Transatlantic Holdings (TransRe), the reinsurance arm of the Alleghany Corporation, has promoted Mike Torre to assume responsibility for the global property portfolio, Maryam Haji to lead the global catastrophe management team and catastrophe modelling professionals, Desmond Pollock as Head of Go-To-Market team, and Eyal Shnaps is now in charge of the US Custom team.
These promotions are designed to sharpen the reinsurer’s focus on building strong, lasting partnerships with clients and brokers.
Torre joined the reinsurer in 2018, and takes on his new responsibilities in addition to his existing duties, developing and executing TransRe’s third-party capital strategy. As Global Property Portfolio and Third Party Capital Leader, he will report to Lisa Moser, President of Global Portfolio Management.
Haji joined TransRe in 2014, and has since led the validation of third-party cat models, the development of TransRe’s property risk assessment framework and the integration of cyber modelling into exposure management workflows. As Global Head of Research & Catastrophe Management, Haji will continue to report to Moser as well.
Shnaps joined TransRe’s Capital Partners Group in 2014. Most recently, he served as TransRe’s Global Property Portfolio Leader, developing property strategy and analytics and managing aggregates. In his new role, he will report to John Fugit, Chief Underwriting Officer for North America.
In the new role, Pollock will report to Paul McKeon, President of Global Underwriting, and focus on client/broker relationships, analytics and market communications. Having joined TransRe in 2006 to lead the regional unit of the US Custom team, Pollock soon assumed leadership of the US Custom team in 2017.
McKeon commented, “In today’s market, it is more important than ever that our front-line teams have the best possible support to help deliver the service and capabilities that our partner clients and brokers expect and deserve. These changes help us deliver this goal, and demonstrate the strength and depth of talent within TransRe.”
Moser added, “These changes better integrate our analytic capabilities to enhance the insights our Portfolio group delivers to our underwriting teams in all regions and lines of business worldwide. Having worked with Mike and Maryam for many years, I am confident they will bring new perspectives to their expanded roles.”
