Markel names Grant Smith director of marine transportation

Markel Insurance, the insurance operation within Markel Group Inc. (NYSE: MKL), has appointed Grant Smith as Director of Marine Transportation at Markel International, according to a press release.

Smith will lead a newly consolidated Marine Transportation business that brings together Markel International's Hull & Hull War, MECO, Marine & Energy Liabilities, and Transport & Logistics classes under a single leadership structure.

Based in London, Smith will report to Dan McCarthy, Managing Director of Marine, Energy & Construction.

Smith joined Markel in 2024 as Director of Marine & Energy Liabilities and assumed responsibility for Transport & Logistics in 2025. He has more than 17 years of experience across marine specialty lines and underwriting leadership roles.

McCarthy said the consolidation is intended to give brokers and clients more coordinated access to expertise across marine and transportation exposures, citing supply chain disruptions, rising port thefts, and escalating geopolitical tensions as factors shaping the current risk environment.

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