Exhibit 99.1
ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED
APPOINTS KARL MAYR AS DIRECTOR
HAMILTON, Bermuda - December 2, 2015 - Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (“Aspen” or “the Company”) (NYSE:AHL) announces that Karl Mayr has been appointed to its Board of Directors (“Board”) as a Class III director and as a member of the Board’s Risk Committee.
Karl Mayr has over thirty years of experience in the reinsurance sector, primarily in Europe, across a number of product lines in both an underwriting capacity and in managerial roles. Mr. Mayr worked at Axis from 2003 to 2015 where his most recent roles were as Vice Chairman of Axis Reinsurance and President and Chief Executive Officer of Axis Re Europe. Prior to this, Mr. Mayr was at GE Frankona Reinsurance Company. Mr. Mayr has been a director of Aspen Insurance UK Limited and a member of its Risk Committee since June 2015.
Glyn Jones, Chairman of Aspen, said: “I am delighted that Karl is joining the Aspen Board. His wealth of experience and his extensive strategic and operational background in the reinsurance sector will be a great asset to Aspen. I would like to welcome Karl to the Board and I look forward to working with him in the future.”
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About Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited
Aspen provides reinsurance and insurance coverage to clients in various domestic and global markets through its subsidiaries and offices in Australia, Bermuda, France, Germany, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. For the year ended December 31, 2014, Aspen reported $10.7 billion in total assets, $4.8 billion in gross reserves, $3.4 billion in total shareholders’ equity and $2.9 billion in gross written premiums. Its operating subsidiaries have been assigned a rating of “A” (“Strong”) by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, an “A” (“Excellent”) by A.M. Best Company Inc. and an “A2” (“Good”) by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc.
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