THE U.S. REINSURANCE UNDER 40S GROUP IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE BOARD FOR THE 2024 - 2025 TERM
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Maddy Kumar - President
Senior Vice President - Global Advisory, Guy Carpenter
Madhuri (Maddy) Kumar is a reinsurance actuary & SVP with the analytics team at Guy Carpenter NYC. Before joining GC, she supported re/insurers in structured reinsurance, risk exposure analytics, economic and regulatory capital, street pricing, Investments, reserving and climate risk modelling in a range of insurance markets. She works as a research volunteer for international actuarial and industry working groups including Solvency II, DEI, climate risk and Atlantic hurricanes. Outside of an actuarial and finance background, she holds qualifications in Wines and Climate risk & Sustainability. |
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Fred Wheadon - Vice President
Senior Broker in Retrocession & Property Specialty, Lockton Re
Fred is a Senior Broker within Lockton Re’s Retrocession and Property Specialty team. Fred joined Lockton Re in London in September 2020, from Aon. At Lockton Re Fred supports clients by structuring and placing proportional and non-proportional reinsurance and retrocession protections for both Catastrophe and single risk exposures. Fred completed the Advanced Diploma in Insurance (ACII) in 2019 and gained the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in July 2021. Since August 2022, Fred has been based in Lockton Re’s New York office, working more closely with Retrocession and Property Specialty clients based in the USA, while studying part-time for an MBA at NYU Stern.
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Bob Liu - Treasurer & Finance
Vice President, Atlas SP Partners
Bob Liu is a Vice President at Atlas SP Partners, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management. He focuses on Residential Mortgage Securitization, Warehouse Lending, and Portfolio Management. Prior to this role, he worked for Aon Reinsurance Solutions where he placed Credit Risk Transfer treaties for GSEs, mortgage insurance companies, and banks.
Bob has over 10 years of professional experience working across insurance, reinsurance, and banking industries. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Texas at Austin and holds the CPCU designation. Bob started his career as an Auto Claims Adjuster at State Farm Insurance in Austin, Texas.
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Graham Diack - Secretary
Graduate, Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Advisors
Graham Diack is a member of Swiss Re's Graduates program and supports the investor relations and marketing efforts of the firm's cat bond investment manager. He recently completed a joint degree in Economics and Management form the University of St. Andrews and has held previous internships within Swiss Re's Reinsurance Business Development team as well as the office of a U.S. Congresswoman. |
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Michael Ramsey - Charity Co-Chair
Marketing & Strategy Analyst. Swiss Re
Mike Ramsey is a Marketing and Strategy analyst with Swiss Re. Mike graduated from Florida State University in 2021 with a degree in Risk Management and Actuarial Studies.Upon graduating, he moved to NYC to begin his career in the reinsurance industry with Swiss Re as a Strategy Analyst. At Swiss Re he support the company's North American Facultative Property and Casualty book.
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Shannon Bender - Charity Co-Chair
Reinsurance UW, Sompo Re
Shannon Bender is a Reinsurance Underwriting Trainee at SompoRe. As part of Sompo’s Trainee program, she has rotated through the Professional Liability and Casualty Treaty teams and is currently on the Professional Liability Facultative team. Shannon graduated from Vassar College in 2023 with a major in Economics and minor in American Politics. |
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Nicole Sabin - Communications & Membership Co-Chair
Associate Reinsurance UW, Everest
Nicole Sabin is a member of Everest’s Reinsurance Associate Development Program and is currently in a Facultative Casualty role. Prior to Everest, she graduated from Illinois State University in 2023, with a B.S. in Risk Management/Insurance and Finance. She currently lives in New Jersey and is actively involved with the Gamma Iota Sigma – NYC Alumni Chapter, the Association of Professional Insurance Women, and the Young Risk Professionals – NYC Chapter. Nicole is also fluent in Romanian. |
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Jeremy Eberly - Communications & Membership Co-Chair
Associate Broker, Guy Carpenter
Jeremy Eberly is a property treaty broker at Guy Carpenter. He focuses on helping (re)insurers optimize their reinsurance purchase to achieve growth, capital, and volatility goals. He is also a member of the North American Property Center of Excellence team, which delivers property product-specific market insights for clients and industry press publication. Jeremy graduated in 2021 from Elizabethtown College with a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics. He holds the Associate in Reinsurance designation. Jeremy is an avid runner and enjoys traveling.
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Dan Conklin - Communications & Membership Co-Chair
VP, Alternative Capital Partners
Jeremy Eberly is a property treaty broker at Guy Carpenter. He focuses on helping (re)insurers optimize their reinsurance purchase to achieve growth, capital, and volatility goals. He is also a member of the North American Property Center of Excellence team, which delivers property product-specific market insights for clients and industry press publication. Jeremy graduated in 2021 from Elizabethtown College with a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics. He holds the Associate in Reinsurance designation. Jeremy is an avid runner and enjoys traveling. |
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Steve Hiott is Vice President of Gallagher Re's North American Cyber Team in the New York production department at Gallagher Re. Steve grew up in Birmingham, AL before graduating from the University of Alabama with Bachelor’s Degrees focused in Economics and Philosophy. Prior to Gallagher, Steve spent six years as a reinsurance broker at Holborn Corporation.
Steve plays an essential role in helping to manage and intermediate client’s cyber-specific reinsurance programs. Steve has earned his Associates in Reinsurance and Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter designations and is currently pursuing his CFA designation. Steve spends his spare volunteering with the University of Alabama Alumni Association (New York City Chapter) as acting president.
Shane Parcel is an AVP of Program Underwriting at MS Transverse. Focusing on Casualty Programs.
