Insurance

People

• 

  Patrick Charles

  Global Head of Property and Casualty (P&C) Insurance & Services

  ×

  

  Patrick Charles

  Global Head of Property and Casualty (P&C) Insurance & Services

  Patrick joined SiriusPoint in September 2021 as Head of Americas P&C Insurance, to manage and grow the Company’s US P&C insurance business. He is responsible for the expansion of SiriusPoint’s strategic partnerships, development of products and services to support new and existing partnerships, execution of the Company’s global strategy and delivery of financial commitments for P&C insurance. Patrick’s role as Global Head of P&C Insurance & Services reflects his contribution to driving the growth of the Company’s P&C insurance business worldwide.

  Patrick serves as a Board Member for a number of companies in the SiriusPoint strategic partnerships portfolio, within the Company’s Insurance & Services segment. These include Arcadian, Banyan Risk and Parameter Climate. Patrick joined SiriusPoint from Zurich Insurance Group, where he held North American leadership roles in underwriting and strategy spanning the past decade. During his previous 20+ years in the insurance industry, Patrick spent time at McKinsey & Company, Alliance Bernstein and the St. Paul Companies. He began his career as an actuary and is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.

• 

  Ari Chester

  Head of the US and Canada Reinsurance

  ×

  

  Ari Chester

  Head of the US and Canada Reinsurance
• 

  Josh Curry

  Head of Distribution, Americas

  ×

  

  Josh Curry

  Head of Distribution, Americas
• 

  David Govrin

  Global President and Chief Underwriting Officer

  ×

  

  David Govrin

  Global President and Chief Underwriting Officer

  David Govrin is SiriusPoint’s Global President and Chief Underwriting Officer.

  David brings 32 years’ experience to the SiriusPoint leadership team. He has a diverse background having split his career in various roles on the advisory side of the industry and risk taking across a range of products and sectors. His background includes reinsurance brokerage, investment banking, capital markets, private equity, and underwriting.

  David has served in a variety of senior positions at Third Point Reinsurance and was most recently President of Third Point Reinsurance (USA) Ltd., a position he held since May 2019. He also served as Head of Business Development of Third Point Reinsurance, and began at Third Point Re in April 2017 as an Executive Vice President, Underwriting.

  Prior to joining Third Point Re, he was a Vice President in Berkshire Hathaway’s Reinsurance Group for seven years and a key member of the underwriting team. Before joining Berkshire, David founded Hudson Insurance Capital Partners in 2007, a specialty insurance-focused private equity fund, and Sierra Re Advisors, a boutique reinsurance intermediary.

  Prior to forming Sierra in 2006, David built his reinsurance career at Goldman Sachs (1997-2002) and Guy Carpenter (1989-1997), in addition to Citigroup and Ritchie Capital Management.

  Before entering the reinsurance business in 1989, David spent three years in fixed income at Dean Witter Reynolds and began his career in 1985 as a commercial credit analyst at Horizon Bank.

  David holds a BSBA in finance / real estate from the University of Denver, and an MBA in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

  [email protected]

• 

  Robert Harman

  Branch Manager (London)

  ×

  

  Robert Harman

  Branch Manager (London)

  Robert Harman is Branch Manager in London.

  He was previously Chief Executive Officer of Sirius International Managing Agency and Branch Manager of the London Branch of SINT, positions he held since January 2017.

  From January 2014 to December 2016, Robert was the Chief Underwriting Officer for the Syndicate and Managing Agency. Prior to this, Robert served as Actuarial Manager for Sirius International in London, building out the actuarial function.

  Before joining the company, Robert primarily worked for Fairfax Group Companies in both London and Paris as an Actuarial Analyst, across pricing, reserving together with the corporate reinsurance solutions.

  Robert has more than 25 years of London market industry experience and he holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Mathematics and Statistics.

  [email protected]

• 

  Bobby Heerasing

  Active Underwriter, Lloyd’s Syndicate 1945

  ×

  

  Bobby Heerasing

  Active Underwriter, Lloyd’s Syndicate 1945

  Bobby joined SiriusPoint in September 2021 with over 25 years’ experience in the re/insurance industry. In his current role, Bobby is responsible for SiriusPoint International’s growth and expansion plans, including the development of SiriusPoint’s pipeline of strategic partnerships within the Company’s Insurance & Services segment; further strengthening SiriusPoint‘s capabilities in general corporate strategy; market intelligence, and go-to-market planning and execution in the international space.

