Brown & Brown taps leadership talent to drive business growth

Insurance brokerage Brown & Brown has drawn upon its leadership ranks to bolster its business growth with new perspectives and insights, particularly within the programmes sector.

The company has appointed David Putz and Niels Seebeck to its senior leadership team.

Putz is executive vice president of Arrowhead General Insurance Agency within Brown & Brown’s programmes segment, leading four businesses and strategically collaborating with other programmes and Brown & Brown teams to create robust automotive solutions. Before joining Brown & Brown in 2019, Putz spent nearly 25 years at Zurich Insurance North America, where he was a member of the global leadership team, overseeing alternative markets, including crop, programmes, automotive and captives businesses.

Seebeck is the president of Arrowhead’s Risk Managers Program, a commercial E&S property programme for wind-driven business. Seebeck joined the team in 2015 and is responsible for the growth and oversight of numerous programmes, including portfolio management, underwriting and operations. Seebeck has over 20 years of property insurance experience, having previously held leadership positions with Guy Carpenter and Munich Re, focusing on reinsurance, E&S property and programme business.

Powell Brown, president and chief executive officer, said: “With our continued strong business growth comes the need to tap into our deep ranks of key leaders to provide additional, unique perspectives and insights that will help drive us forward. I am excited to welcome David and Niels to our senior leadership team. Each of them brings extensive industry experience, particularly within the programmes space, and their contributions will further enable our mission of being the leading global provider of insurance solutions for our customers.”

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