Conduit Re offers a broad range of traditional and tailored proportional and excess of loss reinsurance solutions to our clients on a worldwide or region-specific basis within our Property, Casualty and Specialty portfolios.
Across all classes, our value proposition is in our willingness to embrace complexity and to provide equitable solutions and meaningful capacity for our long-term partners, who offer data transparency, financial strength, and consistent commitment to the reinsurance market. Our offerings range from stand-alone to multi-class protections across the full client spectrum, including Lloyds’ Syndicates, monoline specialists and regional and multinational insurance companies.
Our Property product range includes:
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North American Regional catastrophe
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Asia Pacific catastrophe
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Europe catastrophe
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Japan catastrophe
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Latin America catastrophe
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Property per Risk
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Event capped quota share of above excess of loss lines
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Primary Risk via capped quota share
Meet the team
Stephen Postlewhite
Chief Underwriting Officer +
Stephen Postlewhite
Chief Underwriting OfficerStephen Postlewhite is Chief Underwriting Officer and based in Bermuda.
Stephen has nearly 30 years of experience in the re(insurance) industry, having held senior roles across underwriting, risk management and actuarial disciplines. Stephen joined Conduit from McGill and Partners, where he served as Partner and Head of Capital Solutions. Prior to that, he was Managing Director and Global Chief Underwriting Officer at QBE Re. He also spent over 15 years at Aspen, where he held progressively senior positions, including Chief Executive Officer of both the Reinsurance and Insurance divisions, Group Chief Risk Officer and Group Chief Actuary. Stephen has extensive experience throughout his career in applying data-driven insights to enhance risk selection, capital allocation and exposure management.
Stephen leads Conduit's underwriting strategy and oversees portfolio performance across our Property, Casualty and Specialty segments. He is also responsible for managing Conduit Re's outwards reinsurance strategy. Stephen is a member of the Executive Committee.
Peter Kiernan
Head of Property & Head of Strategic Engagement +
Peter Kiernan
Head of Property & Head of Strategic EngagementPeter has an established career of more than 20 years of underwriting leadership experience in the US and international reinsurance markets.
Peter joined Conduit Re from his role as Head of US Property with AXA XL Reinsurance in Bermuda. Peter’s technical knowledge, his energy and leadership strengths are important to his role leading the property division for Conduit Re. Peter is based in Bermuda.
Email peter.kiernan@conduitre.bm
Alternate Contacts:
caron.stevens@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
crystal.simmons@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
jessica.brine@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
Kyle Smith
Senior Underwriter, Property +
Kyle Smith
Senior Underwriter, PropertyKyle has reinsurance experience from the London, US and Bermuda markets from his almost 20 years underwriting. Throughout this period, he has spent time in catastrophe modeling and held increasingly senior underwriting roles focusing on worldwide Catastrophe risk, proportional non-cat risk, and index-based products.
Kyle has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and has completed his CPCU, ARe, AIAF, and ARM designations from the American Institute for Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters.
Kyle is based in Bermuda and is responsible for continuing to develop the global property portfolio of risk, with particular expertise in International and US deals.
Email: kyle.smith@conduitre.bm
Alternate Contacts:
caron.stevens@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
crystal.simmons@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
jessica.brine@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
Nicholas Lines
Senior Underwriter, Property +
Nicholas Lines
Senior Underwriter, PropertyNick joined Conduit Re in December 2020 from JLT / Marsh Captive Solutions where he was responsible for the underwriting and managing a portfolio of clients. Nick’s clients included various Fortune 500 companies ranging from the energy sector to the pharmaceutical sector. Nick started his career in 2014 at Horseshoe Group, where he supported a team that facilitated insurance linked securities transactions.
Nick is based in Bermuda and supports both the US and international property portfolios.
Email nick.lines@conduitre.bm
Alternate Contacts:
caron.stevens@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
crystal.simmons@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
jessica.brine@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
Owen Siese
Underwriter, Property +
Owen Siese
Underwriter, PropertyOwen joined Conduit Re in November 2023 from Validus Re, where he was an Assistant Underwriter working in the international property team. His prior experience includes catastrophe modelling at Chubb Tempest Re.
