Torus expands US and UK casualty teams

Torus has appointed Charles Stauber as vice president and head of casualty claims, with immediate effect.

In addition, Alison Timson has been appointed as assistant vice president for US Casualty. Based in London she will develop and underwrite US business from UK brokers.

Stauber will oversee casualty claims in the US, supporting both Global Casualty and Global Specialty from Torus’ New Jersey office. He was most recently president and owner of Stauber Associates LLC, a risk management and consulting company specialising in property and casualty.

Timson has over ten years of commercial insurance experience, eight of which in Umbrella and Excess Casualty specialising in real estate, construction, energy, utilities and chemicals in both the London and US insurance markets. She joins Torus from Willis.

President and chief underwriting officer of global casualty, David Perez, said: “To lay the proper foundation we have been building Torus’ casualty claims infrastructure over the last year. With Charles’ appointment we now have all our major platforms covered with experienced and talented claims professionals.

“Alison’s experience in both London and New York will also be invaluable, developing our relations with London-based brokers and clients interested in US casualty business who traditionally look to the London market for their needs.”

Rob Powell, Torus’ head of claims added: “The US casualty claims head is a crucial component of our global build-out, and we are fortunate to attract someone of Charles’ calibre. Torus will provide effective and innovative claims handling solutions and settlements wherever loss events occur, and our expert claims team will work closely with clients, brokers and Torus’ underwriters both pre and post loss in the major insurance markets worldwide, to foster productive partnerships.”