Conduit Re Announce Three Appointments
Conduit Re has announced three senior appointments, confirming that Aaron Coates has been appointed head of property, Mark Mitchell head of US property and Dacotah Baksh has been appointed property underwriter.
A spokesperson said, “Conduit Holdings Limited, the ultimate parent company of Conduit Re, a Bermuda-based multi-line reinsurance business, is pleased to announce three senior appointments that further strengthen Conduit Re’s expertise across US and global property reinsurance. Aaron Coates has been appointed head of property, Mark Mitchell head of US property and Dacotah Baksh has been appointed property underwriter.
“Aaron brings more than 25 years of reinsurance and retrocession experience across the Bermuda, London and insurance linked securities [ILS] markets to Conduit Re. He was most recently SVP and senior underwriter, global catastrophe, at PartnerRe. As head of property, Aaron will oversee Conduit Re’s property portfolio and team.
“Mark joins the Conduit property team from PartnerRe, where most recently he was SVP and lead underwriter, North America catastrophe. He brings more than 15 years of reinsurance industry experience in Bermuda, with a particular focus on the North American property market. As head of US property, Mark will oversee Conduit Re’s US property portfolio.
“Dacotah joins Conduit Re from PartnerRe and brings more than eight years of reinsurance experience in Bermuda. Most recently, she served as AVP and underwriter at PartnerRe, where she contributed to the global catastrophe portfolio.”
Stephen Postlewhite, chief underwriting officer, said: “We are delighted to welcome Aaron, Mark and Dacotah to Conduit. Their broad expertise in the property reinsurance market will be invaluable as we execute on our underwriting strategy.”
