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Catlin Appoints Andreas Weber as Group Treasurer
9 June 2010
HAMILTON, Bermuda – Catlin Group Limited (‘CGL’: London Stock Exchange), the international speciality property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, announced today that Andreas Weber has been appointed Group Treasurer, based in Zurich, Switzerland.
He will join Catlin in July and will report to Benjamin Meuli, Catlin’s Chief Financial Officer.
As Group Treasurer, Andreas Weber will have corporate finance and capital management responsibility for the Catlin Group and its subsidiaries, as well as coordination of all day to day treasury activities. He will be the principal point of contact for the Group’s bank relationships.
Andreas Weber brings extensive knowledge of multinational corporate finance coupled with broad capital markets experience. He was most recently Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance at Swiss Reinsurance Company, with group-wide responsibility for term funding, corporate transactions and banking relationships. Previously, he had served as an Associate at Swiss Re’s private equity and merchant banking division. He began his career in commercial banking at Credit Suisse in Zurich.
Catlin Chief Financial Officer Benjamin Meuli said:
“I am pleased to welcome Andreas Weber to Catlin as the company’s Group Treasurer. Andreas has a strong background in corporate finance, and his expertise and knowledge will greatly benefit Catlin’s finance operations.”
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Notes to editors:
- Catlin Group Limited, headquartered in Bermuda, is an international specialist property/casualty insurer and reinsurer writing more than 30 classes of business worldwide through six underwriting hubs. Gross premiums written in 2009 amounted to more than US$3.7 billion.
- Catlin has established operating hubs in London, Bermuda, the United States, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Canada. Through these hubs, Catlin works closely with policyholders and their brokers. The hubs also provide Catlin with product and geographic diversity. Altogether, Catlin operates 47 offices in 20 countries.
- Catlin's underwriting units are rated 'A' by A.M. Best and Standard & Poor's.
- Catlin is the title sponsor of the Catlin Arctic Survey, an ongoing scientific project in the Arctic whose aim is to produce scientific data that scientists can use to predict the effects of climate change and other environmental changes. More information regarding the Survey is available at www.catlinarcticsurvey.com.
- Catlin shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (ticker
symbol: CGL). More information about Catlin can be found at
www.catlin.com.