HDI Global Insurance Company, the US subsidiary of international commercial insurer HDI Global SE (HDI), has announced the promotion of Marco Hensel to Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), and the appointment of Santiago Treviño as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO).
According to the firm, these leadership appointments have been designed to continue HDI Global Insurance Company’s accelerated growth within the United States.
As CUO, Hensel who has been with HDI for over 15 years and has served in multiple underwriting leadership positions, will lead all underwriting functions, maintaining full profit and loss and strategic accountability across all lines of business.
“It is an honor to serve as chief underwriting officer,” states Hensel. “This is an exciting time for the company as we look to increase our market penetration. I look forward to working with all internal underwriting units to enhance our existing portfolio of products and offer new insurance solutions to our clients.”
As CSO, a newly created position, Treviño will be responsible for identifying, developing, and executing strategic initiatives to drive profitable growth for the organisation.
He brings more than 18 years of experience in accelerating and catalysing companies’ growth.
The executive is joining HDI from Zurich, where he served as Vice-president of Strategy, Innovation, and Business Development.
“The opportunity to define and execute HDI’s US strategic agenda fills me with excitement. We have ambitious aspirations that require a structured and systematic approach to achieve them,” Treviño stated
Adding: “Striking the right balance between discipline, creativity, resourcefulness, and agility, I look forward to partnering with all my colleagues across the enterprise to jointly create a positive and lasting impact for our customers, brokers, and stakeholders, successfully deploying our deep underwriting expertise and exceptional global network capabilities.”
Commenting on their appointments, Jim Clark, HDI US Chief Executive Officer (CEO) said, “Marco and Santiago are experienced leaders whose depth of knowledge of the commercial insurance industry will allow us to capitalize on the strengths of our foundational businesses while generating scale in our accelerated businesses.
“Their appointments are both a reflection of HDI’s growth story to-date and a testament to our continued aspirations in the region to act as our clients’ true Partner in Transformation. With Marco and Santiago as part of our leadership team, we believe we are well positioned to deliver on our strategy with clarity and purpose.”
