New York, NY

Starr Insurance Companies today announces the promotion of Layla Greytok, vice president, as the leader of its newly formed Excess Casualty Division, a combination of the Excess Commercial Accounts and Excess National Accounts units. In addition, several zonal underwriting managers have been appointed to provide our broker partners and clients with local, senior-level access. These changes are effective January 1, 2017.

“The formation of the Excess Casualty Division combines the underwriting expertise and resources of Excess Commercial Accounts and Excess National accounts to provide our broker partners with a more comprehensive and agile response,” stated Andy Robinson, senior vice president. “Layla and her management team have been working diligently to cross-train underwriters, restructure resources and evaluate products that enable the Excess Casualty Division to more effectively address the needs of our middle-market and national accounts clients alongside our broker partners.”

Senior members of Layla’s management team include, Warren Puffer, New York Zone; David Meyers, Eastern Zone; Laurie Jo Prager, Central Zone; and Leonard Streeter, Western Zone.