Compre, the Bermudian-headquartered international legacy group, has appointed claims veteran Bill Bouvier as claims director, North America.

Mr Bouvier will be based in Compre’s Connecticut office and report to David Presley, CEO, North America.

He will be responsible for leading the North American claims team in managing Compre’s complex portfolio, including technical oversight of third-party administrators and vendors and managing customer experience.

Mr Bouvier joins from RiverStone where, for the past eight years, he was vice-president and director of assumed reinsurance claims.

Prior to this, he was vice-president and director of reinsurance and direct claims at R&Q Re and he has also held senior roles at the Hartford and Nationwide Indemnity Company.