To provide specialist reinsurance broking, analytics and actuarial reinsurance services
Lockton Re has appointed three new executives Larry Hunter-Blank, Joe Zuk, and Scott Polkinghorne at its offices in New York and Kansas City.
Mr Hunter-Blank joins as an executive director and will focus his efforts on Midwestern regional and specialty insurers. He worked for 17 years at the GE Insurance Solutions and Employers Reinsurance. He also served in positions including property treaty underwriter, account executive and property and casualty reinsurance marketing manager and specialty segment manager.
Scott Polkinghorne joins as executive director and Joe Zuk as senior account executive in the company’s New York office, where they will work with Lockton Re’s US reinsurance executive John Daum. Polkinghorne has 30 years of experience as an insurance/reinsurance executive. Prior to joining Lockton Re, he was responsible for the establishment of JLT Re’s North American property reinsurance business.
Joe Zuk will develop new business and assist the firm’s existing reinsurance book. Mr Zuk joins from Paris Re bringing underwriting knowledge and brokering experience in areas including medical malpractice, professional liability, specialty casualty, specialty property and industry loss warranties.
Stephen Hitchcock, managing director of Lockton Re, said: I would like to welcome our new colleagues to Lockton’s rapidly expanding global reinsurance team. There is great potential for Lockton Re to work with our colleagues in the US as we build out a platform that provides clients with specialist reinsurance broking services, sophisticated analytics and actuarial reinsurance advice.
John Daum, executive director of Lockton Re, said: Lockton Re’s strategy is to provide a high level of dedicated reinsurance expertise and service to our clients. We are confident there are major opportunities for Lockton Re to provide services to companies seeking alternatives in today’s increasingly limited reinsurance broker market.