International insurer, Travelers, has appointed Kendra Felisky to the newly created position of chief risk officer, Europe, covering both Travelers Syndicate Management and Travelers Insurance Company.

Felisky will be responsible for enterprise risk management in Europe including the development, implementation and monitoring of risk management strategies and policies for the European operations. Additionally, she will assume the reporting line of the risk function and the capital modelling group, and will play a significant role in helping drive forward the organization's Solvency II efforts.

Felisky joins Travelers Europe from the London office of Deloitte, where she was a director in the actuarial and insurance solutions consulting practice. Prior to Deloitte, Felisky held leadership roles at CNA Re insurance company, and reinsurance company, CX Re. She previously was a consultant in the United Kingdom and the United States.