James River appoints Collier and Sinosky to bolster E&S leadership
Bermuda-based re/insurer James River Group Holdings has strengthened its excess and surplus (E&S) leadership team with the appointments of Georgia Collier (pictured right), former divisional managing director at Markel Group, and Matt Sinosky (pictured left), former vice president at Arch Capital Group.
Collier and Sinosky join, each reporting to Todd Sutherland, president of E&S. These two appointments support James River’s continued momentum to capture market opportunities and drive its next phase of profitable growth.
With more than two decades of experience in the E&S market, Georgia Collier re-joins James River from the Markel Group where she led the firm’s nationwide commercial primary casualty division as a managing director and product line leader. She previously spent nearly 20 years at James River overseeing various underwriting units during her tenure. Collier will work from the company’s Richmond office.
In a newly created role as senior vice president, Collier will lead the segment’s specialty underwriting division. She will oversee planning and executive leadership of specialty’s six underlying underwriting sub-divisions (allied health, energy, environmental, life sciences, management liability, and professional liability) to maximise profitable growth and further establish the company as a valued partner to brokers in each of these unique lines of business.
Matt Sinosky joins James River from Arch Capital Group where he served as VP of wholesale distribution and led wholesale efforts across six business units within Arch Insurance Group. He has spent over 15 years in the insurance distribution landscape, focused on engaging the wholesale distribution channel.
As the VP of business development and distribution, Sinosky will lead the company’s dedicated wholesale channel efforts, partnering with wholesale brokers and overseeing marketing and distribution strategies to strengthen the company’s competitive position and deliver strategic growth.
Sutherland said: “I am excited to welcome two dynamic industry leaders to James River that will complement our existing team and increase our ability to win for our clients. Georgia and Matt have led critical functions within our market for years, bringing a track record of portfolio management, underwriting experience and deep industry relationships within the small-medium enterprise sector.”
Frank D’Orazio, CEO commented: “The addition of these two executives underscores the market opportunity ahead and reflect James River’s continued ability to attract top-tier industry talent. We are confident they will add great value to our E&S team.”
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