Lockton has strengthened its facultative broking proposition in Central America with the appointment of Melanie Cruz as director. Cruz joins Lockton’s Caribbean and Central American facultative team as it deepens its offering for its clients. Based in Puerto Rico, she will be responsible for overseeing Lockton’s offering within the Central American market. Cruz brings with her more than 12 years of industry knowledge, including experience at both ceding companies and multinational insurers. Previously, Cruz worked as product manager at insurer ASSA Compañía de Seguros. Prior to her role at ASSA Compañía de Seguros, Cruz spent more than eight years at the global insurer AIG, where she specialised in property. Cruz’ appointment is the latest move in Lockton’s significant growth in the region and follows the creation of the Miami-based Caribbean & Central America Facultative team last year, which welcomed four new senior hires including Julian Pratt as CEO of the team. Commenting on the new senior hire, Pratt says: “It’s a pleasure to welcome such a high calibre addition to our team. Melanie Cruz has a reputation for excellence in our industry, is hugely experienced within the region, and will bring her deep knowledge of insurers to bear on behalf of our clients as we build our specialist proposition within Central America. I’m confident that she will play a leading role in our ongoing growth.”
