Headquarters:
Hong Kong
Year founded:
2012
Number of employees:
around 140
Phone:
3509 6666
Email:
info@peak-re.com
Website:
peak-re.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/peak-re
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PEAK REINSURANCE COMPANY
Franz Josef Hahn
Chief Executive Officer
Cathy Chen
Chief Financial Officer
Eckart Roth
Chief Risk Officer
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Franz Josef Hahn is the chief executive officer of Peak Re. Under his leadership, Peak Re has grown from a start-up in 2012 to become a global company, with its footprint reaching beyond Asia to Europe and the Americas. The company’s premiums exceeded the US$1 billion mark within the first five years. With over 30 years of reinsurance industry experience, he has successfully helped to build and shape the reinsurance business in the Greater China and Asia-Pacific regions. He has held senior management positions in several leading reinsurance companies and acquired extensive strategic business advisory experience worldwide.
Chief Executive Officer
Franz Josef Hahn
Chen Kaihong, also known as Cathy, is the chief financial officer of Peak Re, overseeing the company’s financial and operational management. She has over 18 years of accounting and financial experience in both the insurance and reinsurance industries and has a deep understanding of the related regulations. Prior to joining Peak Re, she was chief representative of Lloyd’s Beijing. Before that, she was the chief financial officer of Swiss Re’s China operations and had successfully established and maintained good relationships with various government authorities. Chen is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Chief Financial Officer
Cathy Chen
Eckart Roth is the chief risk officer and a key person in control of risk and compliance functions of Peak Re. He is a seasoned reinsurance professional with more than 25 years of experience in the regional and international reinsurance markets and a proven track record in building and implementing comprehensive risk management systems during his previous experience with various global reinsurers. He is also a qualified lawyer.
Chief Risk Officer
Eckart Roth
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Andy Souter
Director, Global Markets, Co-Head of Property and Casualty
Cathy Chen
Chief Financial Officer
Franz Josef Hahn
Chief Executive Officer
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Headquarters:
Hong Kong
Year founded:
2012
Number of employees:
around 140
Phone:
3509 6666
Email:
info@peak-re.com
Website:
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/peak-re
Franz Josef Hahn is the chief executive officer of Peak Re. Under his leadership, Peak Re has grown from a start-up in 2012 to become a global company, with its footprint reaching beyond Asia to Europe and the Americas. The company’s premiums exceeded the US$1 billion mark within the first five years. With over 30 years of reinsurance industry experience, he has successfully helped to build and shape the reinsurance business in the Greater China and Asia-Pacific regions. He has held senior management positions in several leading reinsurance companies and acquired extensive strategic business advisory experience worldwide.
Franz Josef Hahn
Franz Josef Hahn
Chen Kaihong, also known as Cathy, is the chief financial officer of Peak Re, overseeing the company’s financial and operational management. She has over 18 years of accounting and financial experience in both the insurance and reinsurance industries and has a deep understanding of the related regulations. Prior to joining Peak Re, she was chief representative of Lloyd’s Beijing. Before that, she was the chief financial officer of Swiss Re’s China operations and had successfully established and maintained good relationships with various government authorities. Chen is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Chief Financial Officer
Cathy Chen
Andy Souter is the co-head of property and casualty, and director, global markets of Peak Re. He has close to two decades of experience in the finance industry and joined Peak Re in 2020, from Pioneer Underwriters/Syndicate 1980, where he was head of capital and a member of the executive management team. Prior to that role, he had spent a decade with Willis Re, where he was concurrently head of the London APAC team and ILS practice.
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For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
“Stelvio [restructured] its software development team to sit under four distinct, multi-disciplinary teams, capable of building and modifying any product within the EstImage product suite”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
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PEAK REINSURANCE COMPANY
Iain Reynolds
Director, Analytics, Co-Head of Property and Casualty
Cathy Chen
Chief Financial Officer
Franz Josef Hahn
Chief Executive Officer
Leadership
Headquarters:
Hong Kong
Year founded:
2012
Number of employees:
around 140
Phone:
3509 6666
Email:
info@peak-re.com
Website:
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/peak-re
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Franz Josef Hahn is the chief executive officer of Peak Re. Under his leadership, Peak Re has grown from a start-up in 2012 to become a global company, with its footprint reaching beyond Asia to Europe and the Americas. The company’s premiums exceeded the US$1 billion mark within the first five years. With over 30 years of reinsurance industry experience, he has successfully helped to build and shape the reinsurance business in the Greater China and Asia-Pacific regions. He has held senior management positions in several leading reinsurance companies and acquired extensive strategic business advisory experience worldwide.
Chief Executive Officer
Franz Josef Hahn
Chen Kaihong, also known as Cathy, is the chief financial officer of Peak Re, overseeing the company’s financial and operational management. She has over 18 years of accounting and financial experience in both the insurance and reinsurance industries and has a deep understanding of the related regulations. Prior to joining Peak Re, she was chief representative of Lloyd’s Beijing. Before that, she was the chief financial officer of Swiss Re’s China operations and had successfully established and maintained good relationships with various government authorities. Chen is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Chief Financial Officer
Cathy Chen
Andy Souter is the co-head of property and casualty, and director, global markets of Peak Re. He has close to two decades of experience in the finance industry and joined Peak Re in 2020, from Pioneer Underwriters/Syndicate 1980, where he was head of capital and a member of the executive management team. Prior to that role, he had spent a decade with Willis Re, where he was concurrently head of the London APAC team and ILS practice.
