Imala Re, a Latin American and Caribbean property, automotive and maritime treaty reinsurance MGA operating through Fidelis Partnership’s Pine Walk platform, has announced the appointment of Edward Herrera as deputy chief underwriting officer.
In September 2025, Pine Walk, a professional MGA platform and a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), announced the launch of Imala Re.
The recently launched MGA, which begins underwriting on January 1, 2026, offers catastrophe excess loss, risk excess loss and quota sharing solutions to local treaty clients and select multinational clients.
Imala Re is one of 16 active MGAs on the Pine Walk platform, which provides a tailored underwriting, operational and regulatory framework to support specialist MGA products.
In his new role, Herrera will be based at Imala Re’s Miami headquarters and will work closely with CEO and lead underwriter Ivan Vega to expand Imala Re’s Latin America portfolio and serve regional and non-regional clients.
Herrera has more than two decades of industry experience and prior to joining Imala Re, he served as lead underwriter at MS Reinsurance.
Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Latin America and the Caribbean for Everest Reinsurance. Herrera also served as a senior underwriter at Flagstone Reinsurance.
Vega commented: “We have known and worked with Eddy for many years and are delighted to welcome him to Imala Re. The positive feedback we have received from clients and prospects since its launch in October has reaffirmed the market’s need for high-conviction, differentiated underwriting and the leadership needed to address increasingly complex and interconnected risks. As we seize these opportunities in Latin America and support the Fidelis Partnership, Eddy Deep market expertise and extensive local market relationships will be invaluable in the broader international high growth market strategy.”
Herrera added: “I’m delighted to be joining Ivan and Imala Re at this exciting time of growth for the business. Building a compelling new MGA product for the Latin American market, the strength of which is complemented by Fidelis Partnership’s globally recognized reputation, insights and expertise, is an extremely attractive opportunity and I’m excited to get started.”
