Amwins, a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has appointed Munawar Ali to the newly created position of Executive Vice President of Product Development & Capacity.
In the role Ali will be responsible for overseeing the growth of Amwins’ exclusive product development and incubation programs.
He will also play a pivotal role in building strategic capacity and driving underwriting performance metrics across the company.
According to the firm, Ali plans to bring a systematic process and organizational approach to Amwins’ product development and strategic capacity initiatives.
In addition to managing Amwins’ product development and strategic capacity programs, the role will also see Ali work with divisional leaders to further develop best practices around the underwriting performance metrics of Amwins’ $4.6+ billion delegated authority business. This includes continued investments in actuarial capabilities, portfolio management and underwriting oversight.
Overall, Ali brings more than two decades of experience towards his new role.
He previously led Amwins Specialty Casualty Solutions – a full-service MGA specializing in niche workers’ compensation, casualty and professional liability products that writes in excess of $1 billion premium annually.
Scott Purviance, chief executive officer at Amwins, commented on the appointment: “Munawar is an exceptional part of our team who has played an integral role in the growth of Amwins.
“We’ve been churning out new products for a long time and leveraging our buying power to proactively build our strategic capacity portfolio. With Munawar’s leadership, we will continue honing these efforts and augmenting the creative mindsets of our brokers, clients and colleagues as we pursue our 150-year vision of helping our partners win.”
