Alex Kaplan

In his new role, Kaplan will lead a new strategy around the development of parametric solutions and other bespoke coverages, on both a stand-alone basis and in conjunction with other traditional and non-traditional solutions for client risk transfer. He will also be responsible for developing new products and capital sources for AmWINS, its retail customers, and its clients.

Prior to joining AmWINS, Kaplan spent 11 years at Swiss Re, where he most recently served as Head of North America for the company’s Public Sector Solutions unit. In this role, he supported the needs of governments and international financial institutions in managing their financial risks to help society create effective responses to major challenges, including natural catastrophes and climate change, permanently transforming the industry's approach to these complex and growing risks. These initiatives ranged from helping to establish the US National Flood Insurance Program’s first engagements with the (re)insurance industry to assist in the creation of the first parametric insurance policy on a natural asset, the Meso-American reef in Mexico. Kaplan co-developed a patented parametric windstorm insurance mechanism.