Ironshore appoints new CEO and president

by Richard Kilner

Story link: Ironshore appoints new CEO and president

Ironshore’s chairman, Ron Sandler, has announced that Kevin Kelley has been appointed as chief executive officer of the firm, with Bob Deutsch assuming the role of president.

Kelley leaves behind his post as CEO of Lexington Insurance Company, where he built the organisation into the world’s largest excess and surplus lines insurer.

Deutsch, who was Ironshore’s founding CEO, has welcomed the opportunity to work alongside Kelley, describing the new chief executive as one of the foremost talents in the sector over the last two decades.

Kelley has expressed his admiration for what the firm has achieved in its first two years and stated that he is looking forward to growing Ironshore into a large, specialty company.

The firm provides specialist commerical property and casualty coverage to risks across the globe.

From its Bermuda base Ironshore caters to small- and mid-sized clients requiring property catastrophe and property all-risk coverage.