Meet Our Leadership Team

Hironori Morimoto (Hiro) is a Senior Executive Officer of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd., responsible for the International Operations of the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group.

The majority of his 30+ years career at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group has been focused on international operations, with his most recent assignment in London overseeing Lloyds & Reinsurance (MS Amlin) and other UK businesses.

Hiro was also a key figure in M&A deals within the group, including MS Amlin (2016) and MS First Capital (2017). With regards to US business, Hiro was involved in the 2023 acquisition of MS Transverse and sits on the Board of several US based companies within Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group. As of October 1, 2024, Hiro also serves as Chairman and CEO of MSIG Holdings (U.S.A.) Inc., Chairman of Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Management (U.S.A.), Inc., and Chairman of MS Transverse Insurance Group. Hiro leads the US operations of these companies, aiming for further growth in the US P&C insurance market which is a key priority market for the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group.

As CEO of MSIG USA, the primary risk retention division of MSIG North America (MSIG NA), Peter McKenna drives the growth vision for all product lines across the company’s comprehensive portfolio of solutions. As a highly experienced and innovative global insurance professional, he brings an unparalleled track record of success as a senior leader with deep expertise in commercial underwriting, distribution, and market relationships.

Prior to joining the Mitsui family of companies as CEO of MS Distribution Holdings, Mr. McKenna held significant industry leadership positions across the globe including CEO of Ryan Specialty Group, Europe; COO of Financial Lines, EMEA; and COO of Financial Lines, USA, at AIG. During his 23 years at American International Group (AIG), he led the financial lines business in the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and served as president of the company’s national accounts and management liability business. Mr. McKenna holds a B.S. in economics from Hobart and William Smith College and an M.B.A. from the Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management. He is a member of the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB).

Brian Botkin is a seasoned insurance professional with over 30 years of experience in driving profitable growth and product visibility within Financial Lines. As the Chief Underwriting Officer at MSIG USA, he oversees the company’s underwriting strategy, ensuring excellence across the company’s product lines and geographies. In his role, Brian is also responsible for implementing best practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Before joining MSIG USA, Brian served as the Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer, International Financial Lines at AIG, managing a portfolio across 40+ countries. His responsibilities included driving underwriting excellence initiatives, overseeing authority delegation, and leading talent development programs. Additionally, Brian held various leadership roles at AIG, including Global Sponsor for Early Careers, Global Head of Multinational Financial Lines and Senior Vice President, where he focused on regional underwriting management and strategic planning. Brian holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Pittsburgh.

Marc Dantuono oversees MSIG USA’s broad property insurance portfolio enterprise-wide, ensuring we continually bring new solutions to the open market and through our delegated authority distribution channels. He applies his deep underwriting expertise and multi-line insurance background to build new insurance products profitably, enhance our underwriting strategies, and serve as a technical underwriting subject matter expert, guiding our training, auditing, system development, rates, rules, and forms. Mr. Dantuono is especially adept at underwriting process control, business process improvement, and new product development and implementation.

Prior to joining MSIG USA as Senior Vice President/Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer for our domestic property and marine businesses, Mr. Dantuono held senior management roles, responsible for special property, marine, and management liability lines. He has also held underwriting and product line management roles with American International Group (AIG), Swiss Re, Unitrin Business Insurance, Quanta US Holdings, and Atlantic Mutual Companies. Mr. Dantuono holds a B.B.A. in economics and finance from Temple University and serves on the board of directors of Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Management (MSMM).

Tracey Estes is an accomplished leader with over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. She has a proven track record of leading and empowering teams to cultivate authentic relationships and strategically achieve goals that support long-term profitability, sustained growth, and differentiation in the marketplace.

Tracey is currently the Head of Casualty at MSIG USA, where she is responsible for managing the profitability and growth of the casualty insurance portfolio. Before joining MSIG USA, she spent 10 years at Arch Insurance Company as the Executive Vice President, overseeing their Large Account Casualty portfolio in the USA. Prior to her tenure at Arch, Tracey spent a decade with AIG, serving as a domestic casualty underwriter, international management consultant, and manager of international casualty products, including middle market, DBA, and large national accounts casualty. She began her career as a primary casualty broker with Marsh. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Michael Farley is responsible for the growth and profitability of MSIG USA’s casualty and workers’ compensation lines of business, with a current focus on our Multinational and reverse flow initiatives. A diversified, experienced, and multi-faceted property and casualty insurance executive, he leads multiple MSIG underwriting offices and fosters strong, long-lasting relationships with our clients and the broker community. Mr. Farley has a proven ability to manage, direct, and implement initiatives that meet short- and long-term objectives, leveraging his deep expertise in underwriting, strategic planning, business expansion and development, staff development and training, and budget and expense management.

Prior to joining MSIG as a Regional Assistant Vice President, Mr. Farley held various underwriting roles with Selective Insurance, The Hartford, Great American Insurance, and Royal & Sun Alliance. He earned a B.S. in management science/marketing from Kean University and holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Certified Risk Manager (CRM), Associate in Risk Management (ARM), Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), Associate in Management (AIM), and Associate in Reinsurance (ARe) designations.

Joseph Fitzpatrick is a seasoned insurance professional with extensive experience leading distribution teams. As Head of Distribution, he is responsible for developing and strengthening distribution channels across MSIG USA’s various market segments, including direct, delegated, and multinational. Fitzpatrick’s experience uniquely qualifies him to drive growth and outreach strategies for MSIG USA.

