AmTrust reveals new chief information officer

New York-based property/casualty holding company AmTrust Financial Services has appointed Ariel Gorelik as senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO).

Gorelik succeeds Christopher Longo who has been the company's CIO since 2006. Longo will continue as EVP and chief operating officer, a position he was appointed to in 2016.

Gorelik most recently served as the chief operating officer of AmTrust's AMT warranty division. He joined AmTrust in 2014 as senior vice president AmTrust North America operations.

Prior to joining AmTrust, Gorelik was a managing consultant of the ICON division for Zurich North America. Before that, he served as deputy COO at German property and casualty insurer SK Allianz/Allianz Group, and previously served as head of Allianz Eurasia's business services, where he established a shared service center with a number of back and middle office functions, including claims handling, P&C policy administration, payments, and call center.

In his new role, Gorelik will lead AmTrust's global IT organisation. He will report to chairman and chief executive officer Barry Zyskind.

"AmTrust has always led with technology and innovation, which have been a competitive differentiator for us," said Zyskind. "Under Ariel Gorelik's leadership as Chief Information Officer, we will continue to harness the power of our technology platforms and digital capabilities.

"Similarly, we now can maximize Chris Longo's management focus as AmTrust's Chief Operating Officer to enable us to undertake the initiatives and processes to optimize results across our business units and product and service offerings."

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