Specialty insurance underwriting platform elseco has added Bruno Ritchie in an Underwriting and Corporate Development capacity.
Reporting to Elseco’s group founder and Chief Executive Officer Laurent Lemaire, Ritchie will be responsible for further strengthening the group’s ongoing expansion plans while steering its capabilities towards the development of new business classes.
More broadly, he will undertake a broad spectrum of Underwriting, Corporate and Commercial activities.
Ritchie will be based in Paris and joins from Willis Towers Watson’s Innovisk Capital Partners, where he served as global Chief Underwriting Officer.
Before that he spent time as CUO of ArgoGlobal’s Lloyd’s operations in London.
“Bruno’s decision to join us is a fantastic testimony to our success and growth plans. He will constitute a very strong asset for us enabling the group to fast forward on its ambitious development journey,” said Lemaire.
Commenting on his appointment, Ritchie said, “As evidenced by some recent industry successes, the modern MGA is proving to be one of the most exciting underwriting business models, I am absolutely thrilled to join elseco and contribute to their success going forward.”
