Advanced Technology Assurance Limited (ATA) has appointed Loren Nickel and Brian Warren to its board of directors, subject to customary regulatory approvals.
The two parties will promote ATA as the property and casualty insurance partner for small, mid-sized and large businesses around the world that own, operate, develop or manufacture advanced technologies in all sectors of the economy.
Currently, Nickel leads the risk and insurance teams at Alphabet and Google, leading the team to make significant progress in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, autonomous vehicle development, and supporting technology infrastructure needs through safe and efficient data center growth.
He also led a company’s first earthquake catastrophe bond. In the past, Nickel served as Chairman and President of M200 Risk Group, one of the insurance industry’s associations for risk management professionals.
Most recently, Warren led Microsoft’s risk and insurance teams, retiring after twenty-five years with the company and less than ten years at Allstate. At Microsoft, he led, collaborated and managed commercial and captive insurance solutions across software and intellectual property, cyber risk, employee benefits life/health, trade credit, reinsurance and data center construction.
ATA Chairman Michael Coles commented on the appointment: “Loren and Brian understand the needs of ATA’s customers. They will help us develop outstanding insurance products and facilities.”
Nickel added: “ATA understands the needs of risk managers and CFOs at the world’s most innovative companies. It sounds simple, but is surprisingly rare in the 300-year-old insurance industry.”
“Loren and I will help ATA become the insurance partner we want to have. Brokers will serve their clients well through ATA,” Warren said.
In addition, ATA has launched a “high-tech, very simple” service for brokers in Box 355A at Lloyd’s.
Alistair Blundy, chief executive of ATA, said: “We firmly believe in face-to-face dealings. Face-to-face underwriting brings clarity, trust and better outcomes as risks develop. This has been the basis of Lloyd’s success for centuries and that same face-to-face approach is at the heart of ATA’s philosophy.”