XL Group Hires Luck as Chief Underwriting Officer

The insurance operations of XL Group have hired Barbara Luck as chief underwriting officer in its North America Primary Casualty business. Luck will report to Ken Riegler, president of XL Group's North America Primary Casualty unit, and will be based in New York.

XL says Luck will work with its U.S. Risk Management, Multinational Casualty and Middle Market teams to establish underwriting strategies, guidelines and pricing.

Luck joins the company from ACE USA, where she most recently served as EVP and chief underwriting officer of its ACE Risk Management division, says XL Group. She also served as chief underwriting officer for ACE's National Accounts and held positions as branch underwriting manager and VP of business development. Prior to her tenure with ACE, Luck held various casualty management, brokerage and underwriting positions at Marsh, Zurich and AIG.