Catlin appoints Haas to head EU underwriting

London-listed insurer and reinsurer Catlin Group Limited has appointed Heinz-Walter Haas as chief underwriting officer for Continental Europe. Mr Haas will be based in the Cologne office, responsible for the execution of the group’s underwriting operations across Europe. He will work with the individual underwriting teams in Catlin’s nine European offices - Cologne, Paris, Zurich, Innsbruck, Barcelona, Antwerp, Bergen, Munich and Genoa - to develop existing classes of business as well as investigate potential new classes. Mr Haas previously held positions with Basler, Generali, HDI and Jauch & Hübener..