EQECAT Names Keogh President

Catastrophe risk modeling firm EQECAT Inc. has announced that Bill Keogh has been named president of the Oakland, Calif.-based organization. He previously served as senior vice president of strategic initiatives. He succeeds Rick Clinton, who will continue in a consulting role until the end of this year.

With more than 25 years experience serving the global property and casualty re/insurance industry, Keogh previously was responsible for defining and implementing corporate strategy.

As president, Keogh will continue the transformation of EQECAT and assist clients in setting rational expectations about risk. He will also oversee the design and execution of EQECAT’s WORLDCATenterprise platform re-architecture, to increase transparency and enhance product usability, integration and analysis speed.

Keogh will be based in EQECAT’s Hackensack, N.J., office.