29 January 2021Operations

AXIS Re names Partington Howarth CUO, head of reinsurance products

AXIS Re has named Katie Partington Howarth as chief underwriting officer and head of the reinsurance products division.

Partington Howarth has 20 years of experience in the re/insurance industry and was most recently group head of ceded reinsurance at Argo, responsible for strategy and implementation of the company’s treaty reinsurance and retrocessional purchases worldwide.

She was also formerly head of underwriting risk for Ariel Re, having served in a succession of senior roles at the company since its formation in 2005. She joined Ariel Re from Benfield, where she spent four years as a catastrophe risk analyst and broker. She began her reinsurance career at EW Blanch in London.

In her new role Partington Howarth assumes responsibility for the global underwriting approach and portfolio management for all lines of business across AXIS Re and becomes a member of the reinsurance leadership team. She is based in Bermuda and reports to AXIS Re chief executive Steve Arora.

Arora praised Partington Howarth as “a highly accomplished and widely respected reinsurance leader” who “brings unique versatility – combining technical underwriting skills, analytical and portfolio management acumen, and a commercial perspective.”




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