Hiscox Appoints Adam Petrone as Northeast Regional Executive in the US

Hiscox Appoints Adam Petrone as Northeast Regional Executive in the US

New York, NY – July 14, 2020 – Hiscox, the international specialist insurer, today announced the appointment of Adam Petrone as Senior Vice President and Northeast Regional Executive in the US. In his new role, Petrone will lead the Northeast Region underwriting team in Manhattan, where he is based. Petrone will report to Bob Gadaleta, Head of Field for Hiscox USA.

“The contributions Adam has made to both operations and distribution have been instrumental to our growth,” said Gadaleta. “We’re excited for Adam to lead the Northeast Regional underwriting team and look forward to his continued success at Hiscox.”

Prior to his appointment, Petrone served as Vice President of Field Management and led a number of strategic initiatives for the Field Leadership team. He began his career at Hiscox in 2009 in Service Delivery before taking other strategic roles of increasing responsibility and then transitioning to broker distribution. In his most recent role, Petrone applied a customer-centric approach to distribution management and worked with the data and change teams to drive continued growth. Petrone earned his B.A. in both Economics and Government at the University of Maryland and his M.B.A. with Dean’s Honors and Distinction from Columbia Business School.

Hiscox USA provides a variety of specialty risk solutions, including a broad spectrum of errors & omissions, general liability, cyber and data security, media liability, management liability, crime, and terrorism insurance products.

In the US, Hiscox is headquartered in New York, NY, with offices in Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Chesapeake, VA; Dallas, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Phoenix, AZ; San Francisco, CA and White Plains, NY.

About The Hiscox Group

Hiscox is a global specialist insurer, headquartered in Bermuda and listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:HSX). Our ambition is to be a respected specialist insurer with a diverse portfolio by product and geography. We believe that building balance between catastrophe-exposed business and less volatile local specialty business gives us opportunities for profitable growth throughout the insurance cycle.

The Hiscox Group employs over 3,100 people in 14 countries, and has customers worldwide. Through the retail businesses in the UK, Europe, Asia and the USA, we offer a range of specialist insurance for professionals and business customers as well as homeowners. Internationally traded, bigger ticket business and reinsurance is underwritten through Hiscox London Market and Hiscox Re & ILS. In the US, Hiscox underwrites admitted insurance products, including those for small businesses, through Hiscox Insurance Company Inc., a Chicago-based insurer.

Our values define our business, with a focus on people, courage, ownership and integrity. We pride ourselves on being true to our word and our award-winning claims service is testament to that. For more information, visit www.hiscoxgroup.com.

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