SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Hub International Insurance Services, Inc. (Hub), a leading international insurance brokerage, formally announced today two promotions in the company's San Francisco Commercial Risk Division. Gay Catherine Chung has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President and Client Director for the commercial risk division based in San Francisco, California. In addition to her Client Director role, Ms. Chung will continue to execute certain account management oversight responsibilities as well as participate in periodic client interface in a risk management consultative role.
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Arturo Perez-Reyes has likewise been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President and cyber-group leader of the Executive Liability practices endeavor formed by Hub in 2014. The Executive Liability practices team is one of Hub's most specialized risk discipline groups focusing exclusively on the risks inherent in the professional liability marketplace and, more recently, the threats relating to cyber attacks upon companies managing proprietary customer data.
Prior to joining Hub in 2013, Ms. Chung was a Principal at Makani o Ka'u Consulting, where she served as Director of Risk Management for a renewable energy risk financing and risk management consulting firm specifically for indigenous peoples. Preceding her tenure at Makani o Ka'u Consulting, Ms. Chung was a placement advisor and life science industry Practice Leader for Marsh, USA in it's San Francisco, CA office from 2004 through 2009 and the Manager of the Aon Global Group of Jauch and Huebener in Zurich, Switzerland where she designed and administered clients' global risk management and insurance programs.
"Gay is an exceptionally gifted and experienced individual from which Hub has and will continue to benefit greatly with her at the center of our commercial enterprise client-facing initiatives in Northern California," opined Mary Castiglia, Senior Vice President and San Francisco, California Branch Manager for, Hub International Insurance Services. "Having Gay in this role gives us both the technical expertise and management experience we need to continue to grow Hub's footprint in Northern California, as well as represent a very strong resource for those of our clients who have this nature of risk to contemplate and resolve," Ms. Castiglia concluded.
Ms. Chung has attained the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance (ASLI) distinctions and certifications as well as penned numerous articles for trade and governmental publications.
Prior to joining Hub, Mr. Perez-Reyes was affiliated with the Barney and Barney, LLC Brokerage in Oakland, CA where he served as a client executive and broker specializing primarily in technology E&O risks. Mr. Perez-Reyes began his insurance consulting career atMarsh, where he placed technology E&O, professional liability and privacy insurance for large and complex clients. In the intervening years, Mr. Perez-Reyes has developed risk solutions in industries as diverse as healthcare organizations, travel-hospitality, telecom, gambling, pharmaceuticals, financial services and educational institutions the likes of Stanford University and UCSF.
"Arturo is one of the strongest professional liability and cyber experts in the industry," said Mary Castiglia. "He is not simply a wonderful resource for our clients and other professional advisors in Northern California, but an expert spokesperson for our technology risk management team and a very capable communicator in terms of the issues and challenges that large technology employer's face."
In addition to his duties at Hub, Mr. Perez-Reyes is also a member of the professional faculty at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. He has lectured for over twenty-five years on e-commerce, communication, insurance, sales and green business. He has also taught at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago and held academic-leadership roles and led taskforces on e-commerce, cloud storage and network security.
Headquartered in Chicago, IL, Hub International Limited is a leading global insurance brokerage that provides a broad array of property and casualty, life and health, employee benefits, investment and risk management products and services through offices located in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
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