Corvus Insurance has welcomed Albert Zhou as chief risk officer. In his new role, Zhou will be responsible for implementing risk and actuarial practices by overseeing pricing, reserving, systemic risk modeling, risk accumulation and aggregation. Based in New York, he will manage risk-taking through Corvus’s captive, Corvus Reinsurance Company. He will report to the company’s president, Prashanth Gangun and join the leadership team. Zhou has more than 10 years of cross-functional experience, with specialisms in actuarial, risk and analytics. Prior to joining Corvus, Zhou served as chief actuarial and analytics officer at SynchronoSure, an early stage commercial MGA. In 2021, he founded Toyl Ventures, an arbitrage trading firm focused on digital assets Gangun comments: “Albert’s experience and leadership will be instrumental in advancing Corvus’ approach to managing cyber risks on our journey to be the dominant cyber insurance player.”
