Former chief executive of QBE North America joins RLI board

RLI, a specialty insurer serving property/casualty and surety markets, has elected David Duclos to its board of directors for a term expiring at RLI’s next shareholders’ meeting in May 2018, at which time he will stand for re-election.

Duclos has in the past acted as CEO of QBE North America, a division of QBE Group, and currently serves as an advisor and non-executive director for QBE Group.

Duclos has 38 years of insurance industry experience, and has held leadership positions at XL Group, Kemper Insurance Company and CIGNA Corporation.

“David has shown exemplary leadership during his career in the insurance industry and we welcome him to our board of directors,” said RLI chairman and CEO Jonathan Michael. "His wealth of insurance and reinsurance strategy, operations and risk management experience will be a valuable addition to our board."

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