He has been in the Insurance Industry for roughly 10 years and holds a CRIS designation as well as a Property and Casualty producer license. Shane graduated from Roger Williams University in 2014 with degrees in Marketing and Management. He is honored to hold the position of Education co-chair and looks forward to working with the team and helping grow the Re-Under 40's group.
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Alexander Torske has been with Munich Re since 2017. He currently works as a Property Treaty Underwriter for Munich Re US under the Global Clients / North America division based out of NYC. Prior to Property Treaty underwriting, he spent two years as a Graduate Trainee completing rotations and projects for various Munich Re business units such as American Modern Insurance Group- product development, Insuretech, Ocean Marine, Casualty Facultative, and central US P&C entities including Reserving, Strategy, and Claims. Alexander studied Finance and Economics at McGill University and holds CPCU and ARe designations.
Teddy Carroll is an Underwriting Analyst on the Casualty Treaty team at RenaissanceRe. His focus is on Professional Liability & Cyber and is based in the NYC office.
He has the Associate in Reinsurance designation and graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He is honored to hold the Social Co-Chair position and is excited to contribute to another great year with Re Under 40.
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Kevin is an underwriter working in the US Treaty Casualty team for Liberty Mutual Reinsurance in Stamford, CT. Prior to joining the reinsurance industry, Kevin obtained a degree in Economics & Finance from University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. Joining LMRe in 2021 in the graduate development program, Kevin has had the opportunity to rotate throughout all underwriting and functional teams within LMRe US and has also spent a summer working for LMRe’s International Treaty Property team in London, UK. Now moving into his full time role in the US Treaty Casualty team, Kevin is excited to learn more about the market and look to utilize skills he’s learned across different lines. Kevin also obtained an Associate in Reinsurance in the fall of 2022.
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Daniel has been with Munich Re since 2021 as a member of the International Graduate Trainee program. In that position, Daniel completed rotations in all different Lines of Business and departments while working towards his CPCU designation. Now that his program is complete, Daniel achieved the role of Cyber Reinsurance Underwriter focusing mainly on quantifying cyber exposure growth within the portfolio using his wide range of data analytics skills, and contributing to clients relationship. Previously, Daniel interned for Grupo ODEM and Munich Re, both in Mexico City, as well as Suno Research in São Paulo, Brazil. Daniel received his Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from Rutgers University – New Brunswick. He is also fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
Jack Deasy is a Vice President within the ProLink Solutions group within BMS Re. Jack began his carrier at JLT Re in Philadelphia prior to joining BMS Re NY in July of 2020. Since joining BMS he has focused on MGA placements, specifically casualty QS and XOL placements.
James (Jimmy) Marshall joined Acrisure Re in January of 2023. He is currently a Graduate Broker on the account management team, supporting production through all stages of placement and operations associated with both new and renewal business. Consistent with the expertise of Acrisure Re, Jimmy has experience serving a diverse range of clients from Start-Up MGAs with novel products to publicly traded carriers with unique requirements.
Jimmy is a graduate of the Risk Management and Insurance Program at the University of South Carolina and an Alumni of Gamma Iota Sigma, the International Risk Management and Insurance fraternity.
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Kar Leng is a pricing actuary in the Structured Solutions team at Swiss Re. She helps to price large tailored transactions for clients in the Americas, providing both retrospective and prospective solutions for those looking to optimize capital, manage earnings volatility and build operational efficiency. Prior to this role, she was in Group Internal Audit driving reviews across actuarial, underwriting, and risk management areas. She has 8 years of actuarial and management consulting experience before joining Swiss Re in 2021. Kar Leng hails from Malaysia and is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.
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Kali started with Swiss Re in June of 2018 and is currently based in Schaumburg, IL. She started her career at Swiss Re through the graduates@swissre program where she worked in Large Loss Management and completed job rotations in both underwriting and claims. She spent 3.5 years in treaty underwriting on the Broker Regional 1 Client Markets team supporting several regional clients from both a property and casualty perspective and was a member of the US Broker Regional 1 Florida team. She currently works in the Globals division as a Senior Client Manager where she is responsible for managing global client relationships, managing a cross functional team, and driving a dedicated strategy to deliver customized solutions that fit her client's needs. Kali graduated from Florida State University with her B.S. in Risk Management & Insurance and Human Resources Management in Fall of 2017.
Business Development and Marketing professional with 17+ years of experience in the insurance industry. Focusing on sales, account management, internal & external communications, brand management, merger & acquisitions, advertising, social media and public relations. Bi-lingual in Spanish, English and fluent in Portuguese. Work experience in the United States and Latin America, specializing in the Latin American markets. Master in Business Administration with education degrees from the United States and Chile.
Catherine is a Vice President and Casualty Facultative Certificate Underwriter at Munich Re, based in Chicago. She began her career in 2009 with W.R. Berkley and has held various underwriting roles at Catlin, AmTrust E&S and The Hartford / Navigators prior to joining Munich Re in 2022. She has completed the CPCU designation as well as AINS, AU and ASLI from The Institutes, and the CRIS (Construction Risk Insurance Professional) and TRIP (Transportation Risk Insurance Professional) designations from IRMI. She is currently pursuing her MBA in Insurance from Olivet College as well as the ARe designation from the Institutes. Catherine is a member of the Audit & Compliance Committee for the Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA).
Payton is a Reinsurance Associate Underwriter at Everest Re in the International division, where she is participating in a two-year rotational development program. In her first year, Payton gained experience with the International Claims team and the Treaty Caribbean Underwriting team, both based in Miami, Florida.
Payton graduated from Florida State University in Spring 2023 with a B.S. in Risk Management & Insurance. Since then, she has earned the ARe designation and is currently pursuing her CPCU. She is also actively involved in the Everest Charitable Committee as the Global Branch Liaison Coordinator and serves on the Executive Board of the Miami Seminole Club, part of the FSU Alumni Association.
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