty insurance industry, we are confident he will be a great contributor to our organization.”

Mr. Kidd joins Berkley with more than 30 years of experience in the property casualty insurance industry with leadership roles across various disciplines, including strategy, underwriting, risk control, product development, claims, and analytics. He most recently served as vice president of industry practices for the North American underwriting office of a major national carrier.

Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates worldwide in two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com.