Lloyd's operator Navigators appoints Bob Mendelsohn to board

The Navigators Group has added former RSA group chief executive Bob Mendelsohn to its board of directors.

Mendelsohn spent 20 years at WR Berkley Corporation, serving as president and chief operating officer.

In 1993, he became chief executive officer of Royal Insurance Group, which later merged with Sun Alliance to become Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group (RSA).

He then served as worldwide group chief executive from 1997 to 2002.

President and chief executive Stanley Galanski said: "We are very pleased to add Bob to our board of directors.

"Bob's breadth of leadership experience in both the US specialty and international insurance markets will be a tremendous asset to our growing company."

The Navigators Group, headquartered in New York City, has operations in Lloyd's of London.