Sirius boosts environmental unit with Great American and Starr hires

Bermuda-based Sirius Group has expanded its specialty insurance platform with the addition of Robert Potter and Bob Albanese to its environmental team.

Potter joins as senior vice president – environmental. He will be based in San Francisco and will assume the role of national environmental underwriting manager. Prior to this, he spent the last eight years with Great American Insurance Group.

Albanese joins as vice president – environmental claims manager, based in Eastern Pennsylvania and will lead Sirius’s environmental claims operations. He most recently worked with Starr Companies handling environmental claims. Prior to handling environmental claims, Albanese worked 11 years as an environmental consultant.

The company's environmental division is led by Doug Stepenosky, who joined Sirius earlier this year.

"We are focused on establishing a best-in-class Environmental team and are fortunate to have Robert and Bob join us in driving that initiative," Stepenosky said. "We will be launching the platform during the second half of this year with a diverse set of products and the full support of the entire Sirius team."

Allan Waters, Sirius Group’s chairman and CEO, added: "We are excited to add such talented environmental professionals. Both Robert and Bob bring deep experience in their respective areas of expertise and share the same customer focused approach to the insurance business that continues to distinguish Sirius in the marketplace."

Sirius continues to expand its US based specialty insurance operations with environmental and surety teams, as well as the recent acquisitions of the Armada Global and International Medical Group agencies adding to its accident and health operations.

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