Arch Insurance Group, a subsidiary of Arch Capital Group, has appointed David Finkelstein as executive vice president of Arch’s surety division effective may 3, 2010.
Based in Philadelphia, Mr Finkelstein will be responsible for the overall direction of the Surety division, overseeing the underwriting and operations of all Arch surety offices nationwide. He will report to David McElroy, president of the financial and professional liability products group.
Mr Finkelstein will replace current surety EVP – Mark Vonnahme, who will be returning to teaching as a professor and director of the MS in finance at the university of Illinois in the fall.
Mr Finkelstein most recently served as senior vice president and chief underwriting officer of liberty mutual’s surety department. There he led the contract underwriting strategy and home office nationwide operations. Prior to his seven years at liberty, he was vice president of surety at XL specialty surety. Before joining XL, he was director, home office surety at CGU (formerly General Accident Insurance Company of America) and prior to CGU, he was Regional bond manager at USF&G.
Mr McElroy said: “Mr Finkelstein brings strong leadership and extensive experience from the surety discipline. Arch remains committed to the surety marketplace and we believe his addition will help us to deliver on our mission of providing effective surety solutions for our distribution partners and their clients.”