Insurance holding company W. R. Berkley Corporation has announced the appointment of Lee Iannarone as executive vice president, succeeding Stephen Kennedy, who has been named senior vice president and general counsel.
As part of his new responsibilities, Iannarone, who has over 25 years of industry experience, will assume oversight of certain of the company’s businesses.
The executive has been with the W. R. Berkley Corporation since 2023, when he joined as senior vice president and general counsel. Previously served as general counsel and chief compliance officer for an internationally recognized re/insurer.
Kennedy brings a wealth of experience, specialising in insurance and reinsurance transactions, regulatory and compliance issues, corporate governance, and dispute resolution.
Before his tenure at Berkley, having joined the company as vice president – senior counsel in 2020, Kennedy held a senior equity partner position at an international law firm, served as vice president – litigation & claims counsel for a leading domestic reinsurance company, and worked as a litigation associate at another international law firm.
Commenting on the appointments, both of which are effective immediately, W. Robert Berkley, Jr., president and chief executive officer of W. R. Berkley Corporation, said: “Lee and Stephen have both been key contributors to the success of our enterprise during their tenures.
“We expect that these changes in each of their responsibilities will allow us to more fully take advantage of their individual skill sets and allow them to have an even greater impact on the Company’s success going forward.”
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