Schozer calls time on Assured Guaranty role

Michael Schozer, president of monoline bond insurer Assured Guaranty Corp, resigned in December after six years at the firm. Sean McCarthy, currently chief operating officer at the firm, will assume Schozer’s responsibilities. Schozer was previously a managing director in structured finance and credit derivatives at Ambac Assurance Corporation, from 1996. Before that, he ran the North America structured products group at Barclays Bank, after having worked on the interest rate and currency swaps