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Insurance leadership

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Jeremy A. Noble

President

Markel’s insurance leadership team is committed to serve our customers, create great outcomes for our employees, and build the value of the organization. To us, insurance isn’t just a policy – it’s a vital promise that gives people and businesses the confidence to move forward, each and every day.

At Markel, we believe you’ll find exceptional people, without the ego – people who bring out each other’s best, and support each other at every turn, because it’s who we are, and the secret to our success.

The Markel Style provides us an atmosphere that allows us to focus on doing what’s right and on serving others. We bring together broad-ranging expertise, innovative thinking and expert claims handling to deliver even better solutions.

We are there for our insureds on their worst day, and our job is to make everyone who comes in contact with us better for having done so.

Executive leadership

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Donald W. Bahr

President, Global Reinsurance

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Brian Costanzo

Chief Financial Officer

Sue Davies
Susan L. Davies

Chief Human Resources Officer

Matt Freeman
Matthew A. Freeman

President and Chief Executive Officer, State National

Richard Grinnan
Richard R. Grinnan

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Gregory Hagood
P. Gregory Hagood

Co-Chief Executive Officer, Nephila Holdings

Frank Majors
W. Frank Majors

Co-Chief Executive Officer, Nephila Holdings

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Alexander D. Martin

President, Markel Specialty

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Robin Russo

Executive Vice President

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Bryan W. Sanders

Chairman, Markel Specialty

 

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Simon Wilson

President, Markel International

Specialty leadership

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Wendy Houser

Chief Wholesale Officer, Markel Specialty

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Jim Hinchley

Chief Retail Officer, Markel Specialty

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Guenter Kryszon

Chief Underwriting Officer, Markel Specialty

Ryan Oosterheert
Ryan Oosterheert

Chief Operations Officer, Markel Specialty

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Jamie Carsey

Chief Claims Officer, Markel Specialty

International leadership

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Andrew McMellin

Managing Director, Wholesale, Markel International

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Henrik Bjornstad

Managing Director, National Markets

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Nick Line

Chief Underwriting Officer, Markel International

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Carys Lawton-Bryce

Chief Operations Officer, Markel International

Senior leadership

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Glenn Harris

Managing Executive, Global Distribution Strategies and Business Development

Morris Taylor
Morris Taylor

Chief Information Officer

Anna King
Anna King

General Counsel, Insurance Operations

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Rob Cole

Chief Actuarial Officer

Laura Taylor
Laura Taylor

President, Nephila Holdings

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Jim Spangler

Chief Communications Officer

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Phil Schmidt

Chief Strategy Officer, Global Strategy