Vesttoo

Julia Henderson served for nine months on Vesttoo’s board before taking up her new role.

The firm has been hiring staff at fast pace, including many from reinsurance backgrounds.

Vesttoo's aim for the partnership is to bridge the gap between the insurance and capital markets, scaling insurance-linked investments as a source for reinsurance capacity.

As ILS players such as Vesttoo seek to grow beyond cat risk, Trading Risk looks at some of the questions surrounding how casualty ILS deals will operate and the amount of risk transfer undertaken to date.

Kalachian moves from Allianz where he was a managing director.

They will join the team led by Stefano Sola to bolster Vesttoo’s alternative investment products.

Dan Dijak is to oversee business development and retention in North America.

He will lead capital raising for its insurance linked programme.

The incoming CFO brings with him more than 15 years of experience in financial services, insurance and capital markets.

The AI-driven platform has been building out its team this year.

Acrisure Re brokered the deal.

The company is focusing on non-catastrophe offerings, such as P&C.