AI-native insurance company Corgi has announced the appointment of Johannes Els as head of portfolio risk.
In his new role, Ells will lead Corgi’s insurance portfolio monitoring and risk strategy, overseeing portfolio risk discipline, reserving, technology pricing and capital model oversight across the company’s full-stack operating group.
He has over 20 years of general insurance experience, specializing in reserving, business technology pricing, portfolio management and capital model calibration.
Els joins Corgi from Policy Expert, where he served as interim head of risk and reserves, where he led portfolio management and reserving activities.
Prior to that, he served as chief actuary at Motability Operations, where he led reserve reviews, technical pricing and capital model calibration.
Els has also held actuarial and pricing roles at Allianz, RSA, Brit Insurance and Medscheme (Mtius) Limited.
Nicolas Laqua, CEO and co-founder of Corgi, commented: “Joe’s experience in actuarial science, pricing, reserving and capital management makes him ideally suited to support Corgi’s continued growth.”
“I’m excited to join Corgi at such an important time for the insurance industry,” said Ells. “Corgi combines rigorous insurance expertise with fresh approaches to how technology and data can improve underwriting, and after two decades in the market, I’m excited to help build the portfolio risk discipline needed to support this growth. I look forward to transforming complex risks into clear business insights as the company expands into new product lines.”
