Australian-based insurance company Youi Insurance has named Laura Wood as Head of its Reinsurance division.
Laura brings 18 years of industry experience to her new post, having worked in re/insurance and broking across most of the industry’s key markets around the world and across several lines of business.
She joins Youi Insurance from global reinsurance giant Swiss Re, where she worked for eight years. Her most recent position at Swiss Re was as Key Account Manager, and before that, she was a Senior Client Manager in property and casualty (P&C) for Australia and New Zealand.
Laura worked at Aon for over two years before joining Swiss Re, where she was Senior Actuary, Analytics, and Reinsurance for Australia and New Zealand. In this job, she was in charge of reinsurance optimization for Aon’s clients in Australia and New Zealand.