  Following, and subject to the close of SiriusPoint’s previously announced transaction with Mosaic Insurance, Bobby will assume the role of SiriusPoint UK Country Manager, in which he will be responsible for establishing and executing profitable growth strategies and operating plans for SiriusPoint’s London branch and Syndicate, inclusive of the Company’s Reinsurance and Insurance and Services platforms.

  Previously, Bobby served as Group CEO of Asia Capital Re (ACR) Holdings, where he and was a member of the board. In his three years leading ACR, Bobby was instrumental in significantly improving the financial performance of the company whilst also successfully turning the carrier into a credible and respected global P&C reinsurer.  Before ACR, he spent 19 years working in the property treaty and casualty treaty reinsurance market at XL Catlin Ltd, serving as Underwriting and Distribution Director, Insurance, and prior to that as Chief Underwriting Office, Asia Pacific. He began his insurance career in 1995 at Royal Sun & Alliance as a Senior Underwriting Assistant, Marine.

  [email protected]

• 

  Alex Kronenberg

  Senior Vice President Underwriting

  ×

  

  Alex Kronenberg

  Senior Vice President Underwriting
• 

  Arnaud Le Boulengé

  Branch Manager (Belgium)

  ×

  

  Arnaud Le Boulengé

  Branch Manager (Belgium)

  Arnaud Le Boulengé is the Branch Manager of the SiriusPoint International Belgium Branch.

  Arnaud is responsible for the overall performance of the Belgium branch, including profitable growth and the day-to-day effective functioning of the Belgium operation.

  Arnaud joined SiriusPoint Belgium in 1996 (originally called Kemper), as a Junior Underwriter and has held positions of increasing responsibility throughout his tenure. He originally joined as an Area Underwriter responsible for developing the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American territories and most recently held the position of Area Manager for Spain and Portugal, and Technical Underwriting Manager for Latin America.

  Arnaud holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (Finance, Bank and Insurance) from Liège University.

  [email protected]

• 

  Tom Leonardo

  SVP and US Head of Accident & Health

  ×

  

  Tom Leonardo

  SVP and US Head of Accident & Health

  Tom Leonardo has worked in the group life and health industry since 1994, specializing in underwriting, pricing, and management of all aspects of accident and health insurance.

  Tom joined from Sirius Group, where he was US Head of Accident and Health. Tom joined Sirius Group in 2012, with responsibility for launching the Sirius America initiative, whose primary goal was to move into the issuing carrier market while focusing on Employer Stop Loss and Special Risk business underwritten by managing general underwriters.

  Tom began his insurance career in 1994 with Paul Revere Insurance Company, before moving to General Re as Assistant Vice President in 1996. In 2005, he joined ACE Tempest Re USA as Vice President, and then joined QBE the Americas in 2006 as Vice President. Before joining Sirius Group, Tom served as Chief Executive Officer of HRMP.

• 

  Stuart Liddell

  Global President of Accident & Health

  ×

  

  Stuart Liddell

  Global President of Accident & Health

  As part of the underwriting leadership team at SiriusPoint, Stuart Liddell is Global President of Accident & Health.

  With over 30 years’ experience in the industry, Stuart is responsible for insurance and reinsurance in SiriusPoint’s Accident & Health segment. Leading an international team, Stuart is instrumental in identifying and creating opportunities to develop SiriusPoint’s A&H business worldwide.

  Before the Sirius Group and Third Point Re merger, Stuart was Global Head of Life, Accident and Health at Sirius, joining the company in 2002. Previously, Stuart was an Accident and Health underwriter at several Lloyd’s syndicates.

  Stuart began his career as an A&H broker with Hogg, Robinson, Gardner and Mountain in 1989.

  Stuart has a degree in Politics from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

• 

  Paul Mihulka

  Head of Property and Casualty Program Management & Administration

  ×

  

  Paul Mihulka

  Head of Property and Casualty Program Management & Administration

  Paul Mihulka is Head of Property and Casualty Program Management & Administration.

  Paul joined SiriusPoint in February 2022 as Head of Program Administration & Management – North America, to manage and grow the Company’s US P&C programs business.

  Paul is responsible for P&C program due diligence, implementation, operations and on-going portfolio management and administration of programs. This includes leading a team of program managers, product development analysts, and operations specialists to drive program relationships and enhance the ongoing operations of our MGA partners.