Owen has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and has completed his CPCU and ARe designations from the American Institute for Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters.
Owen is based in Bermuda and supports both the US and international property portfolios.
Email: owen.siese@conduitre.bm
Alternate Contacts:
caron.stevens@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
crystal.simmons@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
jessica.brine@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
Stephen Postlewhite
Chief Underwriting Officer +
Stephen Postlewhite
Chief Underwriting OfficerStephen Postlewhite is Chief Underwriting Officer and based in Bermuda.
Stephen has nearly 30 years of experience in the re(insurance) industry, having held senior roles across underwriting, risk management and actuarial disciplines. Stephen joined Conduit from McGill and Partners, where he served as Partner and Head of Capital Solutions. Prior to that, he was Managing Director and Global Chief Underwriting Officer at QBE Re. He also spent over 15 years at Aspen, where he held progressively senior positions, including Chief Executive Officer of both the Reinsurance and Insurance divisions, Group Chief Risk Officer and Group Chief Actuary. Stephen has extensive experience throughout his career in applying data-driven insights to enhance risk selection, capital allocation and exposure management.
Stephen leads Conduit's underwriting strategy and oversees portfolio performance across our Property, Casualty and Specialty segments. He is also responsible for managing Conduit Re's outwards reinsurance strategy. Stephen is a member of the Executive Committee.
Peter Kiernan
Head of Property & Head of Strategic Engagement +
Peter Kiernan
Head of Property & Head of Strategic EngagementPeter has an established career of more than 20 years of underwriting leadership experience in the US and international reinsurance markets.
Peter joined Conduit Re from his role as Head of US Property with AXA XL Reinsurance in Bermuda. Peter’s technical knowledge, his energy and leadership strengths are important to his role leading the property division for Conduit Re. Peter is based in Bermuda.
Email peter.kiernan@conduitre.bm
Alternate Contacts:
caron.stevens@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
crystal.simmons@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
jessica.brine@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
Kyle Smith
Senior Underwriter, Property +
Kyle Smith
Senior Underwriter, PropertyKyle has reinsurance experience from the London, US and Bermuda markets from his almost 20 years underwriting. Throughout this period, he has spent time in catastrophe modeling and held increasingly senior underwriting roles focusing on worldwide Catastrophe risk, proportional non-cat risk, and index-based products.
Kyle has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and has completed his CPCU, ARe, AIAF, and ARM designations from the American Institute for Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters.
Kyle is based in Bermuda and is responsible for continuing to develop the global property portfolio of risk, with particular expertise in International and US deals.
Email: kyle.smith@conduitre.bm
Alternate Contacts:
caron.stevens@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
crystal.simmons@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
jessica.brine@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
Nicholas Lines
Senior Underwriter, Property +
Nicholas Lines
Senior Underwriter, PropertyNick joined Conduit Re in December 2020 from JLT / Marsh Captive Solutions where he was responsible for the underwriting and managing a portfolio of clients. Nick’s clients included various Fortune 500 companies ranging from the energy sector to the pharmaceutical sector. Nick started his career in 2014 at Horseshoe Group, where he supported a team that facilitated insurance linked securities transactions.
Nick is based in Bermuda and supports both the US and international property portfolios.
Email nick.lines@conduitre.bm
Alternate Contacts:
caron.stevens@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
crystal.simmons@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
jessica.brine@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
Owen Siese
Underwriter, Property +
Owen Siese
Underwriter, PropertyOwen joined Conduit Re in November 2023 from Validus Re, where he was an Assistant Underwriter working in the international property team. His prior experience includes catastrophe modelling at Chubb Tempest Re.
Owen has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and has completed his CPCU and ARe designations from the American Institute for Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters.
Owen is based in Bermuda and supports both the US and international property portfolios.
Email: owen.siese@conduitre.bm
Alternate Contacts:
caron.stevens@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
crystal.simmons@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant
jessica.brine@conduitre.bm, Senior Underwriting Assistant