HDI Global expands top leadership in US to drive profitable growth
HDI Global Insurance Company, the US subsidiary of international commercial insurer HDI Global SE, has unveiled two new appointments to its C-suite to fuel profitable growth in the US.
Marco Hensel has been promoted to chief underwriting officer and Santiago Treviño Villaseñor joins from Zurich in the newly created role of chief strategy officer.
Hensel is tasked with leading all underwriting functions and maintaining full profit and loss and strategic accountability across all lines of business.
Villaseñor joins the company with a mandate to identify, develop and execute initiatives to drive profitable growth.
Hensel has been with HDI for over 15 years and has served in multiple underwriting leadership positions.
Villaseñor has more than 18 years of experience and joins HDI from Zurich, where he served as vice-president of strategy, innovation, and business development.
Hensel said: “It is an honour to serve as chief underwriting officer. This is an exciting time for the company as we look to increase our market penetration. I look forward to working with all internal underwriting units to enhance our existing portfolio of products and offer new insurance solutions to our clients.”
Villaseñor said: “The opportunity to define and execute HDI’s US strategic agenda fills me with excitement. We have ambitious aspirations that require a structured and systematic approach to achieve them. Striking the right balance between discipline, creativity, resourcefulness, and agility, I look forward to partnering with all my colleagues across the enterprise to jointly create a positive and lasting impact for our customers, brokers, and stakeholders, successfully deploying our deep underwriting expertise and exceptional global network capabilities.”
Jim Clark, HDI US chief executive officer, said: “Marco and Santiago are experienced leaders whose depth of knowledge of the commercial insurance industry will allow us to capitalise on the strengths of our foundational businesses while generating scale in our accelerated businesses.
“Their appointments are both a reflection of HDI’s growth story to-date and a testament to our continued aspirations in the region to act as our clients’ true Partner in Transformation. With Marco and Santiago as part of our leadership team, we believe we are well positioned to deliver on our strategy with clarity and purpose.”
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