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Markel Canada Appoints Marc Copland as Vice President, Product Line Leader \u2013 Property<\/b><\/p>\n

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–
\nMarkel Insurance, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc. (NYSE:MKL), today announced the appointment of Marc Copland as Vice President, Product Line Leader \u2013 Property, effective immediately.<\/p>\n

\nCopland steps into the newly dedicated Property Product Line Leadership role focused on shaping and scaling Markel Canada’s Property portfolio. Partnering closely with technical specialists and underwriting teams, his priority will be delivering quality Property products and specialist capabilities that bring real value to customers, while making it easier for brokers to trade with Markel Canada. That includes embracing AI, data & analytics, and modern underwriting technology to sharpen decision-making, respond faster, and free underwriters to focus on the complex risks where specialist judgement matters most. Copland\u2019s leadership will help ensure Markel Canada\u2019s Property business continues to grow in capability, reach, and reputation across Canada.<\/p>\n

\nThe appointment reflects Markel Canada’s continued investment in specialized leadership as the business scales nationwide. Anchored by The Markel Style, the company’s approach centres on collaboration, technical excellence, and creating lasting value for clients, and partners. With Property identified as a key growth engine, Copland\u2019s leadership is expected to accelerate momentum across the portfolio.<\/p>\n

\n“Marc is a terrific addition to our Canadian leadership team,” says Cliff Laidlaw, Senior Vice President, Underwriting at Markel Canada. “His technical depth in complex property risk and track record of building and leading high-performing underwriting teams brings exactly the kind of expertise we need as we sharpen our focus on Property and continue building Markel Canada into a leading specialty insurer.”<\/p>\n

\nCopland joins Markel with two decades of insurance experience, including 16 years underwriting complex technical property risks across primary insurance and reinsurance, and seven years leading underwriting teams. He arrives from Definity (Economical), where, as Manager, Complex Middle Market, he stood up a new product line from scratch, building the team, book, guidelines, wordings, and workflows. Prior to Definity, Copland spent close to a decade at Munich Re Canada underwriting large risk-managed accounts across mining, energy, heavy industry, manufacturing, realty, power, and course of construction. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University and carries both the CIP and CRM designations.<\/p>\n

About Markel Insurance<\/b><\/p>\n

\nMarkel Group Inc. (NYSE:MKL), a Fortune 500 company based in Richmond, Virginia, with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world. A member of the National Markets team, Markel Canada Limited is a division of Markel International Services Limited (MINT) and the Canadian underwriting and claims operation writing business in Canada on behalf of Markel Syndicate 3000 at Lloyd\u2019s. To learn more, visit www.markel.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Markel Canada Appoints Marc Copland as Vice President, Product Line Leader \u2013 Property TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Markel Insurance, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc. (NYSE:MKL), today announced the appointment of Marc Copland as Vice President, Product Line Leader \u2013 Property, effective immediately. Copland steps into the newly dedicated Property Product Line Leadership role focused on shaping and scaling Markel Canada’s Property portfolio. Partnering closely with technical specialists and underwriting teams, his priority will be delivering quality Property products and specialist capabilities that bring real value to customers, while making it easier for brokers to trade with Markel Canada. That includes embracing AI, data & analytics, and modern underwriting technology to sharpen decision-making, respond faster, and free underwriters to focus on … <\/p>\n

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