Vantage Risk, part of Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., has named Brian Steinhoff as Senior Vice President, Property Catastrophe, a Bermuda-based role.
Prior to his new role, he served as Vice President Property Catastrophe Lead at Vantage Risk. He joined the company from Hamilton Insurance Group and has also held roles at Allied World.
As SVP, Steinhoff will report to Peta White, President of Vantage Risk. He will lead Vantage Risk’s Property Catastrophe underwriting team, and lead the Property Catastrophe underwriting efforts on behalf of the company’s partnership capital platform AdVantage Retro I Ltd. (AdVantage).
He and his team will be responsible for producing and underwriting portfolios within target investment parameters. Under Steinhoff’s direction, the group’s expertise, analytics, and reporting will also be extended to investors interested in opportunities in the Property Catastrophe market.
Alongside Steinhoff’s appointment, Vantage also announced that Brent Poliquin, Reinsurance Data & Analytics Lead will expand his responsibilities to lead strategic operational planning and investor reporting activities related to AdVantage.
Commenting on Steinhoff’s appointment, Chris McKeown, Vantage’s CEO of Reinsurance, ILS and Innovation, said: “The $1B capital raise sets us on sound footing to accelerate AdVantage’s growth.
“With the development of our partnership capital model gaining steam, Brian’s underwriting expertise and extensive market contacts will be invaluable to investors seeking non-correlating returns in the Property Catastrophe reinsurance market. We’re happy to have him take on this important role and build on Vantage’s early success in managing partnership capital.”
Steinhoff said: “I’m excited to support Chris and the team developing and executing our AdVantage strategy. We’re committed to providing best-in-class service to cedents and third party investors, while bringing creative and meaningful capacity to the market.”