Director, Global Markets, Co-Head of Property and Casualty
Andy Souter
For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
Andy Souter
Director, Global Markets, Co-Head of Property and Casualty
Andy Souter is the co-head of property and casualty, and director, global markets of Peak Re. He has close to two decades of experience in the finance industry and joined Peak Re in 2020, from Pioneer Underwriters/Syndicate 1980, where he was head of capital and a member of the executive management team. Prior to that role, he had spent a decade with Willis Re, where he was concurrently head of the London APAC team and ILS practice.
Director, Global Markets, Co-Head of Property and Casualty
Andy Souter
Eckart Roth
Chief Risk Officer
Eckart Roth is the chief risk officer and a key person in control of risk and compliance functions of Peak Re. He is a seasoned reinsurance professional with more than 25 years of experience in the regional and international reinsurance markets and a proven track record in building and implementing comprehensive risk management systems during his previous experience with various global reinsurers. He is also a qualified lawyer.
Chief Risk Officer
Eckart Roth
Eckart Roth
Chief Risk Officer
Eckart Roth is the chief risk officer and a key person in control of risk and compliance functions of Peak Re. He is a seasoned reinsurance professional with more than 25 years of experience in the regional and international reinsurance markets and a proven track record in building and implementing comprehensive risk management systems during his previous experience with various global reinsurers. He is also a qualified lawyer.
Chief Risk Officer
Eckart Roth
Iain Reynolds
Director, Analytics, Co-Head of Property and Casualty
Iain Reynolds is the co-head of property and casualty, and director, head of analytics of Peak Re, a position he has held since 2016. He has more than 20 years of experience in catastrophe modelling, catastrophic risk analysis and transfer. He also oversees Peak Re’s pricing and risk accumulation for all lines of business across all territories. Prior to joining Peak Re, he was head of catastrophe modelling at Guy Carpenter Singapore from 2012 to 2016. He also worked as head of catastrophe modelling at Guy Carpenter Munich from 2004 to 2012.
Director, Analytics, Co-Head of Property and Casualty
Iain Reynolds
Iain Reynolds
Director, Analytics, Co-Head of Property and Casualty
Iain Reynolds is the co-head of property and casualty, and director, head of analytics of Peak Re, a position he has held since 2016. He has more than 20 years of experience in catastrophe modelling, catastrophic risk analysis and transfer. He also oversees Peak Re’s pricing and risk accumulation for all lines of business across all territories. Prior to joining Peak Re, he was head of catastrophe modelling at Guy Carpenter Singapore from 2012 to 2016. He also worked as head of catastrophe modelling at Guy Carpenter Munich from 2004 to 2012.
Director, Analytics, Co-Head of Property and Casualty
Iain Reynolds
Andy Souter
Director, Global Markets, Co-Head of Property and Casualty
Iain Reynolds is the co-head of property and casualty, and director, head of analytics of Peak Re, a position he has held since 2016. He has more than 20 years of experience in catastrophe modelling, catastrophic risk analysis and transfer. He also oversees Peak Re’s pricing and risk accumulation for all lines of business across all territories. Prior to joining Peak Re, he was head of catastrophe modelling at Guy Carpenter Singapore from 2012 to 2016. He also worked as head of catastrophe modelling at Guy Carpenter Munich from 2004 to 2012.
Director, Analytics, Co-Head of Property and Casualty
Iain Reynolds
Peak Reinsurance Company is a privately owned global reinsurer headquartered in Hong Kong. Established in 2012, the company has grown from a local player into a global reinsurer that offers a wide suite of products and services encompassing both P&C and L&H reinsurance. Peak Re was established with the clear purpose to modernise reinsurance to support communities and an emerging middle-class population by meeting their reinsurance needs in Asia and around the globe.
The company helps clients worldwide to mitigate and transfer risk through innovative and tailored reinsurance solutions that best fit their specific needs. Operating from Hong Kong, Switzerland, Japan and Bermuda, Peak Re supports 586 corporate clients across 60 markets. Our diverse team of around 140 employees who speak 18 languages and represent 21 nationalities brings unique expertise and insights. These are underpinned by deep, extensive and decades-long industry experience and product knowledge gained through advising clients over multiple geographies. Our founding vision is to become the most valued reinsurance brand for our clients and stakeholders. We strive to provide improved protection for insurance companies and, by extension, to millions of families and their communities. We believe this is crucial to the long-term sustainable socio-economic development in Asia and beyond.
Janice Ye is the director, head of life & health of Peak Re. She has more than 20 years of experience in the life & health insurance industry. She joined Peak Re in 2019 from RGA, where she served as chief actuary for the China market for four years. Prior to that, she held various senior positions at General Reinsurance Hong Kong and China, and worked as chief representative of Beijing in the representative office.
