Jeremiah Konz has been named Executive Vice President, Reinsurance Officer for Chubb Overseas General, the company’s international general insurance business in over 50 countries and territories.
Mr. Konz is currently Senior Vice President, Ceded Reinsurance for Chubb’s North American operations. In his new role, which will be effective January 1, he will have overall responsibility for Chubb’s ceded reinsurance programs for all markets outside North America. Mr. Konz will report to Timothy O’Donnell, Vice President, Chubb Groupand Division President, Commercial Property and Casualty, Overseas General Insurance, and to Michael Kessler, Vice President, Chubb Group and Chief Reinsurance Officer.
Mr. Konz will succeed Neil Bennett, who will retire at the end of 2018. Over his 40 years in the insurance industry, including 20 years at Chubb, Mr. Bennett has worked in a variety of underwriting and claims roles, primarily in London and Bermuda.
Mr. Konz has nearly 20 years of insurance industry experience. Before joining Chubb in 2012, he worked as an executive for reinsurance brokerage firm Aon Benfield providing analytic expertise to large commercial property reinsurance placements. In that role he worked in several geographies including Dallas, New York, Washington D.C. and Minneapolisover a 13-year period. Mr. Konz holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Economics from the University of Minnesota. He also holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Associate in Reinsurance (ARe) designations from the AICPU.
