Mr. Bruns will lead the design and implementation of Peak Re’s retrocession strategy for our global Property & Casualty business. He will be based in Hong Kong, and will report to Franz Josef Hahn, Chief Executive Officer of Peak Re.

“Sascha’s background makes him a great fit for this newly created role,” said Mr. Hahn.

“He has a keen understanding of the traditional covers as well as capital market securitisation. With his network of retrocessionaires, reinsurers, brokers as well as alternative capital providers, I am confident that he will be a great addition to our team and a key contributor to the development of our retro strategy.”

Mr. Bruns was previously Senior Underwriter & Deputy to the Head of Group Protections at Hannover Re, a company he joined almost two decades ago and had held positions of increasing seniority.

He has broad experience in analysing, structuring, placing and administrating natural catastrophe retrocessions programs, and is a Fellow member of the Chartered Insurance Institute.

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