10 CIOs in Insurance
The global chief information officers of MetLife and Liberty Mutual Insurance open this set of insurance CIOs, with CIOs at Zurich Insurance, If Insurance, Grange Insurance and Arbella Insurance Group, and four of the ten also held technology leadership titles at Citi, JPMorganChase, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston or Farm Credit Services of America. Insurers planning a core systems replacement or an IT reorganization can match the question to the right seat.
Professionals to explore
Anders Nilsson
LinkedInExperience: CIO, Head of IT · If Insurance
An IT organization of about 1500 colleagues across the Nordics, Baltics and Southeast Asia is what Anders Nilsson describes leading as CIO, Head of IT at If Insurance since 2026, after Chief Technology Officer (2023-2025). Nilsson's earlier If Insurance titles include SVP, Head of Business Development, Business Area Private (2022-2023), Head of Business Development, Product & Price, Business Area Private (2021-2022) and SVP, Head of Architecture & Platforms (2014-2021).
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Avinash Naik
LinkedInExperience: President & Chief Information Officer · Bajaj General Insurance
At Bajaj General Insurance, Avinash Naik has been President & Chief Information Officer since 2022, after President - Head of Technology & Digital Transformation (2022) and SVP - Head of Technology & Digital Transformation (2018-2022). Naik also held Head of Digital & Innovation at Bajaj Finserv (2016-2022) and Senior Associate Vice President at ICICI Lombard (2012-2016).
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Casey Jordan
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer · Encova Insurance
Over 20 years in insurance leading modernization and digital transformation is how Casey Jordan describes a career that includes Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Encova Insurance since 2026, after Vice President Of Application Services (2021-2026) and Assistant Vice President Information Technology (2018-2021) there. Jordan was Director Of Information Technology at BrickStreet Insurance (2005-2017).
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Dave Martin
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Boston Mutual Life Insurance
Dave Martin has been Chief Information Officer at Boston Mutual Life Insurance since 2022, describing work on strategic technical roadmaps and leadership of the innovation and technology teams. Martin was Chief Strategy Officer (2008-2020) and Chief Information Officer & Senior VP (Information Services) (1998-2008) at Farm Credit Services of America, and has been President at DCM STRATEGIES, LLC since 2020.
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Matthew Postulka
LinkedInExperience: CIO & VP, Information Technology · Arbella Insurance Group
Matthew Postulka has been CIO & VP, Information Technology at Arbella Insurance Group since 2022, describing responsibility for application development and infrastructure services with a team of 150. Postulka was CIO & SVP, Technology & Operations at Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2020-2022) and earlier held Deputy CIO (2019-2020) and Director of Application Development (2013-2016) at Arbella.
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Monica Caldas
LinkedInExperience: Global Chief Information Officer · Liberty Mutual Insurance
Moving from a business-unit CIO to the global role is the question Monica Caldas fits: Global Chief Information Officer at Liberty Mutual Insurance since 2023, after EVP, Global Deputy Chief Information Officer (2022-2023) there, having also held EVP & Chief Information Officer, Global Retail Markets (2018-2023). Caldas was Global Chief Information Officer at GE Transportation, a Wabtec company (2017-2018).
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Nick Nadgauda
LinkedInExperience: Global Chief Information Officer · MetLife
Payments and services technology at Citi is what Nick Nadgauda brings to the Global Chief Information Officer role at MetLife, held since 2025, following CIO, Services at Citi (2023-2025). Nadgauda's other Citi titles were MD, Head of Technology, Treasury and Trade Solutions (2018-2023), MD, Head of Payments Technology, Treasury and Trade Solutions (2012-2018) and Director, Head of Cross Border Payments Technology, Treasury and Trade Solutions (2004-2012), a fit for questions on bringing that experience into insurance.
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Tim Cunningham
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Grange Insurance
Bank technology leadership taken into an insurance CIO role is the angle Tim Cunningham offers: Chief Information Officer at Grange Insurance since 2016, following CTO, Managing Director (2010-2016) and iCTO, Managing Director (2004-2010) at JPMorganChase. Cunningham was Senior Vice President, Sr Technology Director at Bank One (1987-2004) and describes leading IT strategy and execution at Grange.
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Valentin Vladescu
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Allianz-Tiriac Asigurari
IT strategy, governance and digital transformation are the responsibilities Valentin Vladescu describes as Chief Information Officer at Allianz-Tiriac Asigurari since 2020. Vladescu's other titles there were Infrastructure Department Manager (2016-2020), Contracts and Telecommunication Coordinator (2008-2016), IT Compartment Manager (2000-2008) and Insurance Inspector (1996-2000).
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Zilea Barrilari
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Zurich Insurance
Digital transformation questions suit Zilea Barrilari, Chief Information Officer at Zurich Insurance since 2020, after VP of Digital Transformation for Spanish LATAM at Experian (2019-2020). Barrilari was CTO Chief Technology Officer at Brasilprev (2010-2019) and CCO Chief Customer Office at Santander Brasil (2000-2010), a mix of technology and customer roles.
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Choose the right perspective
Nick Nadgauda and Monica Caldas hold global CIO titles and suit questions about leading a global IT organization at an insurer. Casey Jordan describes insurance modernization work directly, Tim Cunningham, Matthew Postulka and Dave Martin hold CIO titles at Grange Insurance, Arbella Insurance Group and Boston Mutual Life Insurance, and Anders Nilsson, Avinash Naik, Valentin Vladescu and Zilea Barrilari add views from If Insurance, Bajaj General Insurance, Allianz-Tiriac Asigurari and Zurich Insurance.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should an insurer sequence the replacement of policy, billing and claims systems, and what should never be done in parallel?
- 02What is a realistic budget split between keeping legacy insurance systems running and building new platforms?
- 03How do insurance CIOs decide which capabilities to buy from core system vendors and which to build in-house?
About this directory
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