Chaucer expands global property capabilities

International specialty reinsurance company Chaucer has announced the appointments of Chance Gilliland (pictured right) as head of US property insurance, Mel Smart (pictured left) as head of international property fac and Michael Johnston as deputy class underwriter for international property binders. Gilliland will be responsible for developing a delegated authority business portfolio through a core group of US partner agents. Prior to joining Chaucer, he worked at Chubb, where he spent nearly a decade writing US property binder business in London and the US. In her new role, Smart will be responsible for growing Chaucer’s international direct and facultative property business. She previously served as senior international property underwriter at Brit Global Specialty.