Arch Insurance has furthered its European expansion with two cyber appointments in France.

Sergio Pierro joins as senior cyber underwriter and Roxanne Deslandes as cyber underwriter.

They join Arch Insurance (EU) dac, which provides specialist property and casualty insurance solutions within the European Union.

Based in Paris, Mr Pierro’s key responsibilities — working closely with Ms Deslandes — are to establish its operations in France and grow the company’s European cyber insurance portfolio, writing primary and excess coverage for multinational organisations.

Mr Pierro joins Arch from Axa XL, where he was most recently underwriting manager, cyber. Before that he was a cyber and professional indemnity underwriter at XL Catlin.

Ms Deslandes joins from Bessé, where she was a member of the cyber-risk advisory team.

The company said her extensive cyber expertise spans insurance, broking and cybersecurity advisory and she has previously held roles at Marsh, Airbus and Thales.

Matthew Brophy, chief underwriting officer of Arch Insurance (EU) dac, said: “Sergio has a wealth of experience within the French insurance market and is ideally placed to launch our operations in Paris, working closely with Roxanne to grow our cyber portfolio.

“Their combined depth of expertise and broker relationships will be essential as we continue to build our service proposition and establish Arch as a leading carrier within Europe.”

Arch Insurance (EU) dac is part of Arch Insurance International and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bermudian-based Arch Capital Group Ltd.