Wirtz to lead Newline German office

OdysseyRe's specialty insurance subsidiary Newline Group is
to open an office in Germany, overseen by Manuel Wirtz, it
announced today.
Newline said it planned to have the office operational within 90
days, subject to regulatory approval.
The office will become the carrier's first within the
European Union.
Wirtz joins the initiative as general manager from Dual Germany,
where he served as managing director.
He spent nine years with Dual in the country, having joined as
an underwriter in 2007. H