Gallagher Re taps top IRB Re exec for LatAm and Caribbean leadership
Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has attracted a top executive from Brazilian reinsurer IRB Re to enhance its Latin America and Caribbean team.
Set to join in early 2024, the senior leader will spearhead its surety and credit practice throughout the region.
Virgil Antonio de Souza will join Gallagher Re’s Latin America and Caribbean team, based in Brazil.
De Souza has more than 20 years of underwriting and surety industry experience. For the past eight years, he worked at IRB(Re), most recently as the Brazil treaty manager with purview over all treaty business for a select client base. He also had responsibility for the surety, credit, financial lines and mortgage books for IRB(Re) in Brazil and internationally, where he led the expansion of IRB’s surety portfolio.
His early professional background includes leading large capital investments as a financial and project manager. He also served as a surety underwriter, growing and managing the portfolios in Latin America for Chubb, Ace and Liberty.
Edson Wiggers, Gallagher Re’s CEO of Latin America & Caribbean, said: “Virgil is a well-respected, industry leader in the Surety and Credit market. His drive and passion for the business, demonstrated leadership and deep expertise will expand our capabilities across the region, providing new opportunities for existing clients and opening doors into new markets as he collaborates with our local team with the support of the Gallagher Re Global Surety & Credit Practice. We look forward to working with Virgil and the many successes ahead as we continue to deliver on our ambitious growth plans.”
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