Hiscox names COO in US

Hiscox Ltd. on Wednesday named Leigh Hellrung, formerly with Farmers Insurance Group Inc., as chief operating officer in the U.S.

She will report to Kevin Kerridge, CEO of Hiscox USA, and serve on the Hiscox U.S. leadership team.

Ms. Hellrung previously was head of workplace solutions service operations at Farmers and prior to that held various roles at Zurich North America.