Accelerant appoints Heather Graziani as vice president of captive solutions, as the data-driven risk exchange continues to scale its specialty insurance offerings. Based in the United States, Graziani joins the firm’s leadership team to help shape and drive the growth of its captive solutions division. Graziani joins Accelerant from Starr Insurance Companies, where she spent more than five years, most recently as assistant vice president of global risk management. During her tenure at Starr, she specialised in the design and implementation of customised fronted captive reinsurance and indemnity property and casualty programmes. Commenting on her new role, Graziani says: “After an incredible chapter building the captive practice at Starr from the ground up alongside amazing colleagues, clients, and trading partners (many now close friends), I’ve decided to take the next step in my career. I’m excited to share that I’ve joined Accelerant to help shape and grow its captive solutions!” Prior to her time at Starr, Graziani served as head of broker relations for Boston at Beazley, where she managed long-term client and broker relationships in the New England region. Her career also includes nearly five years with AIG, where she held roles as a client manager and financial lines underwriter. As a client manager, she advised on the design of fronted captive programmes and provided expertise to corporate leadership on the impact of such programmes on balance sheets. Earlier in her career, Graziani served as an account analyst at Conner Strong & Buckelew. Accelerant operates as a specialty insurance platform that partners with managing general agents and specialty underwriters to provide access to risk capital and technology. Its proprietary platform analyses underwriting data to generate insights intended to reduce friction and unlock growth for participants in the risk exchange.
