{"id":509161,"date":"2021-07-01T16:33:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T20:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/markel-hires-kristin-towse-as-executive-underwriting-officer\/"},"modified":"2021-07-01T16:33:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T20:33:52","slug":"markel-hires-kristin-towse-as-executive-underwriting-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/markel-hires-kristin-towse-as-executive-underwriting-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Markel hires Kristin Towse as Executive Underwriting Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">RICHMOND, Va.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 1, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) announced today that <span class=\"xn-person\">Kristin Towse<\/span> has joined as Executive Underwriting Officer for the Markel Specialty division. She will be responsible for leading the Products and Regulatory Services and Risk Solution Services teams. She will also be responsible for further building out Markel Specialty multiline capabilities, focusing on industry verticals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/73238\/markel_event_insurance_markel_logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/73238\/markel_event_insurance_markel_logo.jpg\" title=\"Markel Logo (PRNewsFoto\/Markel Event Insurance) (PRNewsfoto\/Markel Corporation)\" alt=\"Markel Logo (PRNewsFoto\/Markel Event Insurance) (PRNewsfoto\/Markel Corporation)\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Kristin&#8217;s proven track record of developing top tier talent, building strong broker relationships, and leveraging them to grow profitable books of business sets her apart and will contribute positively to Markel Specialty&#8217;s growth strategies,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Jane Peterson<\/span>, Chief Underwriting Officer for Markel Specialty.<\/p>\n<p>Towse has direct underwriting experience in professional, casualty, and property lines and brings more than 20 years of broad insurance expertise to Markel Specialty. Prior to joining Markel, Towse held multiple leadership roles spanning property, casualty, and professional at Chubb. She has a bachelor&#8217;s degree from the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Mary<\/span> Washington\u00a0and holds a CPCU designation.<\/p>\n<p>Towse will report to Peterson and is based out of <span class=\"xn-location\">Boston<\/span>, Massachusetts.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About Markel <br \/><\/b>Markel Corporation is a diverse financial holding company serving a variety of niche markets. The company&#8217;s principal business markets and underwrites specialty insurance products. In each of the company&#8217;s businesses, it seeks to provide quality products and excellent customer service so that it can be a market leader. The financial goals of the company are to earn consistent underwriting and operating profits and superior investment returns to build shareholder value.\u00a0Markel<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> is a registered trademark of the Markel Corporation. \u00a0Visit Markel on the web at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3216184-1&amp;h=2366041702&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.markel.com%2F&amp;a=markel.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">markel.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"PURL\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=PH31169&amp;sd=2021-07-01\" \/> View original content to download multimedia:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/markel-hires-kristin-towse-as-executive-underwriting-officer-301324617.html\">https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/markel-hires-kristin-towse-as-executive-underwriting-officer-301324617.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Markel Corporation<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=PH31169&amp;Transmission_Id=202107011630PR_NEWS_USPR_____PH31169&amp;DateId=20210701\" style=\"border:0px;width:1px;height:1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PR Newswire RICHMOND, Va., July 1, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) announced today that Kristin Towse has joined as Executive Underwriting Officer for the Markel Specialty division. She will be responsible for leading the Products and Regulatory Services and Risk Solution Services teams. She will also be responsible for further building out Markel Specialty multiline capabilities, focusing on industry verticals. &#8220;Kristin&#8217;s proven track record of developing top tier talent, building strong broker relationships, and leveraging them to grow profitable books of business sets her apart and will contribute positively to Markel Specialty&#8217;s growth strategies,&#8221; said Jane Peterson, Chief Underwriting Officer for Markel Specialty. Towse has direct underwriting experience in professional, casualty, and property lines and brings more than &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/markel-hires-kristin-towse-as-executive-underwriting-officer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Markel hires Kristin Towse as Executive Underwriting Officer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-509161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Markel hires Kristin Towse as Executive Underwriting Officer - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/markel-hires-kristin-towse-as-executive-underwriting-officer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Markel hires Kristin Towse as Executive Underwriting Officer - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PR Newswire RICHMOND, Va., July 1, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) announced today that Kristin Towse has joined as Executive Underwriting Officer for the Markel Specialty division. 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