Guy Carpenter expands DA capabilities with trio of hires

Reinsurance broker  Guy Carpenter, a business of Marsh McLennan (MMC), has expanded its capabilities in the delegated authority space with three new hires and forming a new collaboration with its Ratings Advisory Service.

Bryan Willingham, Alex Donkervoet and Nate Palmer have joined the GC Access team in the roles of managing director and co-head of the Southwest region, senior vice president and co-head of the Southwest region, and assistant vice president, respectively. Each will report to Matt Petka, president of GC Access North America.

Willingham has more than 19 years of reinsurance experience, most recently at Gallagher Re, specialising in placing treaty reinsurance for workers compensation and property and casualty insurers, and MGA programmes across the US.

Donkervoet has over 15 years of actuarial, reinsurance, product, underwriting and operations experience, most recently at Buckle.

Palmer most recently worked as a commercial lines wholesale broker specialising in financial lines and cyber coverage at RT Specialty.

The GC Access team will work in collaboration with Doug Ostermiller, managing director, Guy Carpenter’s Ratings Advisory Service team, which advises clients on new and existing rating assignments as well as capital optimisation, financial forecasting, stress testing and peer benchmarking. Ostermiller will assist clients in engaging AM Best for the purpose of obtaining a Performance Assessment for their delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs).

“We are excited to add strategic rating advisory services and welcome three highly talented new members to the GC Access team,” said Petka. “The diverse experience and specialist skills Bryan, Alex and Nate bring, in addition to Doug’s ability to facilitate AM Best DUAE Performance Assessments, further expand the scope of solutions Guy Carpenter offers to help clients excel, and reinforce our commitment to deliver a best-in-class solution to the MGA space.”

Guy Carpenter launched GC Access in 2020 as a dedicated offering to help clients capitalise on managing general agent (MGA) solutions in the fast growing delegated authority market.

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