Hamilton Re appoints new head of information systems

Hamilton Re, the Bermuda-based platform of Hamilton Insurance Group, has appointed Matthew Isaly to the newly created position of senior vice president, head of information systems.

Reporting to chief financial officer Vanessa Hardy Pickering, Isaly will work with Hamilton Re’s management team to set the direction of Hamilton Re’s core information systems and to execute the Bermuda operation’s IT vision. He will also lead the development, integration and implementation of core technologies in support of Hamilton Re’s strategic and operational goals.

“Hamilton Re aims to lead the way in leveraging data science and analytics to assess and price risk,” said Hardy Pickering. “As we continue our build-out of the technology capabilities that will support this goal, we’re delighted to have someone with the calibre of Matt’s breadth and depth of technology experience on our team.”

Isaly has more than 20 years’ experience in the property and casualty insurance industry, working across multiple markets in the US, Canada, Bermuda and London.

During the last 13 years, he held progressively senior positions at Xuber, an Xchanging Company recently acquired by CSC. Before leaving Xuber, Isaly was head of product strategy, North America, for Xuber software, and was responsible for providing functional and strategic input for it.

Prior to Xuber, Isaly was an IT manager at Houston Casualty Company, having been recruited from their accounting department.