Guy Carpenter Names Chris McKeown CEO of Global Analytical and Specialty Practices
Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, the leading global risk and reinsurance specialist, today announced that it has named Chris McKeown as Chief Executive Officer of Global Analytical and Specialty Practices.
Mr. McKeown will be responsible for Guy Carpenter’s Instrat® modeling and actuarial group, the company’s Line of Business Specialties and the Rating Agency, ERM Advisory and Business Intelligence units. He will also be responsible for managing Guy Carpenter’s relationships with several key reinsurance markets.
Mr. McKeown will report to Peter Zaffino, President and CEO of Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC and will join the company’s Executive Committee.
“With a track record of building successful, profitable businesses in the insurance industry which spans more than 20 years, Chris is an excellent addition to our executive team” said President and CEO Peter Zaffino. “His experience and expertise will further strengthen our ability and commitment to developing new and innovative products and services that deliver value to our clients.”
Prior to joining Guy Carpenter, Mr. McKeown served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CIG Reinsurance Limited, which he founded in 2004, and New Castle Reinsurance Company, which he established a year later. Before joining CIG in 2004, he held several executive positions with ACE Tempest Reinsurance Limited from 1998 to 2002, lastly as President and CEO.
About Guy Carpenter
Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC is the world’s leading risk and reinsurance specialist and a part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies. With over 50 offices worldwide, Guy Carpenter creates and executes reinsurance solutions and delivers capital market solutions* for clients across the globe. The firm’s full breadth of services includes line of business expertise in Agriculture; Aviation; Casualty Clash; Construction and Engineering; Excess and Umbrella; Life, Accident and Health; Marine; Medical Professional Liability; Political Risk and Trade Credit; Professional Liability; Property; Retrocessional Reinsurance; Surety; Terrorism and Workers Compensation. GCFac® is Guy Carpenter’s dedicated global facultative reinsurance unit that provides placement strategies, timely market access and centralized management of facultative reinsurance solutions. In addition, Guy Carpenter’s Instrat® unit utilizes industry-leading quantitative skills and modeling tools that optimize the reinsurance decision-making process and help make the firm’s clients more successful. Guy Carpenter’s website address is www.guycarp.com.
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