QBE North America hired a former Chubb executive as its new Chief Human Resources Officer. Great American Insurance Group named a new divisional vice president within its Ocean Marine division.

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QBE North America has appointed Becket McNab as Chief Human Resources Officer.

McNab most recently served as Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Global Operations and Functional groups at Chubb. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, McNab will report to Todd Jones, QBE North America Chief Executive Officer.

McNab will be responsible for all North America human resources activities, including driving the company’s focus on Talent & Culture.

Prior to serving as Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Global Operations and Functional groups at Chubb, McNab was the Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Chubb Overseas General. Having joined Chubb in 2005, she played a key role in supporting the growth of Chubb Overseas General around the world.

Before Chubb, she held a variety of senior HR roles with the Richemont Group, Nabisco International and PepsiCo International.

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Great American Insurance Group hired Gordon Lewis as a divisional vice president within its Ocean Marine division.

Lewis has more than 28 years of experience in numerous lines of business within the marine insurance industry. He joins Great American from the North American branch of specialty insurance company Crum & Foster, where he led the Ocean Marine team for the last eight years as vice president of Ocean Marine, according to his LinkedIn profile.

In his new role at Great American Insurance Group, Lewis will lead the division’s Northeast underwriting team in New York, N.Y., Windsor, Conn., and Boston, Mass.

Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the operations of Great American Insurance Group are engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance, focusing on specialty commercial products for businesses, and in the sale of traditional fixed and indexed annuities in the retail, financial institutions, broker-dealer and registered investment advisor markets. The members of Great American Insurance Group are subsidiaries of American Financial Group Inc., also based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sources: QBE North America, Great American Insurance Group