Monday, November 9, 2009

W. R. Berkley Appoints Paul S. McAuliffe and Bill Thornton

W.R. Berkley named Paul S. McAuliffe president of Berkley Regional Specialty Insurance.

McAuliffe succeeds Bill Thornton, who will now lead Regional Excess Underwriters as president and remains chairman of Berkley Regional Specialty.

Both appointments are effective immediately.

Mr. McAuliffe comes to Berkley Regional Specialty with more than 30 years of experience in the property and casualty insurance industry. For the past eight years, he has served as a senior vice president of Acadia Insurance , another W. R. Berkley member company. -Business Wire