Ace European Group has announced the appointment of Iain Ainslie to the role of technology and cyber liability underwriter.

Based in London, Mr. Ainslie will be responsible for underwriting technology and cyber liability business in the UK, Ireland and North America.

He will work with national and overseas brokers to bring awareness of technology and cyber risk to their clients, and help ensure those clients have adequate protection in the event of a breach or failure in their IT systems.

Mr. Ainslie will report to Trevor Ormes, product head o f financial lines.

Mr. Ainslie has worked in the London insurance market for more than 24 years, 21 of which were within information technology. His experience covers application development, project management, infrastructure, security, consultancy and IT management.