  Before joining SiriusPoint Paul spent over 20 years at Zurich North America where he was Head of Aftermarkets Programs and Programs Strategic Relationship Leader, as well as a member of the Target Markets Board of Directors. Prior to that, Paul led the New Programs Team responsible for all aspects of due diligence and implementation of new programs.

  Paul began his career in corporate law where he held various roles including Head of the Insurance Practice Group reporting to the General Counsel.

  Paul is an AIA Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter and received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law.

• 

  Steve Paraboschi

  CEO, International Medical Group (IMG)

  ×

  

  Steve Paraboschi

  CEO, International Medical Group (IMG)

  Steve Paraboschi joined International Medical Group (IMG®) in 2017 as Executive Vice President. In January of 2020, Steve became President of IMG and was later appointed to his current role as President and CEO in August of 2021.

  With more than 30 years of broad financial services industry experience, Steve is proactive and deliberate with IMG’s strategic planning and operational success in the international health insurance, travel insurance, and assistance services markets. He has a successful track record of developing business strategies that drive top-line/bottom-line growth and supporting a dynamic environment of teamwork and employee development. He is responsible for leading the enterprise forward with a focus on innovation and success in IMG’s key growth segments.

  Steve began his career in the investment banking, brokerage, and trust/custody banking subsegments of the financial services industry with stops at Cowen, ADP, Bankers Trust, and Deutsche Bank, before transitioning to the insurance subsegment in 2000. At MetLife, he served in numerous leadership roles, then spent several years at AXA Assistance USA as the Vice President of Global Healthcare and Travel Services and then as the CEO of the U.S. business.

  Steve has a B.A. in Economics from Rutgers University and an MBA in Corporate Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
  E: [email protected]

• 

  David Singh

  VP, Underwriter

  ×

  

  David Singh

  VP, Underwriter
• 

  Ed Walker

  CEO, ArmadaCare

  ×

  

  Ed Walker

  CEO, ArmadaCare

  ArmadaCare’s key driver in business development and sustaining profitable growth is Ed Walker. As CEO, he leverages emerging trends, solves customer problems in larger potential markets and rapidly assembles internal and external capabilities required to reach the company’s growth goals.

  Ed genuinely understands the value of his employees and has established a culture where everyone feels inspired to use their innovative spirits. Because of this, he’s watched the company grow from only serving C-Suite to now focusing on the entire well-being of each and every employee.

  Having over 30 years of executive experience, Ed’s got what it takes to grow ArmadaCare to the next level.

  E: [email protected]
  T: +1 410-308-6056

• 

  Amanda Winkle

  Chief Operating Officer at International Medical Group (IMG)

  ×

  

  Amanda Winkle

  Chief Operating Officer at International Medical Group (IMG)

  With 25 years of experience in the accident & health insurance industry, Amanda Winkle has served as the Chief Operating Officer for International Medical Group (IMG®) since October 2022. In this senior leadership role, Amanda oversees the commercial, information technology, and operations functions of IMG, and she serves as the primary driver and executor of the company’s five-year growth initiatives.

  Amanda has a long and successful history with IMG as she began her career in the insurance industry as an Account Manager for the company in May 2000. From there, Amanda went on to serve 10 years at UnitedHealthcare where she earned the title of National Sales Director before returning to IMG. Beginning in 2013, she served as IMG’s Vice President of International Sales where she was directly responsible for growing the company’s financial results by more than 75% during her tenure. Amanda was in this role for six years before transitioning into her position as Chief Commercial Officer where she served for nearly three years. Throughout her entire career, Amanda’s distribution management capabilities are what have prevailed and allowed her to see success in a variety of roles.

  Amanda has a B.S. in Public Health from Indiana University.

  E: [email protected]

• 

  Richard Wong

  Head of Corporate Development

  ×

  

  Richard Wong

  Head of Corporate Development

  Richard Wong joined SiriusPoint in August 2021. He is responsible for evaluating and executing of strategic investments, partnerships and other M&A opportunities.

  Prior to joining SiriusPoint, Richard was a Director of Corporate Development at American International Group where he led a large number of M&A, strategic partnership and capital markets transactions across the world over 9 years.

  Richard began his career as an investment banker, spending over 7 years between Perella Weinberg and Merrill Lynch where he specialized in M&A and restructuring transactions spanning a broad set of industries, including general industrials, real estate, healthcare, financial institutions and energy.

  Richard has a B.S. in Finance and General Accounting from New York University Stern School of Business.