ProSight Specialty Insurance has hired Mark Popolano as its Chief Information Officer, as part of its strategy to continue hiring elite industry leadership.

With experience in property and casualty insurance, Popolano had held service with Global CIO for AIG from 2000 to 2007.

Popolano has 12 year experience in various senior IT leadership roles at AIG and also served as gobal CTO at Reed Elsevier, a global information services firm, from 2007 to 2010.

Most recently, Popolano served as a partner in the CIO advisory practice at Kurt Salmon Consulting.

ProSight Specialty Insurance Chairman and CEO Joe Beneducci said: "The addition of Mark to the ProSight team will ensure that we take advantage of those opportunities as we continue to grow our company."

Mark Popolano added: "Combining strong business leadership and an agile IT practice, ProSight will deliver innovative IT solutions to our customers and distribution partners — driving top line growth while reducing expenses."