United Fire Group Inc. announced the appointment of Kelly Walsh as chief underwriting officer, effective December 27, 2023. As chief underwriting officer, Walsh will lead all underwriting functions at UFG, maintaining full profit and loss and strategic accountability across all lines of business, applying a high level of underwriting governance and rigor to each business unit. Walsh has over two decades of insurance industry experience and began her career as an actuary in 2001.

She transitioned to underwriting in 2005 and held a variety of leadership positions, most recently serving as senior vice president, global product leader for general liability at CNA Insurance, where she built her career over the past 22 years. She earned a bachelor?s degree in statistics and actuarial mathematics from St. Mary?s College and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.