Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, today announced a series of senior appointments in its North America Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) business. The moves are part of the company's ongoing strategy to strengthen its leadership and align talent and expertise across the organization.Mark Rusas has been appointed CRB Northeast region leader, where he will be responsible for driving the overall CRB growth strategy, client value proposition and talent acquisition efforts across the company's business in New England, metro New York and Buffalo. Rusas, a 27-year industry veteran, joined Willis Towers Watson in 2003 to serve as the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) practice leader. He will continue to lead the M&A practice for the business, which delivers risk management products and services to the alternative asset community and their portfolio company investments. He is based in New York and reports to Mike Liss, head of Corporate Risk and Broking, North America.
"Mark is an accomplished and well-respected leader with strong partnerships across our risk and broking business," said Liss. "We are confident he can help us deliver on our growth goals and ensure clients receive the full spectrum of Willis Towers Watson's capabilities and expertise."
Will Eustace has been appointed head casualty coverage officer, part of the company's North America broking organization. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for delivering highly technical casualty coverage solutions with a focus on securing contract certainty and coverage enhancements for clients including insurance policy form and manuscript policy wording. Eustace has over 16 years in the industry and joined Willis Towers Watson from Marsh USA where he was Legal and Policy Forms advisor. He is based in New York and reports to Joe Peiser, head of Broking, North America.
Jim Dorion has been appointed head of Liability Claim Consulting and Carrier Relations, part of the company's Risk Control and Claim Advocacy business. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for enhancing the company's consulting and advocacy services within its liability claims function. He will also maintain claim relationships with all major trading partners. Dorion has over 22 years in the industry and joined Willis Towers Watson from Marsh USA where he was the global practice leader for Complex Liability Consulting and Chief Claim Officer for Casualty and Specialty Lines. He is based in New York and reports to Marc Hindman, head of Risk Control and Claim Advocacy, North America.
Henry Daar has been appointed head of National Property Claims, part of the company's Risk Control and Claim Advocacy business. In this newly created role, he will be responsible assisting clients in securing contract certainty, coverage enhancements and assisting in complex property claim resolutions. Daar has over 37 years in the industry as a property coverage lawyer and joined Willis Towers Watson from Aon where he was executive vice president of property claims. He is based in Chicago and reports to Marc Hindman.
"Will, Jim and Henry have each established themselves as highly acclaimed specialists in the marketplace," said Joe Peiser, head of Broking, North America. "We are thrilled to welcome them to Willis Towers Watson and deepen our client-focused talent across our global broking and risk control and claim advocacy platform to drive better outcomes for clients."
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