Chubb Limited announced several executive appointments to its North American general insurance business. John Lupica, Vice Chairman, Chubb Group and President, North America Insurance, has been named Executive Chairman. Juan Luis Ortega, currently Executive Vice President, Chubb Group and President, Overseas General Insurance, has been named President, North America Insurance, succeeding Lupica.

Scott Meyer, Senior Vice President, Chubb Group and Division President of Westchester, the company's wholesale excess and surplus lines insurance business, has been named Chief Operating Officer, North America Insurance, a newly created position, reporting to Ortega. As executive chairman, Lupica will have executive oversight, including strategy, governance and attention to major issues, of Chubb's general insurance business in North America. In his role as President, Ortega will have day-to-day executive operating responsibility for North America Insurance both top and bottom line.

He will report to Lupica. Christopher Maleno, Senior Vice President, Chubb Group has been appointed Vice Chairman, North America Insurance. He will retain his current responsibilities as Division President, North America Field Operations, and report to Ortega.

All of the appointments are effective immediately. Juan Luis Ortega has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience. He was appointed Executive Vice President of Chubb Group and President, Overseas General Insurance in 2019.

Previously, Ortega served as Regional President of Latin America from 2016-2019 and Regional President of Asia Pacific from 2013 -2016. Ortega joined Chubb (ACE) in 1999 and advanced through a series of A&H and credit insurance management positions in Miami, Puerto Rico and Mexico, before being named Country President of Chile in 2005, where he was responsible for the company's P&C, A&H and life insurance businesses in that country. He has served as Senior Vice President and Regional Head of A&H for both the company's Asia Pacific and Latin America regions.

Ortega earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Business Administration from Universidad Diego Portales, Chile. Scott Meyer has nearly 35 years of insurance industry experience. He was appointed Senior Vice President, Chubb Group and Division President of Westchester, the company's wholesale and excess and surplus lines insurance business, in 2020.

Meyer joined Chubb's North America Insurance business in 2008 as Executive Vice President, Professional Risk, and was promoted to Division President of Professional Risk in 2012. He was subsequently named Division President of North America Financial Lines in 2016. Meyer holds a bachelor's degree in economics from New York University.

Christopher Maleno has over 35 years of insurance industry experience. He was named Senior Vice President, Chubb Group and Division President, Field Operations, North America Insurance in 2018. Previously, he served as Division President, North America National Accounts, from 2016-2018, and Division President of the company's U.S.-based retail commercial P&C business, from 2013-2016.

Maleno joined the company in 2007 as Division President, Regional Operations, and served as Chief Operating Officer and President, Casualty Risk. Maleno began his insurance career with the Chubb Corporation in 1988 and served in a number of middle market commercial lines and branch roles. Maleno earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Vermont.