Director, Head of Life and Health
Janice Ye
Piotr Nowakowski is the head of product underwriting for Peak Re’s P&C business. He has direct responsibility for the underwriting function, including underwriting governance and controls, portfolio management and product development. He was most recently chief underwriting officer, worldwide for Echo Re. Prior to joining Echo Re, he worked in SCOR for more than 16 years in different local, regional and global positions, including nine years as general manager of SCOR’s Japan office in Tokyo, and head of strategy & development, general secretary of SCOR’s global P&C business in Paris, France.
Chief Underwriting Officer
Piotr Nowakowski
David has over 15 years’ re/insurance experience and leads Peak Re’s IFRS17 Actuarial work stream. He is also the Lead advisor for the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers’ (HKFI) RBC Pillar 1 Task Force in relation to the upcoming Risk Based Capital standard in Hong Kong. He has provided advice to HKFI and the Hong Kong regulator in this capacity since 2016.
David’s expertise includes reserving; M&A due diligence; and solvency capital advisory work for direct, specialist and reinsurance companies.
David previously led Deloitte Consulting’s General Insurance Actuarial teams in Hong Kong and Singapore.
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David Menezes
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Janice Ye
Director, Head of Life and Health
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
David Menezes
Chief Reserving Actuary
Piotr Nowakowski
Chief Underwriting Officer
Janice Ye is the director, head of life & health of Peak Re. She has more than 20 years of experience in the life & health insurance industry. She joined Peak Re in 2019 from RGA, where she served as chief actuary for the China market for four years. Prior to that, she held various senior positions at General Reinsurance Hong Kong and China, and worked as chief representative of Beijing in the representative office.
Director, Head of Life and Health
Janice Ye
Piotr Nowakowski is the head of product underwriting for Peak Re’s P&C business. He has direct responsibility for the underwriting function, including underwriting governance and controls, portfolio management and product development. He was most recently chief underwriting officer, worldwide for Echo Re. Prior to joining Echo Re, he worked in SCOR for more than 16 years in different local, regional and global positions, including nine years as general manager of SCOR’s Japan office in Tokyo, and head of strategy & development, general secretary of SCOR’s global P&C business in Paris, France.
Chief Underwriting Officer
Piotr Nowakowski
David has over 15 years’ re/insurance experience and leads Peak Re’s IFRS17 Actuarial work stream. He is also the Lead advisor for the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers’ (HKFI) RBC Pillar 1 Task Force in relation to the upcoming Risk Based Capital standard in Hong Kong. He has provided advice to HKFI and the Hong Kong regulator in this capacity since 2016.
David’s expertise includes reserving; M&A due diligence; and solvency capital advisory work for direct, specialist and reinsurance companies.
David previously led Deloitte Consulting’s General Insurance Actuarial teams in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Chief Reserving Actuary
David Menezes
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Janice Ye
Director, Head of Life and Health
David Menezes
Chief Reserving Actuary
Piotr Nowakowski
Chief Underwriting Officer
Sarah M Stewart
Associate
Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Janice Ye is the director, head of life & health of Peak Re. She has more than 20 years of experience in the life & health insurance industry. She joined Peak Re in 2019 from RGA, where she served as chief actuary for the China market for four years. Prior to that, she held various senior positions at General Reinsurance Hong Kong and China, and worked as chief representative of Beijing in the representative office.
Director, Head of Life and Health
Janice Ye
Piotr Nowakowski is the head of product underwriting for Peak Re’s P&C business. He has direct responsibility for the underwriting function, including underwriting governance and controls, portfolio management and product development. He was most recently chief underwriting officer, worldwide for Echo Re. Prior to joining Echo Re, he worked in SCOR for more than 16 years in different local, regional and global positions, including nine years as general manager of SCOR’s Japan office in Tokyo, and head of strategy & development, general secretary of SCOR’s global P&C business in Paris, France.
Chief Underwriting Officer
Piotr Nowakowski
David has over 15 years’ re/insurance experience and leads Peak Re’s IFRS17 Actuarial work stream. He is also the Lead advisor for the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers’ (HKFI) RBC Pillar 1 Task Force in relation to the upcoming Risk Based Capital standard in Hong Kong. He has provided advice to HKFI and the Hong Kong regulator in this capacity since 2016.
David’s expertise includes reserving; M&A due diligence; and solvency capital advisory work for direct, specialist and reinsurance companies.
David previously led Deloitte Consulting’s General Insurance Actuarial teams in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Chief Reserving Actuary
David Menezes
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
“Stelvio’s approach to EstImage is unique in that it leverages software integration to simplify communication and data exchange between insurers and their suppliers from one centralised location, eliminating the need for multiple products or portals”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
“Stelvio’s approach to EstImage
is unique in that it leverages software integration to simplify communication and data exchange between insurers and their suppliers from one centralised location, eliminating the need for multiple products or portals”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
“Stelvio’s approach to EstImage is unique in that it leverages software integration to simplify communication and data exchange between insurers and their suppliers from one centralised location, eliminating the need for multiple products or portals”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
Janice Ye
Director, Head of Life and Health
Piotr Nowakowski
Chief Underwriting Officer
David Menezes
Chief Reserving Actuary