Steven Spano
Specialty Insurance and Reinsurance Executive
Steven Spano has worked in international insurance and reinsurance markets for more than 40 years building robust operating platforms, improving business performance and steering organisations through significant change.
Steven is the Chief Executive Officer for Coverys European Holdings in London, building a leading insurance underwriting business by investing in specialty managing general agencies.
He is an experienced insurance executive, with previous roles as UK Country Manager for Generali Group, CFO for Generali's UK corporate and specialty businesses, CFO for Travelers’ Lloyd’s managing agency and senior financial executive positions with Travelers global reinsurance business.
Before joining Coverys, Steven founded Old Shore Advisory, a specialist consultancy focused on insurance and risk markets, and served as interim CFO for Climate-KIC, a European knowledge and innovation community working to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy. He also acted as an advisor to Axilo, helping organisations design, build and manage portfolios of strategic options focused on renewal and innovation.
He also served as a non-executive director of Placing Platform Limited, the innovative London Market electronic risk placing facility and a board director of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation in the UK.
Steven is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, USA.
Specialty Insurance and Reinsurance Executive
Steven Spano has worked in international insurance and reinsurance markets for more than 40 years building robust operating platforms, improving business performance and steering organisations through significant change.
Steven is the Chief Executive Officer for Coverys European Holdings in London, building a leading insurance underwriting business by investing in specialty managing general agencies.
He is an experienced insurance executive, with previous roles as UK Country Manager for Generali Group, CFO for Generali's UK corporate and specialty businesses, CFO for Travelers’ Lloyd’s managing agency and senior financial executive positions with Travelers global reinsurance business.
Before joining Coverys, Steven founded Old Shore Advisory, a specialist consultancy focused on insurance and risk markets, and served as interim CFO for Climate-KIC, a European knowledge and innovation community working to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy. He also acted as an advisor to Axilo, helping organisations design, build and manage portfolios of strategic options focused on renewal and innovation.
He also served as a non-executive director of Placing Platform Limited, the innovative London Market electronic risk placing facility and a board director of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation in the UK.
Steven is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, USA.