James River Group Holdings, Ltd. announced that Todd Sutherland has joined the Company as Senior Vice President of Underwriting, Management Liability. In a newly created role, Mr. Sutherland will be responsible for establishing the Management Liability Division within the Excess and Surplus Lines segment, concentrating initially on excess directors and officers liability. Mr. Sutherland will report to Richard Schmitzer, Excess and Surplus Lines Segment President and CEO.

Mr. Sutherland joins James River with over 30 years of property and casualty industry experience, focused on management liability underwriting. Mr. Sutherland most recently served as Head of US Central Zone at AXA XL (“AXA”), where he was responsible for a large book of business across the Central US. Prior to AXA, Mr. Sutherland spent 13 years as Senior Vice President, Management Liability at Allied World Assurance Company.

Mr. Sutherland has also held underwriting management roles at Axis Capital, Kemper Insurance, and American International Group earlier in his career.