AF Group on Friday said it named Steve Cooper president of its Third Coast Insurance Co. subsidiary, known as Third Coast Underwriters.
He replaces Marguerite Dixen, who held the post since 2010 and left the company in August, an AF Group spokesman said. No further details were available.
Mr. Cooper has been with AF group for nine years and is the president and CEO of subsidiary United Wisconsin Insurance Co., also known as United Heartland, based in New Berlin, Wisconsin. He will remain in that position while taking on the additional role at Third Coast Underwriters, Lansing, Michigan-based AF Group said in a statement.
Third Coast Underwriters is based in Chicago and specializes in workers compensation insurance.
The insurer has also promoted Abel Travis to the newly created position of vice president of Fundamental Underwriters, a Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania-based subsidiary that writes insurance for Third Coast. Previously, he was vice president of underwriting and innovation for AF Group, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Mr. Travis is based in Lansing. Mr. Cooper will remain headquartered in New Berlin.
Lisa Corless, president of AF Group, has assumed the additional position of chief executive officer, effective immediately.