NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., a global specialty property and casualty insurer, today announced the formation of a new leadership team for their Excess and Surplus (E&S) division promoting and expanding the roles of five executives. Senior Vice President Erich Bublitz will lead the division, reporting to Dan Hickey, President of AmTrust Specialty Insurance.
“AmTrust has built a team of some of the best excess and surplus professionals in the business,” said Bublitz. “I am honored to now be leading this team and look forward to driving an exceptional 2022.” Bublitz further commented, “The new leadership team will support a unified national underwriting appetite, with a focus on specific industry segments and continue our dedicated wholesale distribution strategy.”
Hickey commented, “I am very excited about the future of AmTrust’s E&S group and am confident that this team will increase our leadership position in the industry and further our reputation as a highly responsive E&S underwriter.”
Erich Bublitz to lead E&S division
Erich recently joined AmTrust from the Admiral Insurance Group, where he served in numerous underwriting and operations roles, culminating in his position as the SVP of Operations. In that role, Erich was responsible for home office underwriting, including the office of the CUO, information technology, specialty underwriting, and numerous other administrative areas.
Shannon Piotrowski promoted to Vice President, Brokerage New Business Team
Shannon will lead the Brokerage New Business Team. Previously, Shannon was Director, Underwriting, with responsibility for the Central and Southern new business teams. Shannon has been with AmTrust E&S for over four years, having previously served in brokerage underwriting positions with other leading carriers.
Caseta (Cassie) Paul promoted to Vice President, Brokerage Renewal Team
Cassie will expand her role managing the brokerage renewal team, focusing on continuing to refine the book and ensure rate adequacy of renewals. Cassie started as an underwriter with AmTrust E&S in 2017 after numerous years at MGAs and carriers.
Jackie Hennig to lead Unsupported Excess Team
Jackie will be responsible for building and leading the underwriting team, setting the underwriting strategy, and achieving underwriting profit objectives in her new role. Previously, Jackie was the leading production underwriter for the unit and was instrumental in AmTrust’s successful launch of this product in 2021.
Christopher (Topher) Fylak to expand Binding Platform
Topher has served as an executive member of the E&S leadership team since 2017 and will continue in this role with an expanded focus on developing and enhancing AmTrust’s E&S binding platform to deliver cutting-edge technology solutions to improve the experience for our agent partners. Topher joined AmTrust E&S after a number of years at a leading binding carrier.
About AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., a multinational insurance holding company headquartered in New York, offers specialty property and casualty insurance products, including workers’ compensation, business owner’s policy (BOP), general liability and extended service and warranty coverage. For more information about AmTrust, visit www.amtrustfinancial.com
