Tokio Marine HCC Names Chief Operating Officer

HOUSTON, April 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tokio Marine HCC today announced that Susan Rivera has joined Tokio Marine HCC as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer effective April 1, 2018, reporting to Christopher J.B. Williams, Tokio Marine HCC’s Chief Executive Officer, and working with Tokio Marine HCC’s executive management team.  Ms. Rivera was a founding shareholder of V3 Insurance Partners LLC and has relocated to Houston, Texas.

"We are very pleased to have Susan join Tokio Marine HCC in a management role.  With over 30 years of insurance operations management experience, including her efforts leading corporate strategy and developing innovative solutions, Susan has much to offer Tokio Marine HCC as she joins our management team," said Mr. Williams.

From 2009 until earlier this year, Ms. Rivera served as President and Chief Executive Officer of V3 Insurance Partners LLC.  From 2014 to 2015, she was an independent member of Tokio Marine HCC's Board of Directors and served on the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Enterprise Risk Oversight Committee.  From 2007 to 2009, Ms. Rivera was President of QBE Specialty and Chief Actuary of the Americas division of QBE Insurance Group Limited.  Previously, she was President and Chief Underwriting Officer of Praetorian Insurance Company from 2006 until its acquisition by QBE in 2007.  Prior to 2006, Ms. Rivera spent 15 years at AIG, holding a variety of positions of increasing responsibility.

Tokio Marine HCC is the marketing name used to describe the affiliated companies under the common ownership of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., a Delaware-incorporated insurance holding company.  Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Tokio Marine HCC is a leading specialty insurance group with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland.  Tokio Marine HCC’s major domestic insurance companies have financial strength ratings of “AA- (Very Strong)” from Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, “A++ (Superior)” from A.M. Best Company, Inc., and “AA- (Very Strong)” from Fitch Ratings; its major international insurance companies have financial strength ratings of “AA- (Very Strong)” from Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC.  Tokio Marine HCC is a member of the Tokio Marine Group, a premier global company founded in 1879 with a market capitalization of $34 billion as of December 31, 2017.  For more information about Tokio Marine HCC, please visit www.tokiomarinehcc.com.