For supervising Arch’s commercial directors’ & officers’ liability insurance

Arch Insurance Europe has appointed Francesca Bristo as Vice President to the Executive Assurance team.

In her new role, Ms Francesca will be leading Arch’s commercial directors’ & officers’ liability insurance offering across both the company and syndicate platforms of Arch Insurance Europe.

She is a insurance professional with 21 years of specialty lines experience and was most recently head of directors’ & officers’ liability for Markel International.

David Hipkin, chief underwriting officer of Arch Insurance Europe, said: “Francesca has wide market knowledge and extensive Specialty Lines skills that will further deepen Arch’s already strong talent pool and she will be instrumental in developing and expanding our Executive Assurance product line.”

Arch Insurance Europe is a division of Arch Capital Group, a Bermuda-based company that provides insurance and reinsurance through its wholly owned subsidiaries.