US commercial lines writer W R Berkley has appointed Michael Dandini as the new president of FinSecure, with immediate effect.

Dandini, who most recently served as senior vice president of financial products for a major property casualty insurer, has almost 20 year of expertise of the property casualty insurance industry.

Based in Baltimore County, Maryland, FinSecure provides a range of tailored property and casualty and specialty products for financial institutions.

It markets the products as per the needs of clients on both an admitted and non-admitted basis through specialized wholesalers and retailers as well as industry associations.

Established in 1967, W R Berkley trades in five segments of the property casualty insurance business: specialty insurance, regional property casualty insurance, alternative markets, reinsurance and international, in US.