SiriusPoint supercharges global underwriting with BMS, Hiscox talent
Specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint has supercharged its global underwriting team by snagging three top-tier executives from industry peers BMS, Hiscox, and Jefferies.
Christopher Larson has joined joins as global head of casualty based in New York, David Godlis has been hired as underwriting strategy and analytics lead based in New York, and Ramiz Mohamed will join as global head of exposure management based in London.
Larson reports to David Govrin, group president and chief underwriting officer, while Godlis and Mohamed report to Anthony Shapella, deputy chief underwriting officer at SiriusPoint.
Larson joined on March 4 to lead casualty underwriting and product strategy globally with direct oversight of casualty reinsurance. He will work closely with the company’s North America and International teams to execute the casualty product strategy for direct insurance and programme business.
Larson joins SiriusPoint from BMS Group where he was a managing director and co-head of casualty. Prior to BMS, he spent nearly 25 years at QBE Reinsurance where he served as a senior vice president and global head of casualty reinsurance. Larson started his career at AIG in New York as an E&O underwriter.
Godlis joined on February 26 from Jefferies to lead the assessment of underwriting profitability and return on capital, and drive performance management and capital allocation initiatives to shape the firm’s global underwriting strategy.
Mohamed will join the company on April 15 from Hiscox. He will lead the design and execution of all portfolio and exposure risk management and reporting globally. He brings to the role over a decade of experience in insurance and reinsurance portfolio management, pricing, and reserving.
Govrin said: “These appointments demonstrate SiriusPoint’s commitment to attracting the industry’s best talent. Chris, David and Ramiz are leaders in their areas of expertise, and they will advance our continued progress to becoming a top-performing underwriting company.”
Shapella continued: “We are looking forward to strengthening our global chief underwriting office with the appointments of David and Ramiz. Ramiz is an experienced actuary and industry leader in exposure management and David is a top-notch performer who brings high quality and rigour to the analysis of our global insurance portfolios.
“Exposure, portfolio, and capital management are critical to successful underwriting execution, and Ramiz and David’s appointments will support our global growth strategy.”
Godlis joined SiriusPoint from Jefferies where he was a member of the Power and Infrastructure investment banking team. Prior to that, he held several roles in risk and portfolio management at AIG.
Mohamed joins SiriusPoint from Hiscox where he held several roles including head of casualty exposure management, head of underwriting portfolio management, and head of cyber pricing. Prior to that, he worked at XL Catlin for five years in various actuarial roles.
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