Appointed specialist insurer AF Group Andrea Burns as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO).
He joins AF Group from Allstate Insurance, where he most recently served as Director and Head of Commercial Property and Liability Product Line Management.
Additionally, he was previously Regional Product Director for Encompass Insurance and Vice President of Sales & Distribution for Zurich North America.
Prior to joining Zurich, Burns worked at Kemper Insurance, where he held the role of Head Office Underwriting Account Executive, Casualty Lines.
He began his career in the industry in 1992 working as a Commercial Lines Underwriter at Liberty Mutual Insurance.
Responding to Burns’ appointment, Lisa Corlesspresident and CEO of AF Group, said: “Andrea’s appointment demonstrates our commitment to enhancing our underwriting discipline, and we are very pleased to welcome an individual with such impressive experience to our executive leadership team.
“His track record of building strong teams and insights into both underwriting challenges and opportunities will be invaluable to our continued success.”