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Washington, D.C. – Jon Colello, President of PartnerRe Ltd., was elected chair of the Reinsurance Association of America Board of Directors at its 57th Annual Meeting on April 25, 2025.
Nic Berg, Head of P&C North America, SCOR, was elected vice chair. John Bender, Chairman of Reinsurance and Risk Management, Allied World, was elected secretary-treasurer.
Jon Colello was named President of PartnerRe Ltd. in April 2024 and has executive responsibility for all non-life underwriting globally. Prior to this appointment, Jon was CEO P&C Americas and had executive responsibility for leading PartnerRe’s Property & Casualty business in the U.S., Canada and Latin America, and for the Company’s Health business in the U.S.
Mr. Colello joined PartnerRe in 2019 and has spent the entirety of his 25-year career in the industry. Prior to joining PartnerRe, he was President, North America at AXIS Re in the U.S. where he had overall responsibility for underwriting platforms in Bermuda, Canada, and the United States, and served as a member of the Reinsurance Leadership Team. Prior to that, he held several leadership positions within AXIS Re since joining the company in 2004.
Mr. Colello holds an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Vermont.
Nic Berg is Head of P&C North America, SCOR. Mr. Berg currently oversees SCOR P&C activities across North America. Prior to joining SCOR in April 2022, Nic spent nearly 20 years at AIG where he held several Underwriting Executive positions in London, Paris, and New York. He also spent a few years on the Claims side, including as AIG Chief Claims Officer for North America from 2017 to 2019. He began his (re)insurance career working in the Finance department of SCOR US in New York. Mr. Berg holds a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Paris II and a Master’s Degree in International Risk Management from HEC business school in France. He is based in New York City.
John Bender is Chairman of Reinsurance and Risk Management and a member of the Executive Board at Allied World Reinsurance Company. His responsibilities include oversight of Allied World’s assumed and ceded reinsurance operations, enterprise risk management and cat modeling for the company. Prior to that John was the President and Chief Executive Officer for Allied World’s global reinsurance operations as well as the President of Allied World Reinsurance Management Company from 2011 to 2023. He was also a member of Allied World’s senior management team, and from 2007-2011, he was responsible for the build out of Allied World’s US reinsurance operation.
John is also the Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. When not working in reinsurance, John spends much of his time working with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to find a cure for childhood cancer. Through the foundation’s efforts, the foundation has granted over $350 million since 2005 for lifesaving research.
John holds a Bachelor of Science from the College of Business Administration at St. John’s University, in Queens, N.Y., where he also serves on the university’s Board of Governors.
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