Irvine and Outerbridge gain senior XL appointments

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9: Matthew Irvine and Stephen Outerbridge were appointed to senior positions at XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd on Wednesday.

Mr Irvine becomes chief underwriting officer of XLIB’s Professional Lines unit while Mr Outerbridge is the company’s new senior vice president, underwriter.

Mr Irvine succeeds James Loder who was recently named as chief underwriting

officer/senior vice president of CSI-Complex Situational Insurance.

Mr Irvine will be responsible for a team of 11 underwriters and support people. Mr Outerbridge, who reports to Mr Irvine, is a Bermudian with approximately 20 years’ industry experience, including 15 years in underwriting.

He was senior vice president/manager of the Professional Lines department at Ariel Reinsurance Company Ltd from 2006 to 2010.

Prior to that, Mr Outerbridge was vice president within ACE Bermuda’s Professional Lines department where he also acted as deputy department manager.

Bernard Horovitz, chief executive of XL’s Global Professional Insurance operations, said: “These appointments further demonstrate the bench strength of XL’s Professional Lines operations as well as our ability to attract top talent in the industry.”