Benfield appoints new ratings agency head

Aon Benfield has appointed Chris Myers as head of rating agency advisory for UK, Europe and EMEA.

Mr Myers is also head of the firm’s enterprise risk management (ERM) practice globally and was previously based at the firm’s New York office. As head of ERM, he will continue to direct efforts assisting re/insurers with ERM framework support and related analytics.

Prior to joining Aon Benfield in September 2008, Mr Myers was director and ERM specialist in financial institutions ratings at rating agency Standard & Poor’s. There he was responsible for co-authoring ERM ratings criteria and conducting ERM assessments of re/insurers.

He brings more than 16 years of risk management experience in the financial services industry and has also worked at Citigroup, Chubb Corporation and AIG.

A CFA charterholder, Mr Myers is a member of the CFA Institute and Global Association of Risk Professionals, in addition to holding the certified Financial Risk Manager designation.

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