Christian Stobbs named Markel’s Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer

Markel Insurance, the insurance operations within Markel, announced that it has appointed Christian Stobbs as its Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer. In this new role, Stobbs will play a key role in identifying and advancing strategic growth opportunities across Markel’s insurance operations.

Stobbs, who will initially be based in the US, will report directly to Simon Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of Markel Insurance.

Stobbs joined Markel in 2015 as Strategy and Development Executive, where he established the strategy function for Markel International. In 2016, he was appointed Managing Director for Abbey Tax, now Markel Tax, and developed the strategy to help create the UK’s leading dedicated tax fee protection insurer.

In 2019, Stobbs was named as Managing Director, Asia Pacific, which under his leadership achieved significant expansion, following investment made as part of Markel’s Accelerate Asia Pacific strategy. Since 2019, GWP has increased by approximately 600%, underwriting profitability has improved and the number of employees in the region has nearly tripled. Sucheng Chang was appointed as Managing Director, Asia Pacific, effective July 14.

“I’m confident that Christian’s proven leadership successes and his more than 17 years of insurance and financial services industry experience will unlock even greater opportunities to help Markel Insurance to win.” – Simon Wilson.