Toa Re America (TRA) has appointed Brian Sabia as Executive Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer and Julie Halper as Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary.
Sabia joins TRA from PartnerRe where he held the position of Executive Vice President and Head of Professional Liability.
Prior to Partner Re, he held a variety of underwriting positions at General Star, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, and Executive Risk.
Halper joins TRA from Swiss Re in Armonk, New York where she was most recently the Head of Actuarial Analytics and leader of the team responsible for pricing the North American casualty portfolio.
Prior to Swiss Re, Halper was the Chief Actuary at Berkley Re America. Before that, she spent the earlier part of her career in a variety of roles at consulting firms and other reinsurers.
Chief Executive Officer Dick Sanford commented: “The appointment of these two senior leaders will greatly enhance our execution capabilities, help us to diversify our product offerings and allow us to continue to provide responsive customer service to our valued clients and brokers.”
Sabia said: “I look forward to working with our underwriting team to expand our market presence and assist our brokers in providing reinsurance solutions to our clients.”
Halper added: “I am excited to bring a dynamic actuarial perspective to providing reinsurance support to our partners.”
