Markel Corporation has appointed Richie Henry as chief operating officer, claims.

In his new role, Mr Henry will oversee all the North America claims operations including claims administration, data and analytics, claims vendor management, and transformation efforts as well as continue to build critical partnerships with key claims and underwriting business partners.

Mr Henry joined Markel in 2013 and most recently served as senior managing director, divisional CIO.

He was also the managing director of the Markel specialty division, US and Bermuda claims, and global reinsurance, leading all technology for the divisions.

Mr Henry has also held numerous positions managing the partnership between North America insurance and IT at Markel.