The team consists of leaders who possess robust experience in P&C, Wholesale, Employee Benefits and other segments in North America and International. A testament to Acrisure's Partner-driven model, 7 of the 8 members held senior roles within an Acrisure Agency Partner.
"I commend Grahame for building a leadership team that represents deep expertise across all areas of the insurance value chain, along with deep knowledge of our culture, values, and ecosystem given most are from our network of Partners," said Acrisure Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Greg Williams. "As the world's 5th largest insurance broker, and as a fintech with a robust product offering, having a leadership team that personifies all these characteristics is important to powering the next phase of our growth. This team will drive strategic areas such as operational excellence, technology deployment and adoption, and premium placement reflective of the scale and breadth of the Company."
The updated Acrisure Insurance Leadership team includes:
- Matthew Kirk, President, North America, Retail
Matt joined Acrisure in 2022 from The Hartford and today has an expanded role focused on the financial success of the business including market leading organic growth, a total client offering, achieving operational excellence including a sales acceleration and talent development infrastructure, embracing technology as a client and operational differentiator, and delivering the best products and underwriting capacity in the market.
- Andy Schutt, Head of Global Insurance Operations
A former Partner, Andy is focused on leading the operational infrastructure, management and financial reporting associated with Acrisure's Insurance division.
- Bob Arowood, President, North America, P&C Wholesale
Bob joined Acrisure earlier in the year via its acquisition of Appalachian Underwriters, where he serves as CEO. In this position, Bob leads Acrisure's entire Wholesale effort in North America, focused on seeing Acrisure become one of the largest wholesalers in the world.
- Steve Brown, Head of Private Risk Advisors
Steve joined Acrisure via its acquisition of Hoffman Brown in late 2021. He is recognized in the High Net Worth Insurance world and in this leadership role leads Acrisure's strategy and planning in the HNW segment.
- Jason Howard, President, International
Jason is responsible for Acrisure's growing International business, which operates in several countries such as the UK, Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Brazil and Bermuda. Jason joined Acrisure via its acquisition of Beach & Associates, now Acrisure Re, one of the world's preeminent reinsurance brokers.
- Seth Denson, Head of Employee Benefits
Seth joined Acrisure in 2019 via its acquisition of GDP Advisors. He is well-known for his perspectives in healthcare and serves as an expert and resource to Acrisure's Partners and clients.
- Mike Natalizio, Head of Partner Engagement and Transformation Mike joined Acrisure as the CEO of HNI Risk Services, acquired by Acrisure in 2019. Trusted by his fellow Partners, Mike is adept at gathering AP input toward transformational topics and turning those into actionable plans to take the Company forward.
"Importantly, in addition to insurance expertise, this group represents deep Acrisure Partner experience with individuals who have worked in the heart of our business, servicing clients," said Grahame Millwater. "I am incredibly pleased that we all see the massive opportunity ahead for the Company. Together this team will work with Acrisure business leaders ever more closely to drive better propositions to our clients, opportunity and development for our colleagues, and value for our shareholders."
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About Acrisure
Acrisure is An Extraordinary AdvantageSM for millions of clients worldwide. The Company combines human and high tech to deliver a broad array of products including Insurance, Reinsurance, Real Estate Services, Cyber Services, and Asset & Wealth Management. In the last nine years, Acrisure has grown in revenue from $38 million to nearly $4 billion and today employs over 14,000 colleagues in 16 countries. Learn more at www.acrisure.com.
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