Michael Beck Email & Phone Number

Newport Beach, California, Us

Portfolio Manager for all classes of Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) investments at PIMCO and Chief Underwriting Officer for Newport Re Ltd, PIMCO’s Bermuda-based Class 3B Segregated Account Company. Chaired the Underwriting Committee and served on the Governance and Risk Committee of Newport Re Ltd’s Board. Managed approximately $770 million in assets across all PIMCO ILS funds. Collaborated with PIMCO Account Managers to market ILS funds to a range of institutional investors, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, endowments, hedge funds, and other internally managed PIMCO funds. This aspect of the role involved attending pitch meetings, educating investors about ILS products, contributing to quarterly investor newsletters, addressing investor portfolio performance questions, and co-authoring ILS product white papers. Also served as a Specialist Portfolio Manager for non-ILS PIMCO funds, overseeing allocations to catastrophe bonds and sidecars.

Hamilton, Pembroke, Bm

Responsible for all operating activities for ILS manager having in excess of $1b of assets under management. Also, served as Chief Risk Officer responsible for enterprise risk management activities for the organization.

New York, Ny, Us

Deputy CUO for Global Property responsible for $10b portfolio of Commercial Property and Energy risks. Responsibilities include oversight of reinsurance, catastrophe management, pricing, exposure management, and underwriting protocols.

New York, Ny, Us

Member of Home Office Management Team for International Commercial Property portfolio. Manage portfolio in excess of $1.2b GPW from over 90 countries. Responsibilities include reinsurance coordination, catastrophe aggregate management, strategic planning and budgeting, and underwriting referrals.

Conducted due diligence and valuation analysis on M&A deals in the insurance sector. Responsible for all aspects of transaction analysis and actively involved in transaction negotiations.

Stadtkreis 5 Industriequartier, Zurich, Ch

Served as lead portfolio manager for PartnerRe’s initial involvement in strategic private equity investments. Direct duties involved the sourcing, execution, and monitoring of private equity investments in the (re)insurance sector. Also responsible for building out the corporate infrastructure to handle private equity investments including: analytical capabilities, investment guidelines, management reporting, and profitability tracking.

One of five senior managers in Quanta’s Reinsurance Division. Responsible for oversight of underwriting protocols, claims management personnel, information systems development, all Divisional strategic planning and forecasting, building out the framework for the Division’s SOX operational control environment, and Divisional staffing including hiring, promotions, and compensation adjustments.

Treaty underwriter focusing on origination and underwriting of medical malpractice, directors & officers liability, lawyers’ professional liability, and other professional E&O business lines. One of four underwriters responsible for managing a portfolio in excess of $200m in premium volume.

Structured finance professional concentrating on structuring esoteric asset backed securitizations for corporate clients. Work responsibilities also included involvement in finite reinsurance, dual trigger insurance for utility sector clients, and weather derivative transactions.

Treaty underwriter responsible for medical malpractice, directors & officers liability, lawyers’ professional liability, and other professional E&O lines. Prior treaty underwriting experience at ZRC includes working casualty, casualty clash, property per risk, and property catastrophe business.

Performed accounting services within the General Re Accounting Services Division.

Mba, Finance

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