Patrick Kenahan

CEO, First Specialty Excess

Session: MGAs: Catalysts for Innovation and Efficiency in Captive Markets

Patrick has over 28 years of experience in the insurance industry, specializing in underwriting and managing large account risk management portfolios focused on excess casualty for the last 24 years. He successfully started an excess casualty division for Ascot, spanning the US, Bermuda, and London, achieving over $300M in annual gross written premiums in its fourth year.

Previously, he managed excess casualty operations for Allied World's Bermuda and London branches and worked at Starr Excess, a division of AIG. Patrick began his career at Zurich's Mid Atlantic operations and Lancer Insurance Company. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Fordham University.