XL Group add three new staff members to Toronto team

XL Group is growing its presence in Toronto with three new additions to its North America Property & Casualty insurance team.The new hires include Betty Bingler, vice president of sales and marketing; Melissa Plaxton, senior underwriter for excess casualty; and Martina Perdue, environmental underwriter. Bingler joins XL from ACE, where she served as vice president of strategic marketing. In her new role she will help develop countrywide marketing and distribution strategies for XL’s products.Plaxton will concentrate on developing pricing and coverage alternatives to meet clients’ needs. Prior to her new post, she managed a book of property and casualty business for GCAN Insurance Company.Perdue most recently worked in the public sector as an environmental specialist with Canada’s Technical Standards and Safety Authority. XL intends to draw on her expertise and experience to better understand and address clients’ environmental risks.