3 December 2020Insurance

AXIS Re hires senior property underwriter from Schroders

AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings, has hired Emilie Hungenberg as a senior underwriter - property for EMEA & Latin America.

Hungenberg joins AXIS Re from investment manager Schroders, where she was a senior ILS underwriter and project manager, responsible for underwriting collateralised reinsurance for Europe, Bermuda and Lloyds. Prior to that, she held progressively senior roles in underwriting and client management with RMS, MS Amlin, Sompo and Odyssey Re.

In her new role, Hungenberg will be responsible for underwriting a property treaty portfolio for France, Benelux, Iberia and Africa. She will work in partnership with the underwriting team responsible for these regions to further develop and execute AXIS Re’s underwriting strategy.

Hungenberg will be based in Zurich and report directly to Gino Smith, head of property for EMEA & Latin America at AXIS Re, who said: “We are delighted to welcome Emilie to AXIS Re. She brings a strong technical underwriting background spanning short and long tail lines of business, as well as an extensive commercial network throughout the region. Emilie’s experience and expertise will further enable us to deliver on AXIS Re’s promise of providing agile, solution-oriented services to our clients and brokers.”

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