SiriusPoint appoints former QBE counsel as chief legal officer
A former counsel for QBE North America and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty will join Bermuda-based SiriusPoint as chief legal officer next month.
Linda Lin (pictured) will also SiriusPoint’s executive leadership team, reporting to SiriusPoint chief executive officer Scott Egan. She will be based in New York. Jimmy Yang, who has been interim general counsel since February, 2023, will work closely with Lin to ensure a seamless handover and transition.
Ms Lin joins SiriusPoint from Coaction Global (formerly Prosight), Inc. where she was general counsel and corporate secretary. Previously, she was senior vice president and general counsel, business unit legal and co-headed regulatory at QBE North America (QBENA). She served in various legal, claims and product development roles at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and Liberty International Underwriters. Before entering the insurance industry, she was a litigator with the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
Egan said: “As a highly experienced general counsel with a broad legal background in the re/insurance and listed environments, I have no doubt that Linda will be an enormous asset in helping us deliver against our ambitious strategy. I am delighted that she is bringing her expertise to SiriusPoint and further strengthening our deep bench of executive talent in the areas of leadership and culture building.
“I am very grateful to Jimmy for the contribution he has made as interim GC. He has been invaluable to the progress we have made in the last nine months.”
Lin said: "I very much look forward to joining SiriusPoint. It is an exciting time for the Company, which has a revitalised strategy and executive leadership team, and a keen focus on culture and values. I look forward to working with the ELT and Board to contribute to the strides SiriusPoint is making in its performance, and to supporting the Company’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, an area particularly important to me.”
Lin serves as president of the Sotomayor Program, which cultivates and develops future legal leaders from underserved communities and diverse backgrounds. She is a member of the Eastern District of New York Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel and board member of the Asian American Law Fund of NY. She also previously served as president of the Asian American Bar Association of New York.
