Catalina Re, provider of capital management and risk transfer solutions to the global insurance industry, has appointed John Darin as Chief Executive Officer of its wholly owned Bermuda-domiciled reinsurance company, Catalina General.
Darin brings almost two decades of industry experience to his new role. He joined Catalina Re from PwC in 2015 as Financial Controller before being appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2020.
During his time at PwC he served as Audit Senior Associate for almost three years before being appointed Assurance Manager in 2014.
Prior to PwC he spent almost six years with HAI Group’s reinsurance team, and over two years with IFG Companies as underwriter.
Catalina General’s most recent loss portfolio transfer has been with QBE. The completion of this loss portfolio transfer retrocession agreement involved QBE’s legacy North American Excess and Surplus (E&S) portfolio.
The reinsured portfolio consists of primary and excess general liability policies underwritten by subsidiaries of QBE between 2016 and 2020, with reserves of approximately $334 million as of December 31, 2021.
