Press Releases

Bevin Beatovic joins Catlin US as Director of Underwriting of Catlin Scottsdale

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Catlin Group Limited (‘CGL’; London Stock Exchange), the international specialty property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, announces that Bevin Beatovic has joined Catlin US as Director of Underwriting of Catlin Scottsdale.

Catlin Scottsdale is the binding authority unit of Catlin US which writes excess and surplus property and casualty insurance through general agents.

Prior to joining Catlin, Bevin Beatovic spent 17 years with Nautilus Insurance Company, where most recently she served as Vice President of Underwriting.  Previous assignments include operations management and the development of eBusiness initiatives.  She began her insurance career with Royal Insurance Company

William Casey, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Catlin Scottsdale said:

“I am very pleased to have an underwriter of Bevin’s caliber join the Catlin Scottsdale M
management team.  Her leadership skills, underwriting expertise, and breadth of experience will serve us well as we look to broaden our appetite and expand our capabilities.”

Catlin US underwrites a wide variety of specialty property/casualty insurance and reinsurance products from a network of offices nationwide.  Catlin US includes Catlin Insurance Company Inc. and Catlin Specialty Insurance Company Inc.; both of which are rated “A” (Excellent) by A.M. Best (Financial Size Category XIII).

- ends -

For more information contact:

 

Media Relations:

James Burcke,
Head of Communications,
Catlin Group Limited, London

Tel:
Mobile :
E-mail:

+44 (0)20 7458 5710
+44 (0)7958 767 738
james.burcke@catlin.com

 

 

Investor Relations:

William Spurgin,
Head of Investor Relations,
Catlin Group Limited, London

Tel:
Mobile :
E-mail:

+44 (0)20 7458 5726
+44 (0)7710 314 365
william.spurgin@catlin.com





Notes to editors:

 

1.

Catlin Group Limited, headquartered in Bermuda, is an international specialist property/casualty insurer and reinsurer writing more than 30 classes of business worldwide through four underwriting platforms and an international network of offices. Catlin shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: CGL). More information about Catlin can be found at www.catlin.com

2.

On 18 December 2006, Catlin’s offer to acquire Wellington Underwriting plc was declared unconditional. Combined, Catlin and Wellington underwrote gross premiums of US$2.7 billion during 2006 and produced net income of US$428.5 million. At 31 December 2006, Catlin’s total assets amounted to US$8.8 billion and stockholders’ equity amounted to US$2.0 billion.

3.

Catlin’s four underwriting platforms are:

  • The Catlin Syndicate at Lloyd’s of London (Syndicate 2003) is a recognised leader of numerous classes of specialty insurance and reinsurance. The Catlin Syndicate is the largest at Lloyd’s in 2007 based on premium capacity of £1.25 billion.

  • Catlin Bermuda (Catlin Insurance Company Ltd.), which is a leading participant in the Bermuda market, underwriting a diversified portfolio of property treaty, casualty treaty, political risk and terrorism, and structured risk coverages.

  • Catlin UK (Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd.), which specialises in underwriting commercial non-life insurance for UK clients through a network of regional offices. It also writes other classes of business written by the Catlin Syndicate.

  • Catlin US, which encompasses Catlin’s operations based in the United States, including Catlin Inc. Catlin US underwrites a wide variety of specialty property/casualty insurance and reinsurance products from a network of more than 15 offices throughout the U.S.

4.

Catlin’s international network of offices allows the Group to diversify further its risk portfolio and to work more closely with local policyholders and brokers. Besides its offices in the UK, US and Bermuda, Catlin operates offices in Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Guernsey, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland and Austria.