Hannover Re US announces the appointment of Dr. Elena Strunk as Vice President and Medical Director.
In her new role, Dr. Strunk will help advance Hannover Re’s underwriting and digital transformation initiatives, lead the modernization of medical assessment practices to reflect evolving medical knowledge, and strengthen the company’s medical oversight and governance capabilities.
She brings more than a decade of academic emergency medicine experience.
She also served at two leading insurance companies, where she played a key role in training and developing underwriting and claims staff, while contributing to the development and optimization of underwriting guidelines and initiatives to improve underwriting efficiency.
Most recently, Dr. Strunk served as an emergency medicine physician at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Previously, she served as corporate vice president and medical director of New York Life Insurance Company.
“Dr. Strunk has extensive experience in clinical practice and the insurance industry, with a background supporting individual and group life underwriting and claims management,” said Susan Mayer, U.S. vice president and chief underwriter at Hannover Re. “Her leadership will help drive smarter, data-driven underwriting decisions.”
