Leadership reshuffle at Gallagher’s Artex
Bermuda-based global insurance management firm and Gallagher subsidiary Artex Risk Solutions has lifted a long-serving Gallagher executive to CEO amid a leadership reshuffle.
Zeb Holt (pictured right) has been named new chief executive officer (CEO) (designate), effective July 1, 2024.
He will succeed current CEO and co-founder Peter Mullen (pictured left), who will be appointed chairman effective January 1, 2025.
Holt began his insurance career as an intern with Gallagher in 2004. During his tenure, he has held brokerage and sales leadership positions with Gallagher and Artex. Most recently, he was Gallagher’s area president of South Florida, before moving into his current role in 2018 as regional executive vice president - Florida.
In a post on LinkedIn, Holt thanked his colleagues in Florida, saying: "It’s been an absolute privilege and honour to work alongside the Gallagher South Florida and broader Florida teams for the past 11 years. We dreamed big dreams, and then, made them happen - together!
"While my role may be changing, my belief in you all will always be there. "
He added: "To my new colleagues at Artex Risk Solutions, thank you for the outpouring of warm welcoming messages and for your willingness to embrace me into your team! This is an exciting homecoming for me and I can’t wait to get started in carrying on the legacy David, Pete and Jenny started in 1997, and you all have built into a global, alternative risk finance leader today! I am so optimistic for the future we will build together!
"Thank you to Patrick Kennedy, Peter Mullen and Jennifer Gallagher for believing in me and trusting me with this opportunity! Thank you to my wife, Lisa Holt, family, and friends for all of their loving support! There are many great things ahead and it all begins…now!"
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