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Senior Vice President & Director
of Human Resources
Senior Vice President
Frank serves as Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer of Holborn. He is the
architect of the Holborn index Program (HiP).
He joined the firm in 1989 as an Assistant Vice President and progressed steadily through successive
appointments as Senior Vice President (1996), Chief Operating Officer (1999), Executive Vice President (2001)
and President (2004), and CEO (2005). He was named Chairman in 2012.
Frank began his career at Sten-Re in 1983, where he started in the Reinsurance Accounting Department. He
worked for two years at Sten-Re and then for four years at Cole, Booth, Potter after the merger of the two
reinsurance broker firms. In 1985, he transferred to the broking staff and rose to the position of Assistant Vice
President.
Frank received his B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Strategic Management from the Wharton School
at the University of Pennsylvania. A former world-class decathlete and competitor in the U.S. Olympic
Decathlon trials, Frank through his association with the USATF Foundation raises money for aspiring Olympic
athletes.
Adam Manus joined Holborn in 1993, and currently serves as President and Chief Brokerage Officer and Director.
Adam previously served as Executive Vice President, where he focused on leading client relations, new business production, and served as head of analytics. In addition, Mr. Manus has been key in steering the Firm’s strategic planning.
Adam graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Hamilton College, with a B.A. in Economics. He earned an M.B.A. at New York University’s Stern School of Business and is an Associate in Reinsurance. Mr. Manus previously served on the Board of New York Road Runners, organizers of the NYC Marathon, and is a proud inaugural shavee of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
Peter Beckman serves as Holborn’s Executive Officer. He joined Holborn in 2019 from Goldman Sachs, where he held a variety of roles since 2003 within the firm’s Corporate Reporting Unit. He was most recently responsible for firmwide management reporting while prior responsibilities included other consolidated reporting functions related to budgeting, SEC and other regulatory filings, and the production of the firm’s quarterly earnings release. Over a thirty-year career in financial services, Peter has a successful track record in leadership and developing colleagues. His responsibilities at Holborn will include implementing effective professional development, talent acquisition, succession planning, as well as involvement with Corporate Finance. He previously held positions at JPMorgan Chase & Co, Royal Bank of Scotland / NatWest, Barclays Bank, and OMR Systems Corp.
Berto Sciolla serves as Holborn’s Executive Vice President and Chief Production Officer. His responsibilities focus on Client Account Management, New Business Development, Talent Management, and the firm’s operational excellence.
He joined Holborn in 2019 from General Reinsurance Corporation (Gen Re), where, over his career, he held a variety of domestic and international leadership roles, including President and CEO of Gen Re Intermediaries from 2004-2008, and Head of North American Treaty from 2008-2018. Over his time in leadership at Gen Re, he was instrumental in building the firm’s long and short-term strategy, including strategies for business development, multi-channel distribution, diversification, merger and acquisitions, integration, and brand management. From 1993-1996, Berto was the General Manager of General Re Underwriting Services Ltd. (The Underwriting Manager for Tempest Re).
Tim joined Holborn in 2004, and currently serves as Executive Vice President and Head of Applied Modeling. He is a member of Holborn’s Executive Operating Committee. His responsibilities range across the broking and analytical functions, from reinsurance program design and placement, to new business production, to proprietary tool development. Tim graduated from Princeton University in 2004 with a B.S.E. in Operations Research and Financial Engineering and minors in Finance and Engineering Management Systems. At Princeton, he was a two sport varsity athlete in Football and Track & Field.
Luke Kwiatkowski serves as Holborn’s Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, Luke is responsible for all financial matters of the firm, including strategic financial planning, corporate accounting, financial reporting, and account services.
Luke joined Holborn in 2024 from AmTrust Financial Services where he was a Vice President and Deputy Global Controller. Luke brings to Holborn experience auditing property & casualty insurance and reinsurance companies while with KPMG. Upon leaving public accounting, Luke served in various progressive accounting roles at global reinsurers Sirius Group and Munich Re, and controllership roles AmTrust and Munich Re.
During his tenure in the industry, Luke has prepared, reviewed, and audited P&C insurance company financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, IFRS and Statutory Accounting Principles. He has experience leading and developing teams as well as developing and delivering technical accounting training and updates as well as training materials. Luke is also experienced in finance transformation efforts ranging from system implementations to identifying and designing operational efficiencies withing the finance function.
Luke holds a B.S. in Business and Economics from Lehigh University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of New York and is a member of the AICPA.
Greg joined Holborn in 2010 and currently serves as Executive Vice President. He is responsible for the production and servicing of P&C reinsurance business, primarily in the Midwest. Greg has specific expertise in Regional and National Catastrophe Excess of Loss, Multi-line, and Proportional reinsurance placements. Greg graduated summa cum laude from the University of St. Thomas in 2000, with B.A. degrees in Business and Economics.
Scott joined Holborn in 2007. He serves as the Head of Holborn’s Analytical Services Department which includes Actuarial Services, Catastrophe Modeling and Solutions. Prior to Holborn, Scott was a senior pricing actuary at Swiss Re. Scott graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. He is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS) and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA).
Brian Tobin serves as Executive Vice President on the New York broking staff of Holborn, which he joined in 2000. He started his career in 1987 at Guy Carpenter in the International Treaty and Domestic Property departments. In 1993, he joined E.W. Blanch Company, where he managed the full range of P&C reinsurance placements for national, regional and specialty insurers. At Holborn, Brian is responsible for production and servicing of similar business. Brian graduated from Pace University with a B.B.A. in Finance.
