Bermuda domiciled insurance and reinsurance holding company, Ironshore Inc., has hired Russell Fisher as Vice President (VP) of its Political Risk and Trade Credit unit to underwrite European business, the company has announced.
Fisher will be based in the firm’s London office and will report to Don Asadorian, Senior Vice President (SVP) of Political Risk and Trade Credit, within the company’s international Political Risk platform.
Fisher has more than 20 years of experience in trade credit and risk analysis for global finance and trade credit markets, and most recently worked with Hiscox Syndicates Ltd. in the London marketplace, as a Senior Trade Credit Analyst tasked with underwriting trade credit and political risk insurance business.
Asadorian commented on the appointment of Fisher; “Russell’s credit risk knowledge and international banking relationships will further strengthen Ironshore’s international capabilities for underwriting complex political risk and trade credit lines of business.”
Fisher’s extensive industry knowledge and experience includes structuring credit risk transactions across numerous industries and locations, and his expertise has also focused on the credit risk of project, acquisition and structured commodity loans and traded solutions, explains Ironshore.
