Aon hires former Guy Carp/Gen Re exec to lead reinsurance in Italy

Broker  Aon has taken a senior executive from Guy Carpenter’s Asian operations to head up its reinsurance activities in Italy.

Pietro Toffanello (pictured) joins as Reinsurance Solutions’ head of Italy. He joined the firm in May 2022 as chairman of the board of  Aon Reinsurance Italy.

He was previously with reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, where he was the CEO for Japan. Toffanello has also held senior positions within the EMEA and APAC operations of reinsurer Gen Re and served as CEO of Faraday Syndicate at Lloyd’s of London.

In the second half of 2022, and subject to regulatory authority approvals, Toffanello will replace the current long-standing Italy chief executive officer for Reinsurance Solutions, Gianluca Venturini, who will transition to the role of Reinsurance Solutions’ Italy chairman.

Based in Milan and reporting to Reinsurance Solutions’ EMEA co-CEOs, Tomas Novotny and Alfonso Valera, Toffanello will be responsible for  Aon's three offices in the country.

Novotny said: “We are very grateful to Gianluca for his many years of tireless work and success as Italy CEO of Reinsurance Solutions. The insights and oversight he will provide in his new role of Reinsurance Solutions’ Italy chairman will be very important to our continued growth in the country, and in helping our clients make better decisions to build business resilience when faced with evolving risks.”

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