Prior to joining MSIG USA, Joseph held notable leadership positions within the insurance industry. Most recently, he served as the Midwest Region Field Leader at CNA Insurance. He also spent a significant portion of his career at AIG as President of the Midwest Zone for AIG’s North America General Insurance operations. In this role, he oversaw strategy, execution, and delivery of core insurance business and services to a vast network of clients, brokers, and agents across a 15-state territory. Joseph holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

A strategic senior executive known for leading high-performing organizations, David Guild directed MSIG USA’s entry into the US open market for financial lines. He has built out this capability by developing a collaborative and experienced financial lines underwriting team that shares a common vision, establishing risk management tools that help MSIG USA provide an industry-leading underwriting facility, and aligning the claims team to provide best-in-class service for financial lines clients. He excels in steering underwriting, portfolio, and risk decisions that position companies and their clients for success, always leading with integrity and navigating volatility.

Before joining MSIG USA in his current role, Mr. Guild served in various leadership roles with American International Group (AIG), most recently serving as a Regional Managing Director focused on growth strategies, relationship management, and organizational development. His 22-year career at AIG included leading underwriting and broker relations/management functions within the financial lines business. Mr. Guild holds a B.A. in history from the University of Connecticut and J.D. from The George Washington University School of Law.

Jeff Kaufmann is a veteran insurance executive with 35+ years’ experience in specialty underwriting, focused on ocean marine, inland marine, energy, and supporting property and casualty lines. He is responsible for managing and expanding our industry-leading inland marine and ocean marine portfolios, maintaining a highly skilled and dedicated national team with deep marine underwriting expertise. Mr. Kaufmann sets strategic marine underwriting direction, implements operational efficiencies, places and manages effective marine reinsurance programs, and expands the MSIG USA distribution network by building strong relationships with producers that value our partnership approach.

Prior to joining MSIG USA, Mr. Kaufmann served as Vice President and National Underwriting Executive for the marine business and held various senior management roles leading marine businesses for insurers such as Tower Group Companies, ANV Global Services, XL Insurance, and Reliance National Insurance Company. A graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy with a B.S. in marine transportation, he is a member of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters.

As an experienced executive with a track record of transforming business operations, Claudette Monsier brings three decades of underwriting and risk management expertise to her role as Head of Delegated Business at MSIG USA. She is responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of delegated business within the company, ensuring operational efficiency, profitability, and strategic growth.

Before joining MSIG USA, Claudette held leadership positions at Arch Insurance Group, where she led the Contract Binding Operations unit, focusing on portfolio management through data analytics, portfolio diversification, and improved distribution management processes. Before assuming leadership of the CBO unit she had management responsibility for Arch’s U.S. SOX and ERM units, and Global UW Operations. Before joining Arch, Claudette was responsible for post-acquisition portfolio management globally, including providing risk management advice to private equity firms and their portfolio companies as part of Marsh’s Private Equity Mergers and Acquisitions group. Most recently, she served as the Divisional CUO for Primary U.S. Casualty at Everest Insurance. Claudette holds a Master’s of Professional Studies in Insurance Management from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Organization Dynamics from Immaculata University. She also has the professional designations of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter and Associate in Risk Management.

Dan Riordan is a highly accomplished insurance leader with extensive expertise in political risk and credit. As the Head of Political Risk and Credit at MSIG USA, he is responsible for driving the growth and development of this portfolio, ensuring the delivery of innovative coverages that augment general risk exposures for clients. Dan leads the team in managing underwriting capabilities, developing tailored insurance solutions, and fostering strong client relationships within the U.S. brokered market. 

Before joining MSIG USA, Dan served as the Global Head of Political Risk & Credit at Vantage Risk Companies, President of Political Risk, Credit & Bond at AXA XL and XL Catlin, and Chief Executive Officer of Global Corporate, North America at Zurich Insurance Company Ltd. His career also includes a notable tenure at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, where he held various senior positions. Dan holds a Master of Arts in International Development from American University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and African Studies from the State University of New York College at Oswego. 

As Head of Product Innovation, Jayson is responsible for the development of new product offerings to help MSIG USA provide best-in-class service and position our customers for success. Jayson will guide the development of innovative products, including cyber and casualty insurance. His deep actuarial expertise will be instrumental in refreshing the product lineup for market leadership.

Prior to joining MSIG USA as Head of Product Innovation, Mr. Taylor served as Head of Excess Casualty for Argo Group, where he grew portfolio premiums while improving the overall profitability of the business. Mr. Taylor has held actuarial roles responsible for workers’ compensation, warranty, property, and liability lines with QBE North America, Wells Fargo, and EMPLOYERS. He earned a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Florida.

Mark Thorogood is a highly accomplished reinsurance leader with more than 25 years of industry experience. As Head of Reinsurance at MSIG USA, Mark is responsible for overseeing the company’s ceded reinsurance strategy, including the placement and management of reinsurance coverage across domestic and international markets. With extensive expertise in global risk strategies and reinsurance innovation, Mark is well-positioned to drive growth and enhance MSIG USA’s global reinsurance relationships. 

Before bringing his expertise to MSIG USA, Mark held key leadership positions in reinsurance. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President and Ceded Reinsurance Director at Sompo International, overseeing reinsurance strategy for Property, Casualty and Specialty lines. His career also includes senior underwriting roles at Zurich Re and Alea London, Ltd., where he gained extensive experience in both assumed and ceded reinsurance operations across multiple markets. Mark holds a BA in Economics from the University of Portsmouth and an Associateship of the Chartered Institute of Insurance (ACII).