HCC Insurance’s Fairfield resigns as CEO of international operations

HCC Insurance: Fairfield quits as CEO of int’l ops

HOUSTON — HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. said Friday that R. Matthew Fairfield has resigned as CEO of the company’s international operations and it has appointed two in his place.

Thibaud Hervy and Philippe Vezio will take over the post together.

Hervy joined with the company in 1999 and has supervised the international portfolio of business. Vezio joined HCC Insurance in 2000 and ran the claims department.

They will be based at the company’s headquarters in Barcelona.

Shares of HCC closed down 60 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $24.95.