StoneHill Reinsurance Partners Formed in Minnesota

Dan Koshiol, a 15-year veteran of major reinsurance brokerage firms, announced the formation of StoneHill Reinsurance Partners LLC. The company is based in Bloomington, Minn.

Koshiol serves as president and chief executive officer of the new firm. He is joined in the new venture by Lindsay Ginter, senior vice president.

Koshiol’s prior experience includes senior positions with reinsurance brokers Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC, John B. Collins and Associates Inc. and E.W. Blanch Co.

Ginter also held positions at Collins and E.W. Blanch and, most recently, managed a reinsurance captive for Wells Fargo and Co.

Koshiol stated that, while StoneHill’s lean size will enable it to work closely with clients, the company’s principals have built strong relationships with a wide array of reinsurers and other service firms which will provide broader access to services and capabilities than the traditional intermediary.

He added that StoneHill has internal capabilities and external access to a full complement of reinsurance services, including technical accounting and claims, pricing analysis, contract documentation and reinsurer market security guidance. It will also advise clients on acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, entry into new markets and capital allocation strategies.

Koshiol has focused on the specialty casualty segment, with an emphasis on medical professional liability, since he began his career at Blanch in 1997. He joined Collins in 2001 to help form that broker’s professional liability team; eventually, Collins became the largest broker of reinsurance for medical professional liability insurers in the United States.

In her tenure at E.W. Blanch and Collins, Ginter also focused primarily on reinsurance for professional liability insurers.

Topics Mergers & Acquisitions Reinsurance Minnesota