SiriusPoint Appoints Insurance Industry Veteran Bronek Masojada to Board of Directors
04 May 2023 - 6:16AM
SiriusPoint Ltd. (“SiriusPoint” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SPNT), a
global specialty insurer and reinsurer, today announced that it has
appointed Bronek Masojada to the Company’s Board of Directors,
effective May 2, 2023.
An insurance industry veteran, Mr. Masojada brings to the
SiriusPoint board nearly 30 years of public company executive
leadership experience. Mr. Masojada spent 28 years at Hiscox Group,
a global specialist insurer and reinsurer, including more than two
decades as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Masojada also brings a
wealth of experience in driving growth and optimizing operations.
Under his leadership, Hiscox significantly grew its revenue to
almost $5 billion, and expanded its geographic footprint to 34
locations across the world. Currently, Mr. Masojada serves as Chair
of Placing Platform Limited, the industry utility driving
digitization of the London Insurance Market.
Sharon Ludlow, Interim Chair of the Board, said, “We are
delighted to welcome Bronek to the SiriusPoint board. His extensive
industry and executive leadership experience complements our
existing board and will be a great asset to SiriusPoint. With his
background of company development and growth, he is exceptionally
well placed to support SiriusPoint’s management team in the
delivery of their strategic goals and continued focus on
performance and value creation.”
Mr. Masojada commented, “I am honored to be joining the board of
SiriusPoint. The Company has robust foundations and I have been
greatly impressed by the strides taken to build the business under
its new executive leadership. I look forward to working with the
board and the executive team to realize their plans.”
Gretchen A. Hayes, as announced on April 12, 2023, has made the
decision to not stand for re-election at the Company’s 2023 Meeting
of Shareholders. Following the appointment of Mr. Masojada and the
departure of Ms. Hayes, the SiriusPoint board will consist of nine
directors, six of whom are independent.
About Bronek Masojada
Mr. Masojada currently serves as Chair of Placing Platform
Limited, the industry utility driving digitization of the London
Insurance Market. For more than two decades from 2000 to 2021, Mr.
Masojada served as Chief Executive Officer of Hiscox Group, a
global specialist insurer and reinsurer. Mr. Masojada first joined
Hiscox in 1993 as Group Managing Director. Prior to joining Hiscox,
Mr. Masojada began his career at McKinsey & Company. Mr.
Masojada served as Deputy Chairman of Lloyd’s from 2001 to 2007 and
as Chairman of the Lloyd’s Tercentenary Research Foundation from
2008 to 2014. A dedicated member of his community, Mr. Masojada
chairs the East End Community Foundation which serves residents in
Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and the City of London.
Mr. Masojada received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil
Engineering from the University of KwaZulu Natal, and a Master of
Philosophy in Management Studies from the University of Oxford,
where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
About SiriusPoint
SiriusPoint is a global underwriter of insurance and reinsurance
providing solutions to clients and brokers around the world.
Bermuda-headquartered with offices in New York, London, Stockholm
and other locations, we are listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(SPNT). We have licenses to write Property & Casualty and
Accident & Health insurance and reinsurance globally. Our
offering and distribution capabilities are strengthened by a
portfolio of strategic partnerships with Managing General Agents
within our Insurance & Services segment. With over $3.0 billion
total capital, SiriusPoint’s operating companies have a financial
strength rating of A- (Excellent) from AM Best, S&P and Fitch.
For more information, please visit www.siriuspt.com.
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involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking
statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to, the impact of general economic conditions and
conditions affecting the insurance and reinsurance industry; the
adequacy of our reserves; fluctuation in the results of operations;
pandemic or other catastrophic event, such as the ongoing COVID-19
outbreak; uncertainty of success in investing
in early-stage companies, such as the risk of
loss of an initial investment, highly variable returns on
investments, delay in receiving return on
investment and difficulty in liquidating
the investment; the costs, expense and difficulties of the
integration of the operations of Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. and
Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd.; our ability to assess
underwriting risk, trends in rates for property and casualty
insurance and reinsurance, competition, investment market and
investment income fluctuations; trends in insured and paid losses;
regulatory and legal uncertainties; and other risk factors
described in SiriusPoint’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
period ended December 31, 2022. Except as required by
applicable law or regulation, we disclaim any obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect
changes in underlying assumptions or factors, or new information,
data or methods, future events or other circumstances after the
date of this press release.
Contacts
Investor RelationsDhruv Gahlaut,
SiriusPointdhruv.gahlaut@siriuspt.com +44 7514 659 918
MediaSarah Hills,
Rein4cesarah.hills@rein4ce.co.uk +44 7718882011
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