Acrisure Re has made four new appointments to its corporate advisory and solutions division. Acrisure Re is the reinsurance broking and corporate risk advisory division of fintech leader and global insurance broker Acrisure. Nick Godfrey has been named as head of capital markets, where he will be responsible for raising capital across insurance-linked securities and funds at Lloyd’s, as well as supporting mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Godfrey previously served as senior advisor at Barbican and Arch Re, before which he co-founded the reinsurance and proprietary investment segment of BTG. Jonathan Zisaruk will assume the role of head of legacy, in which he will oversee all varieties of legacy transactions to Acrisure’s clients and the wider insurance industry, such as structured adverse development covers and traditional loss portfolio transfers. Zisaruk previously held the position of executive vice president and head of M&A at Enstar, where he was involved in more than 40 successful transactions totalling more than US$10 billion of reserves. Lauren Johnson has been appointed as vice president of corporate advisory and solutions, where she will oversee the execution process of the division’s four pillars: strategic advisory, capital raising, legacy solutions and M&A. Prior to joining Acrisure, Johnson was reserving actuary and head of Lloyd’s and specialty analysis at Securis Investment Partners. Nick Triggs has been named as non-executive board member and senior advisor for corporate advisory and solutions, holding more than three decades’ experience in M&A, equity and debt capital raising deals with a particular emphasis on the property and casualty insurance sector. All four new members of the corporate advisory and solutions team will report to managing director Ben Canagaretna, who comments: “I am delighted to welcome Nick, Jonathan and Lauren to the Acrisure Re corporate advisory and solutions team, as well as Nick to our advisory board.” “They are a testament to our focus on investing in talent, and their extensive knowledge of the capital markets, strong analytical expertise and vast network of long-standing relationships will contribute toward our position as a trusted advisor for our clients. I look forward to working with them and growing as a team.”
