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Vantage names Leanne Berry Chief Distribution Officer

11th July 2024

Vantage Group Holdings has appointed Leanne Berry as Chief Distribution Officer, effective immediately. In the new role, Berry will reportedly oversee all aspects of Vantage's specialty insurance distribution strategy to support its sustained growth trajectory. She will additionally be responsible for building greater market awareness, strengthening key partner and client relationships, and ... Read the full article

Vantage appoints Todd Link as Chief Financial Officer

24th June 2024

Vantage Group Holdings, a specialty insurer and reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Todd Link as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective immediately. In his new role, Link will oversee all aspects of Vantage's financial operations, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, and investments. He will be joining the group's leadership team and ... Read the full article

Vantage launches U.S. primary cyber insurance

11th June 2024

Vantage Group Holdings, a specialty insurer and reinsurer, has announced that its U.S. subsidiaries will now offer primary cyber insurance, providing up to $10 million in coverage. This new cyber insurance offering supports the company's continued portfolio growth and enhances its insurance capabilities in the U.S. and Bermuda for brokers and ... Read the full article

Vantage launches U.S. Large Property offering

26th April 2024

Vantage Group Holdings Ltd. recently announced the launch of its U.S. Large Property offering via its U.S. subsidiaries, which builds on its existing property expertise and sustained portfolio growth. The new offering has been designed to serve a broad range of middle market and corporate clients and will include primary and ... Read the full article

Vantage Risk unveils US Primary Casualty line

13th February 2024

Vantage Group has announced that it is now offering US Primary Casualty on top of it's existing Bermuda and US Excess Casualty products. This move continues the organisation's expansion of its specialty insurance capabilities for brokers and clients. It has also been confirmed that Stephen DiMarco will lead underwriting for Primary ... Read the full article

Vantage introduces policy for environmental risks

27th September 2023

Vantage Group Holdings Ltd. has announced the extension of its Contractors Pollution Liability (CPL) and professional liability offerings to Environmental Contractors and Consultants. According to the announcement, this pollution and professional liability policies for environmental risks complement the company's expertise and strong portfolio of insurance products for the US construction industry, ... Read the full article

Vantage adds Reichert and Berry as Distribution Leaders

1st August 2023

Insurance and reinsurance company, Vantage Risk, has announced the appointment of Dan Reichert as Vice President, West Distribution Leader and Leanne Berry as Vice President, Central Distribution Leader for its U.S. Insurance operations. Based in California, Reichert joins from AIG, where he held distribution leadership roles in the southwest. Berry will ... Read the full article

AM Best affirms Vantage Group’s credit ratings

24th January 2023

AM Best has affirmed the credit Ratings of Vantage Risk Ltd. and Affiliates (Vantage Group) and has assigned them a positive outlook. The Group’s Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) reflect its balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as very strong, as ... Read the full article

Vantage hires Peter Skerlj as Chief Risk Officer

8th November 2022

Bermuda-based re/insurer Vantage has announced the hiring and appointment of Peter Skerlj as its Chief Risk Officer. Skerlj will, said a statement, begin his new role in February, be based in Bermuda, and report to Greg Hendrick, the firm’s chief executive officer. In this new role, he will lead the further development ... Read the full article

Specialty opportunities in uncertain times: Vantage Risk’s McKeown

14th September 2022

While the world faces a growing array of macro and geopolitical challenges, the pressures these create can also provide opportunities, while some other chances for growth are being left on the table by incumbents, Chris McKeown of Vantage Risk believes. Chris McKeown, the Chief Executive, Reinsurance, ILS, and Innovation at still ... Read the full article

Re/insurance needs an “iconoclastic moment”, says Vantage’s McKeown

12th September 2022

The global insurance and reinsurance industry needs an “iconoclastic moment” on a similar scale to the introduction of catastrophe risk models in the 1990’s, if it is to ensure its long-term sustainability, Chris McKeown of re/insurer Vantage Risk has said. Speaking with Reinsurance News around the Monte Carlo Rendez-vous event in ... Read the full article

Vantage appoints Gabriel Poppie to new VP role

20th May 2022

Vantage has appointed Gabriel Poppie as its new vice president for marketing and distribution in the central region executive. The Chicago-based Poppie is coming over from Sompo International where he served as vice president of business development, US insurance. Prior to joining Sompo, he spent over five years at Swiss Re ... Read the full article

Coalition and Vantage team up

29th April 2022

Coalition has added Vantage to its US excess cyber program. The move is to be undertaken through the Vantage Risk Specialty Insurance Company. Shawn Ram, head of insurance at Coalition, said: “"We are excited to welcome Vantage to our Coalition as we work to solve cyber risk and provide security for all. ... Read the full article

Vantage hires Andrew Lea as vice president

25th April 2022

Vantage has hired Andrew Lea as its new senior vice president of cyber liability, errors and omissions, media, and management professional liability insurance. The firm said that Lea was joining from CNA Insurance, based in Chicago where he was head of commercial errors and omissions, cyber and media liability. According to ... Read the full article

Vantage targets US insurance growth with $200m capital injection from Carlyle and H&F

8th February 2022

Bermuda-based Vantage Group Holdings Ltd. is set to receive up to an additional $200 million of capital from funds managed by Carlyle Group and Hellman & Freidman (H&F), as the carrier looks to take advantage of opportunities in its U.S. insurance operation. Vantage was launched in December of 2020 by ... Read the full article