MS Amlin draws diverse senior talent from market to expand risk function

Lloyd's global specialty re/insurer  MS Amlin Underwriting (MS AUL) has made a slew of new hires to deepen and broaden its specialist risk expertise to support growth.

John Winder, Victoria Harding, Wendy Kriz, and Maurice Rose (pictured left to right) have been appointed to its risk function led by chief risk officer Vishal Desai.

Winder joins as senior manager of the Insurance Risk pillar. He has more than 20 years’ experience as an underwriter and senior risk manager with experience in the London market and reinsurance, having worked at Hiscox, AXA XL, and Liberty Syndicates.

Harding will take up the role of head of enterprise risk management (ERM). She has more than ten years of risk management experience and was most recently at CNA Hardy, where she spent six years conducting strategic risk reviews, overseeing all aspects of the risk management framework and ORSA process. Prior to that, she held various risk management and operational roles at XL Catlin and Allianz UK, implementing risk and operational improvement programmes.

Kriz joins as senior manager of the function’s validation and risk intelligence pillar. She has two decades of actuarial experience across reserving, capital, and validation work. Her experience spans consultancy and multiple in-house roles at firms including Barnett Waddingham, WTW, Aviva, RSA, Catlin, Ace, and Lloyd’s. She has a deep interest in sustainability and is an active member of the Institute and Faculties of Actuaries (IFoA) Sustainability Board.

Finally, Rose joins as senior manager of the ERM pillar. He is an experienced insurance practitioner with over ten years’ experience and joins from PwC where he was a senior manager in its risk and regulatory insurance practice. Prior to PwC, he worked at both the PRA and Lloyd’s and also has strong market experience gained during his time at both Torus and AIG. Maurice is an advocate for D&I in the insurance industry and chairs Link, the cross-insurance industry LGBTQ+ network.

Desai said: “As we expand the remit of our Risk function offering in 2022 towards best-in-class, I am delighted to welcome John, Victoria, Wendy, and Maurice to the team. Their extensive and collective underwriting, actuarial and broader risk expertise will strengthen and contribute to the delivery of our strategic ambition.

“Investment in this top-tier talent reflects the value the business has come to place in the Risk function as a trusted source of insight, challenge and as a key partner to all material decision making. I am looking forward to working with such diverse senior talent to support MS Amlin as we continue to build out a successful underwriting business, delivering risk-sensitive, sustainable growth.”

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