StarStone US snares Alison Oliphant for its new E&S property division

StarStone US, which is owned by Bermuda-based Enstar, has named Alison Oliphant as president of its newly-formed excess and surplus (E&S) property division.

Oliphant is responsible for managing all facets of this business unit, including direct oversight of the underwriting teams dedicated to the E&S property market segment. StarStone US plans to launch this division ahead of the start of the 2021 renewal cycle.

Oliphant joins from Velocity Risk Underwriters, a division of Nephila Capital, where she served as the head of commercial lines and chief underwriting officer, with responsibility for setting the overall strategy for the division. Before that she spent eight years with AmWINS serving as both president, special risk underwriters and executive vice president of AmWINS Brokerage of Alabama. She started her career at CRC Insurance Services working her way to senior property broker prior to her departure.

Jeff Consolino, the chief executive of StarStone US, said: “There is a clear market need for expansion in commercial property as we observe premium pricing increasing and capacity contracting.”