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Leadership Team
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Charlie Shamieh
Chairman, General Re Corporation
Charlie is Chairman of General Re Corporation, our parent company, and has more than 37 years of industry experience across the life & health and property & casualty insurance and reinsurance industries in the U.S., Europe and Australasia. Prior to joining Gen Re, Charlie held various senior vice president positions at AIG, Inc. in New York from 2007-2018, including as CEO of the Life, Health and Disability businesses, CEO of the Legacy Segment and Corporate Chief Actuary. From 2003-2007, Charlie was with the Munich Re Group in Munich and was the group’s first Chief Risk Officer. He holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from Macquarie University in New South Wales, Australia, and is a Fellow of The Institute of Actuaries of Australia.

Gen Re values excellence, integrity, personal responsibility, diversity and optimism. Our flat management structure and team-based environment promote collaboration and free-flowing communication.

North America Property & Casualty Managers

Head of North America Property & Casualty

The Mutual Practice - Treaty

Regional & Specialty Companies – Treaty

National & Multinational Companies – Treaty

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Chuck Lawson
Treaty North America Manager - National & Multinational Cos.

Chuck is Senior VP, Manager of the National & Multinational Companies unit in Treaty North America. Chuck started at Gen Re writing Property, Energy and Inland Marine Facultative business in New York before relocating to London in 2012 where he went on to oversee the Property Facultative portfolio in the UK & Ireland. He moved back to the U.S. in 2017 to assume leadership of the Property Facultative portfolio in the Mid-Atlantic region before becoming an Account Executive for National & Multinational business. Chuck holds a degree in Political Science and Business/Liberal Arts from the Pennsylvania State University.

Chief Risk Officer North America P&C

North America P&C Claims

International Property & Casualty Managers

Head of International Property & Casualty

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Andrew D'Arcy
Head of International Property & Casualty
Andrew D'Arcy is Head of International P&C with responsibility for all of Gen Re’s direct P&C business outside the USA and Canada as well as for Faraday. Andrew joined Gen Re in 2014 having held various senior roles in the Lloyd’s and London market. He is a qualified actuary and serves as a Director of General Reinsurance AG as well as of Faraday Underwriting Ltd.

Australia, New Zealand

France, Belgium, Italy, Nordic Countries, Middle East & North Africa

Latin America, Spain, Portugal

Chief Risk Officer International P&C

Life & Health

Asia

Head of Region

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Tuan Miang Chua
Chief Executive, Asia Life/Health & General Manager, Shanghai Branch
Tuan Miang Chua oversees Gen Re’s Life/Health business in Asia. He has over 25 years of experience working in various Asian countries, Australia and Europe. Tuan is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.

China & Hong Kong SAR

Australia & New Zealand, Canada, Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, UK & Ireland

Head of Region

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Peter Temple
Head of Region Life/Health Canada, SA, Australia, NZ, UK & Ireland
Peter Temple is Regional Director of Gen Re’s Life/Health business in the UK, Ireland, South Africa and Canada. He has a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science and is a fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa and the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries (UK). 

Australia & New Zealand

Europe, Latin America, MENA

Head of Region

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Ulrich Pasdika
Head of Region Europe, Latin America, MENA
Ulrich Pasdika is responsible for Gen Re’s Life/Health business across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa. Ulrich joined Gen Re in 2001 and has held several roles during his tenure, including leading the Life/Health team in Germany and our international Life/Health Research and Development department. Ulrich is member of the Board of Executive Directors of General Reinsurance AG.

Latin America, Spain, Portugal

Middle East & Northern Africa

USA

Head of Region

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Harindra Chandrasena, FSA, BBusSc
President & CEO, General Re Life Corporation
Harindra is President and CEO of General Re Life Corporation, Gen Re’s U.S. Life & Health unit. Harindra joined Gen Re in 2021 as a Vice President, tasked with building out the Inforce Management function among other responsibilities. He was then promoted to Senior VP and also head of Corporate Development where he led large-scale acquisitions and divestitures to produce capital allocation efficiencies for the Gen Re group.     Harindra has over a decade and a half of diverse experiences including inforce management, portfolio analytics, valuation, products, derivatives modelling and risk management within the wealth management, insurance and reinsurance industries. Before joining Gen Re, his last role at Swiss Re was to lead their North America Inforce Management function. Harindra began his career at Manulife/John Hancock. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Actuarial Science from the University of Manitoba, and he is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries. 

Transitional Business

Life

Global Life & Health Business Functions

Corporate