Catlin Canada enters reinsurance market

Catlin Canada has added reinsurance to its underwriting appetite, and has hired Matthew Spensieri as vice president of reinsurance.Catlin Canada will be writing reinsurance business, both treaty and excess of loss, from its Toronto office.Spensieri will lead the reinsurance team. Prior to this post, he led the Canadian treaty underwriting at Gen Re Canada.”This is an exciting development for Canada,” said Mike Hansen, Catlin Canada’s CEO. “We believe our entry into this market will complement both the direct underwriting operations in Canada and the group reinsurance portfolio.”