Mr. McKeown will be responsible for Guy Carpenter’s Instrat modeling and actuarial group

Guy Carpenter, a risk and reinsurance company, has named Chris McKeown as Chief Executive Officer of Global Analytical and Specialty Practices.

Mr. McKeown will be responsible for Guy Carpenter’s Instrat modeling and actuarial group, the company’s Line of Business Specialties and the Rating Agency, ERM Advisory and Business Intelligence units. He will also be responsible for managing Guy Carpenter’s relationships with several key reinsurance markets.

Mr. McKeown will report to Peter Zaffino, President and CEO of Guy Carpenter & Company, besides joining the company’s Executive Committee.

Mr. McKeown previously served as President and CEO of CIG Reinsurance, which he founded in 2004, and New Castle Reinsurance Company, which he established a year later. Before joining CIG in 2004, he held several executive positions with ACE Tempest Reinsurance from 1998 to 2002, lastly as President and CEO.