Chubb names Meyer division president of Westchester

Chubb Ltd. said Tuesday that Scott Meyer will succeed Bruce Kessler, who is retiring at the end of the year, as senior vice president of Chubb Group and division president of Westchester, the company’s wholesale and excess and surplus lines insurance business.

Mr. Meyer who is now senior vice president, Chubb Group, and division president, North America financial lines, will be succeeded by Steven Goldman.

As Westchester division president, Mr. Meyer will have executive operating responsibility for the commercial property and casualty insurance business that serves the wholesale and excess and surplus lines market in the U.S. and Canada through its brokerage, binding and programs segment. He will be based in Atlanta.

Mr. Kessler will become Westchester’s chairman. He will focus on key industry issues and strategic planning and serve as Mr. Meyer’s senior adviser during the transition, the insurer said in its statement.

In his new position, Mr. Goldman will have executive oversight of Chubb’s management and professional liability lines of business, which includes public, private, not-for-profit and financial institution directors and officers coverages, transactional risk, errors and omissions, and cyber products.

Mr. Goldman, who will be based in New York, was previously executive vice president, financial lines, for Chubb Overseas General, the company’s international general insurance business. In this role, he oversaw Chubb’s international financial lines division, including directors and officers liability, financial institutions, errors and omissions, transactional risk and cyber risk businesses.