Hayden Smith promoted to Regional CEO of United Risk

United Risk, a global property and casualty insurance underwriting and distribution platform, has promoted Hayden Smith to Regional CEO.

In this role, Smith will oversee the company’s EU, UK, and British Commonwealth business, managing further expansion in these regions and other emerging markets. He will be based in the company’s London office.

Smith joined United Risk in January 2023 as a Managing Partner, leading the development of its international (non-US) platform.

Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions at Applied Underwriters. He also spent nine years at Enstar Group, most recently as VP of Mergers & Acquisitions, and began his career as a Junior Broker at JLT Group.

The promotion follows the April announcement by Jamie Sahara, President of Applied Underwriters, regarding the spinout of United Risk. The company has a strong market presence in the US and is now expanding significantly in the EU, led in large part by its Applied Financial Lines division, based in Cologne and Paris and headed by Jeroen Claesen, President & CUO for Europe and the Middle East.

Sahara said, “These advances and promotions continue as we respond to market demand for United Risk’s expertise and sophisticated specialty programs.

“United Risk’s accelerated growth will be supported by our strategic partner, American Atlantic Assurance Company, created by North American Casualty Co. and operational since January 1, 2025 with various authorities to write property and casualty policies throughout the EU. For United Risk’s unparalleled programs, the combined resources of its strategic partners and its leadership—some of the best underwriting professionals in the business—mark a great success and, importantly, excellent value for our clients and their insureds.

“These underwriting teams have solved problems in several critical and timely areas, among others, providing coverages throughout the region: Applied Crisis Underwriters, underwriting war and political violence insurance coverages globally, focusing on property damage, business interruption, and liability; First Specialty Excess underwriting large account excess casualty coverages; Applied Logistics Underwriters, offering coverages in critical logistics, transport, and marine lines; Applied Credit Underwriters, underwriting a portfolio of structured credit, contract frustration, and political risks worldwide; and Applied Entertainment and Sports, underwriting entertainment, sports and media insurance. We will be moving ahead and deepening our presence in the UK, EU and select emerging markets with our aggregated capabilities and outstanding underwriting expertise.”

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