AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. has announced the appointment of Daniel Pacicco as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 18th.
He will succeed Adam Karkowsky, who was promoted to AmTrust President back in December 2019.
Pacicco joins AmTrust from Assurant, where he has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller since June 2017.
In this role, he was responsible for managing the organisation’s overall accounting functions, including financial reporting, controls and operations.
Prior to Assurant, Pacicco spent more than two decades at Chubb, including as Senior Vice President, Finance for the company’s North American operations.
While at Chubb, he had oversight for accounting and finance management, financial systems and controls, risk management and treasury, as well as strategic planning and analysis, among other responsibilities.
And before Chubb, Pacicco spent over ten years at Ernst & Young providing auditing and consulting services to clients.
Going forward, Pacicco will be based at AmTrust’s New York City headquarters, reporting to Adam Karkowsky.
“I welcome Dan to AmTrust as our new Chief Financial Officer,” said Karkowsky. “His extensive experience in the insurance industry in the areas of global financial reporting, accounting and compliance adds significant value to our organization. Dan will further enhance and support the transformative work we have undertaken.”
Pacicco also commented: “I look forward to joining AmTrust’s leadership team and leading the finance organization to contribute to the Company’s success as it executes on its strategic plan to be a leading provider of niche property and casualty insurance and risk solutions globally.”
In addition, AmTrust announced the promotion of Zachary Wolf to Executive Vice President, Strategic Development and Mergers and Acquisitions, from his position as Senior Vice President, Deputy Chief Financial Officer. He will also report to Karkowsky.
