Swiss insurer Chubb Limited has appointed several senior managers in the company's Overseas General Insurance operations, including a new regional president for its Asia Pacific region.

Paul McNamee has been named Regional President, Asia Pacific, according to a press release sent on Wednesday. Currently Deputy Regional President and Executive Vice President, Commercial Property & Casualty, Asia Pacific. He will have overall responsibility for the general management and business results for all operations in the region, which includes Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

McNamee has more than 20 years of insurance industry experience. He was appointed Deputy Regional President and Executive Vice President, Commercial Property & Casualty, Asia Pacific in September 2013, a position he retained after ACE's acquisition of Chubb.

Effective in Fall

Previously, he was President of ACE's North America Property & Specialty Lines. He joined ACE in 1995 in Australia and was named Head of Property and Technical Lines for Asia Pacific in 2002, based in Singapore.

The appointment is effective this fall. He will report to Juan C. Andrade, Executive Vice President, Chubb Group, and President, Overseas General Insurance.