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Aspida Holdings Ltd

Aspida Holdings appoints Suzanne Sadlier as Head of Regulatory Affairs

26th November 2025

Aspida Holdings Ltd., a life insurance and annuity company, has appointed Suzanne Sadlier as Head of Regulatory Affairs. In her new role, Sadlier will oversee regulatory engagement across Aspida’s US, Bermuda, and Cayman platforms. Sadlier has over two decades of leadership in international insurance, captive management, and regulatory oversight. She previously served as ... Read the full article

Aspida appoints new CTO and Director of Digital Product Management

24th April 2024

Aspida, a life insurance and annuity company, has announced the appointment of two new hires, Jason Pedone as Chief Technology Officer and Derek Clinton as Director of Digital Product Management. These “strategic” new hires will play a pivotal role in the continued development and advancement of the company's cutting-edge, in-house technology ... Read the full article

Aspida partners with Flourish for enhanced annuity distribution

13th March 2024

Aspida Life Insurance Company (Aspida), a life insurance and annuity company, has recently partnered with Flourish, a financial products provider, to distribute the Aspida Advisory Multi-Year Guaranteed Annuity (MYGA). The Aspida Advisory MYGA offers a secure investment solution with guaranteed growth, unaffected by market fluctuations. This single premium deferred fixed multi-year ... Read the full article

Aspida names Alex Seidita as new CIO

4th October 2023

Aspida Holdings, Ltd., a provider of retirement and reinsurance solutions, has named Alex Seidita as its new Chief Information Officer (CIO),  taking over from Joe Lurie, who has served as the firm's CIO since its inception and is to retire at the end of 2023. Seidita takes on oversight of Aspida’s ... Read the full article

Aspida Re finds new CEO in PartnerRe’s David Florian

19th October 2022

Aspida Life Re, a Bermuda-based life and annuity reinsurance company, has announced that David Florian has been named as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He brings over three decades of industry experience and over two decades of leadership experience to the Aspida Re team, joining from PartnerRe, where he was ... Read the full article

NWLIC and Aspida enter into $250mn Funds Withheld Coinsurance Agreement

3rd August 2022

National Western Life Insurance Company (NWLIC), part of National Western Life Group, Inc., has entered into a Funds Withheld Coinsurance Agreement with Bermuda domiciled reinsurer, Aspida Life Re Ltd. NWLIC agreed to cede, on a coinsurance with funds withheld basis, a specified quota share of certain liabilities pertaining to an in-force ... Read the full article

Aspida Re names Jon Steffen as President

26th July 2021

Aspida Life Re (Aspida Re), the reinsurance subsidiary of Aspida Holdings, has appointed Jon Steffen as President. Steffen will lead Aspida's reinsurance company, focusing on enhancing Aspida Re's capital and risk management solutions offerings to its clients. Prior to joining Aspida Re, Steffen most recently served as the Approved Actuary for Athene ... Read the full article

F&G agrees sale of Bermuda reinsurance subsidiary to Aspida Holdings

1st October 2020

US title insurance company, Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (FNF) and F&G, a provider of annuities and life insurance, have announced that F&G has reached an agreement to sell F&G Reinsurance Ltd (F&G Re) to Aspida Holdings Ltd., an indirect subsidiary of Ares Management Corporation. F&G Re is the Bermuda domiciled reinsurance ... Read the full article