Mark Reynolds serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Holborn and heads its Legal and Contracts Departments. He joined the firm in 2013 with 30 plus years of experience in claims, contracts, regulatory issues and corporate governance. Mark began his career with the U.S. General Services Administration, where he focused on lease contracts and property damage claims. He then served in roles of progressively greater responsibility with primary insurers Inapro/Cigna and Homestead Insurance, and reinsurers Met Re, American Re (Munich Re America) and AXA Corporate Solutions Reinsurance Company. Prior to joining Holborn, Mark worked for AXIS Reinsurance as its Vice President and Counsel. Mark received his jurist doctorate from NYLS and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management from the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University.
Chris McGrath is a Senior Vice President within our Client Solutions and Corporate Strategy team and has nearly 30 years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry. He joined us most recently from QBE, having served, among other roles, as President of Middle Market P&C Insurance, Chief Operating and Strategy Officer of the Commercial segment, and Chief Financial Officer of North America. Chris’ experience spans underwriting, portfolio optimization, risk selection, risk appetite, and pricing and he has broad and extensive expertise in operations, strategy, finance, risk, ratings, and capital through his years with insurance carriers, reinsurance brokers, and public accounting firms. Chris is able to leverage his unique background and strong business acumen by partnering with clients and prospects on a wide array of strategic and cross-functional initiatives. Chris is a Certified Public Accountant and previously held a General Securities Registered Representative designation by passing his Series 7 and 63 exams while working in the insurance-linked securities sector. Chris holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Seton Hall University.
David Lam serves as Vice President, Chief Information Officer & Chief Information Security Officer.
With more than 15 years of experience in the IT industry, David brings vast and varied experience to the management team. Most recently David served as Director of IT at Undertone, a leader in the digital advertising technology space. There, he brought stability and instituted best practice processes and controls for a rapidly growing company as it transitioned from startup to profitable maturity.
Past experience also includes Director of Information Technology for Phillips, the international art auction house, and MDC Partners, where he served as IT Director. David received his Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University.
Tice serves as a Senior Vice President in Holborn’s Analytical Services Department. Tice began his career at Continental Insurance, now part of CNA Insurance. He has also worked at PwC, Converium Re, Munich Re and AIG. His roles have varied from traditional pricing and reserving to financial modeling and treaty underwriting. Tice earned a B.S. in Mathematics from Oregon State University and an M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Connecticut. He is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS) and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA).
Brian is the owner of a consulting practice that specializes in guiding clients in the Re/Insurance and the related supporting service industries with accounting, financial, regulatory, and operational projects, as well as forensic accounting investigations and litigation support. He brings over 25 years of experience from a distinguished career in public accounting, where he held key leadership roles, including as a member of the Mazars USA LLP Executive Board and National Audit Service Line Leader. At Mazars, Brian was responsible for unifying the attest practice across all U.S. regions and led the firm’s Insurance Practice, delivering audit, financial, management, and consulting services to insurance and reinsurance companies, captives, risk-retention groups, MGAs and TPAs. Earlier in his career, Brian worked at Arthur Andersen LLP in the New York City and Hamilton, Bermuda offices, and later held positions at CIGNA and PMA Holdings. Brian holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, summa cum laude, from King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Risk that is understood, managed, and clearly communicated in a way that is consumable to everyone in your organization encourages a strong risk culture. Governance, training strategies, metrics & controls, and capital allocation are techniques to ensure day-to-today adherence to your ERM program and corporate strategy. Leveraging Holborn’s comprehensive tool suite, we help tailor an ERM framework that supports managing your risks.
One of the key objectives of an insurer’s operating strategy is to maintain an acceptable target financial strength rating. Holborn has extensive experience in helping clients balance the sometimes-conflicting objectives of growth, profitability, portfolio optimization, capital adequacy, and multiple return metrics. Our robust financial analytics enable our clients to assess multiple key performance measures and analyze how various strategic decisions could be expected to impact the company’s financials and underlying qualitative and quantitative rating factors.
By their very nature, catastrophic property losses can wreak havoc on businesses and personal property, as well as the balance sheet. Media coverage of the devastation from a hurricane or tornado often makes these events seem “unexpected.” Even though recorded weather history is relatively limited (on a geologic scale), it’s clear that outliers, storms of extraordinary magnitude, have occurred before and will again.
It shouldn’t be a surprise that some of the largest insured events we see are not property, but liability-driven. Losses stemming from workers’ compensation, mass tort, clash, runaway defense costs, product liability, and punitive damage judgments can quickly add up to amounts greater than most weather or fire damages. Holborn monitors the litigious US landscape, tracking the latest judicial rulings and regional and local hotspots.
Contract wordings are continuously evolving to stay on top of emerging risks such as cyber, intellectual property, and labor laws. Working together, we ensure that the proper coverage and limits are maintained.
Holborn’s Reinsurance Security Committee (a select group of our senior managers across multiple disciplines) meets regularly to review the financial condition of each reinsurer. Each entity is closely monitored for financial and operational performance through meetings with management, rating agency activity and news releases. Our monthly newsletters keep clients informed of any noteworthy changes.
Holborn can provide clients with access to RiskRater®, a proprietary reinsurance pricing engine designed (but not limited) to manage portfolios of mutual insurers. RiskRater® employs a systematic approach to pricing that is consistent across client companies. Smaller companies with sparse rating histories are rated with the support of defined cohorts and compared with industry information to enable a more informed view of risk. Developed to be nimble and flexible without proprietary software installations, RiskRater® requires only a connection to a centralized database, where all data (present and historical) is stored and archived, allowing access to detailed information for year over year pricing.
Our way includes giving the client peace of mind of knowing they can “shake the same hand” again and again over time, and that our team is uniquely positioned to represent their interests in the marketplace, given our in-depth knowledge of their operations, business plans and issues, nuances, history, and the way they like to receive service from us and from their reinsurers. This is how we define our “client intimacy strategy.”
