Cyber insurer Resilience, has appointed George Kotsiopoulos as EVP, Global Head of Distribution and Strategy. He succeeds Tom Gamble who passed away earlier this year.
In his new role, Kotsiopoulos will focus on both distribution and strategy as the company builds out its Cyber Resilience Platform, launched earlier this year. Resilience describes this role as “critical” for the firm as it accelerates growth in the US and expands to new markets in Canada, the UK, and Europe.
Kotsiopoulos commented: “Resilience is a unique opportunity to build something truly revolutionary in the market. The need for a cyber resilience solution that builds out technical visibility, holistic cyber hygiene, and tailored risk transfer is a huge gap in the market today.
“The collective industry – along with private enterprise, the security sector, and various government and public entities – are trying to solve the problem of cyber risk. Joining Resilience is a chance to build a truly rewarding company. I am excited to accelerate our growth and empower our broker partners to bring the best possible solutions to clients.”
Before Resilience, Kotsiopoulos served as the Head of US Distribution and Senior Vice President of Broker Distribution at Aspen Insurance Group for the past eight years.
During his time at Aspen, he led broker relationships nationally for all product lines, accounting for billions of dollars in U.S. GWP. Responsible for all U.S. broker appointments, he utilised advanced brokerage data analytics to grow deep executive-level relationships with national partners working with insurance, reinsurance, and capital markets to build solutions for clients.
Before Aspen, Kotsiopoulos held senior underwriting positions at Zurich and AIG focusing on large US national accounts.
He will report to Mario Vitale, President, Resilience Cyber Insurance Solutions, based in Resilience’s New York City offices.
Commenting on Kotsiopoulos appointment, Vitale said: “George is an amazing addition to the team and brings critical expertise in broker analytics and building strong global senior broker relationships, directly relevant to accelerating our growth in the near and future term.
“His strong team fit with Resilience and his extensive experience fostering broker distribution will be vital to supporting our partners, building out our strategy, and expanding our Cyber Resilience Platform globally.”
Resilience CEO Vishaal “V8” Hariprasad, said: “This is a critical time for enterprises as they face not only more complex risks, but increasing economic uncertainty.
“George knows how important brokers are to helping our clients build strategies for risk transfer and has the experience to help us expand our global Cyber Resilience mission. He is joining at the right time to help us take this company to the next level.”
