Thierry PELGRIN has joined the underwriting team of Helvetia Active Reinsurance

10 September 2020 — Daniela GHETU
Thierry PELGRIN has joined the underwriting team of Helvetia Active Reinsurance St.Gallen, Switzerland, being appointed Senior Underwriter responsible for France and North African markets. He joined the Helvetia team on June 1st, 2020.

Having a lawyer background, polyglot and MBA profile, Thierry has 25 years of experience in profitable reinsurance underwriting. He is also a regular conference speaker of insurance and reinsurance law at the University of Dauphine, Paris, France.

His previous experience encompasses brand reinsurance companies at Partner Re, Everest Re, Sompo, UnipolRe in European reinsurance hubs (Paris, Brussels, Dublin, Zurich), as well as a successful Non-Life (Property & Casualty) underwriting career. Thierry has spent more than 10 years with Everest Re where his positions were Member of the Strategic Committee for New Business Development (Europe) and Treaty Manager for Casualty and Motor business in Continental Europe as well as Area Manager for many European markets.

Helvetia was founded in 1858 and is one of the oldest reinsurers in the world. Helvetia stands for reliable insurance and reinsurance services and is one of the three founding companies of the Swiss Reinsurance Company in Zurich. Helvetia is active in the Life, Non-Life and reinsurance business, providing services to more than 7 million customers. With a business volume of CHF 9,454.1 million, Helvetia achieved IFRS earnings of CHF 538.1 million in the 2019 financial year.

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