IRUA Officers & Directors

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Directors

President, William Bernens

Managing Director, Property & Specialty
Arch Reinsurance Company

Vice President/Education Co-Chair - Christiane Gross

Senior Vice President &  Property Underwriting Team Lead Fac Programs
Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.

Secretary/Chair - Membership Committee - Tim Poeton

Senior Vice President – Business Development
State National Companies

Treasurer/Investment Chair - Dwayne Elliott

Vice President-Underwriting and Marketing
American Agricultural Insurance Company

Immediate Past President - Laura Herubin

Senior Vice President – Underwriting – N. America
Mapfre Re North America

Director - Abigail Allen

VP- General Casualty & Healthcare Liability
Partner Re US

Director - Jordan Bouthot

Vice President, Assistant Manager – US Regional & US Marine & Energy Portfolios
Aspen Re America

Director - Paul Carroll

Senior Vice President
Markel Global Re

Director/Conference Committee Chair- Keith Cartmell

Senior Vice President – Property Treaty Underwriting
The Toa Reinsurance Company of America

Director - Philip Clancey

Managing Director – N.A. Strategic Advisory
Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC

Director - Micki Clemson

Senior Vice President
BMS Re

Director - Nick Cook

Chief Risk Officer
Crum & Forster Wholesale E&S

Director/Scholars Chair -Sam DeGiovanni

SVP, Senior Casualty Underwriter
Ryan Re Underwriting Managers

Director - Meghan DiBona

Vice President – Casualty Facultative Manager
Aspen Re

Director - Mayur Doshi

Head of North America Treaty Casualty
Everest Group Ltd.

Director & Past President - Andrew L. Downing

Executive Managing Director, Market Operations
Lockton Affinity

Director - Brendan Furlong

Assistant VP – Senior Casualty Treaty Underwriter
Odyssey Reinsurance Company

 

Director - Caitlin Herron

Senior Vice President & US Deputy Team Leader – Property CAT
SCOR Re

Director - Danny Hojnowski

Senior Vice President – US Casualty E&O Underwriting
Transatlantic Reinsurance Company

Director - Ho-Tay Ma

Treaty Underwriter
SCOR Reinsurance Company

Director - Rob Martin

VP Reinsurance Division
Famers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of IA

Director - Tim Nawrocki

Senior Underwriter, Property Treaty
Arch Reinsurance Company

Director - May McKevitt

Vice President
Markel Global Re

Director - Fabian Pilger

Senior Underwriter, North American Market
R+V Re

Director - Meredith Ramcharan

Director, Treaty Casualty
Arch Reinsurance Company

Director - Kevin Rentko

Senior Vice President – Head of General Casualty
Renaissance Re US

Director - Emily Rudowitz

Senior Vice President
Global Head of Contracts, Associate General Counsel, Reinsurance
Acrisure

Director - Zack Ryan

Assistant Vice President, Public Entity & Property Cat Practice Group
BMS Re

Director - Michael Schummer

Senior Vice President, Casualty Team Lead
Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.

Director - Steven G. Simmons

Senior Director
Markel Specialty

 

Director - Cathryn Thom

Vice President, Claims
Transatlantic Reinsurance Company

Director - Christian Thompson

Assistant Vice President
Guy Carpenter & Company

Director - Jennifer Uy

Assistant Vice President – Reinsurance Underwriter
Mapfre Re

Director - Carl Weinberger

Casualty Treaty Underwriting Team Lead
Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.

Director/Education Co-Chair - John West

Senior Vice President – Legacy Solutions/Captive Segment
Guy Carpenter & Company LLC

Director - James Wilson

Senior Vice President – Senior Underwriter Casualty
Partner Re US