Iron-Starr Excess Agency Ltd. have lured two managers from American International Group's Bermuda operations.

Eric Kittleson and Mark Hill have joined Iron-Starr, an excess casualty operation based in Bermuda, and a joint venture involving Bermuda-based Ironshore and CV Starr & Co., run by former AIG CEO Maurice (Hank) Greenberg.

Ironshore has managed to recruit a slew of experienced executives from AIG, since the US giant was bailed out by the US Government a year ago. Among them is the Ironshore's CEO Kevin Kelley.

Mr. Kittleson has been named senior vice-president, excess casualty manager, and Mark Hill as vice-president.

Mr. Kittleson was an 11-year AIG veteran, most recently serving as senior vice-president, underwriting manager for AIG Cat Excess Liability Company in Bermuda, where he was responsible for the company's portfolio of occurrence, occurrence reported and claims-made accounts for complex corporate risks.

He is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), and conferred Associate in Claims (AIC).

For the past two years, Mr. Hill was the casualty manager for Lexington Insurance Company in Bermuda. During his seven-year tenure with Lexington in their London office, he served as manager of the Mid Excess Liability Department, and as vice-president and senior underwriter in the Casualty Department.

"Iron-Starr continues to build upon its Bermuda-based capabilities by attracting highly experienced industry executives to bolster our already strong team of casualty line professionals," Iron-Starr's chief operating officer Michael Warwicker said.

"Eric and Mark are recognised for their respective knowledge of the intricacies of the specialty excess casualty business by working with complex commercial risks, and we are pleased to have them join us."

Iron-Starr acts as a specialty lines insurance and reinsurance managing general agency.

Its initial focus is the production of excess commercial lines insurance and reinsurance products through US insurers, Bermuda and other offshore carriers, including catastrophic excess casualty for Fortune 2000 and other clients. It will issue policy limits up to $75 million.