The Water Street Club Hosts Cyber Liability Panel

NEW YORK, NY, February 6, 2018 - The Water Street Club (WSC) in collaboration with the Zurich’s African American Alliance hosted a well attended Cyber Liability Panel on January 18, 2018 at Zurich Insurance’s new downtown Manhattan offices.

The diverse panel of highly regarded insurance professionals was moderated by Ayesha West, Underwriting Manager and Cyber Underwriting Specialist at AXIS Capital, and discussed issues impacting the current status and continued growth in the cyber liability sector. The panel included Shiraz Saeed, National Practice Leader – Cyber Risk at Starr Companies; Chris Liu, Lead CyberEdge Specialist at AIG; Aarti Soni, Senior Vice President Cyber Claims Advocacy Leader at Marsh; Ashley Hunter, Managing Director at HM Risk Group and Brian Lewis, E&O / Cyber Broker at Willis Tower Watson. Over 120 Insurance industry professionals attended the event, which included networking and relationship building activities.

The Water Street Club was founded in 2016 in New York City, with the purpose of collaborating and linking existing Diversity & Inclusion initiatives within Insurance Carriers and Brokers. The WSC provides programming and events, along with mentoring and networking opportunities to insurance professionals in support of its mission to increase Diversity & Inclusion a

t all levels of the Insurance industry.

“The Cyber Liability Panel was a huge success,” said John Mancebo, WSC Co-Founder and Partner at Tressler LLP. “We look forward to hosting more events like this one in the coming months.”