DUAL Europe names Francesca Giurato Underwriting Director, Fine Art | Popgen Tech

DUAL Europe has appointed Francesca Giurato to the dual roles of Underwriting Director, Fine Art, DUAL Europe.

Giurato is based in Milan, Italy and brings a strong level of industry experience to her new role.

She previously worked at Chubb and then for 12 years at AXA XL, where she held the role of Underwriting Manager Fine Art & Specie.

Addressing her new role, Giurato said: “I am proud to take on this dual role and recognize it as a great professional opportunity. My goal will be to strengthen the presence of DUAL in the Italian Fine Art market and to coordinate the European development of this business with a strong and integrated growth strategy. Fine art is a niche market and each country will have its own specific distinctions which I am very much looking forward to highlighting.”

Maurizio Ghilosso, Executive Chairman of DUAL Europe and Managing Director of DUAL Italia, said: “I am delighted to welcome Francesca to our team. Francesca brings to DUAL a strong mix of expertise, experience and passion which is key to realizing our ambitions in the Fine Art business line.”

Olaf Jonda, CEO, DUAL Europe, added: “This new appointment for DUAL Europe demonstrates our ability to attract the best talent in the market, and Francesca’s wealth of knowledge and experience will be highly valuable to our brokerage partners. The Fine Art hub in Italy is the third hub we have set up in Europe, following Cyber ​​​​and M&A, both based in Germany.

“Each of these hubs brings the invaluable competitive advantage that combines the most qualified expertise in the market with the strong long-term capacity of our carriers to all countries in DUAL Europe.”