Insurance
10 insurance product pricing experts
These ten insurance pricing leaders have run product pricing at insurers, in roles such as head of pricing and chief pricing actuary. A reader can learn how insurers set and update the prices of their insurance products.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anna Papola
LinkedInExperience: Chief Pricing Actuary · Zurich Insurance
Head of Pricing at Nobis Assicurazioni since January 2026. Former Head of Product Factory at Helvetia Insurance Italy (2017–2025), a role the profile describes as overseeing pricing, product development and technical excellence across channels, and former Chief Pricing Actuary (2009–2017) and Non Life Pricing Actuary (2006–2009) at Zurich Insurance.
Brett Jaros, FCAS, CPCU, RPLU
LinkedInExperience: Head of Pricing, North America Financial Lines · AIG
Head of Pricing, North America Financial Lines at AIG since July 2025 and former Professional Lines & Cyber Actuarial Lead at AIG (2024–2025). Former Head of Actuarial, Lexington Professional Lines at Lexington Insurance Company (2021–2024) and Actuarial Director at CNA Insurance (2009–2021).
Gideon Ingham
LinkedInExperience: Head of Pricing and Products · NFU Mutual
Head of Pricing and Products at NFU Mutual since March 2016, where the profile describes accountability for developing and implementing the product and pricing strategy and leading a strategic project to transform NFU Mutual's pricing capability. Former Business Lead - Pricing Transformation at NFU Mutual (2014–2016) and Head of Products and Underwriting at Lloyds Banking Group (2012–2014).
Glenn Colby
LinkedInExperience: VP, Personal Lines Pricing Leader · Nationwide
Former VP, Personal Lines Pricing Leader at Nationwide (2023–2026) and Personal Lines Product Development Leader there since May 2026. The profile describes overseeing Personal Lines Home and Auto pricing for a multi-billion-dollar portfolio. Former VP, Actuarial & Analytics - Personal Lines Pricing (2012–2022) and VP, Actuarial & Analytics, Personal Lines Pricing & Risk Analytics (2022–2023) at Travelers.
Greg Hansen
LinkedInExperience: Chief Pricing Actuary · Westfield Insurance
Chief Pricing Actuary at Westfield Insurance since April 2025, where the profile describes leading the teams responsible for ratemaking, data science and actuarial support of Westfield's Standard Lines, including Personal Lines, Small Business and Middle Market. Former Head of Commercial Lines Actuarial (2024–2025) and Head of Small Business Actuarial (2019–2024) at Westfield Insurance.
Ivan Fernandez
LinkedInExperience: VP Personal Lines Pricing · USAA
VP Personal Lines Pricing at USAA since December 2025 and former Assistant Vice President Auto Pricing there (2019–2025). Former AVP and Actuary for Spectrum (BOP) LOB (2019) and AVP and Actuary for Commerical Auto LOB (2017–2019) at The Hartford, and Field Product Manager at Allstate (2014–2017).
Jens Winkel
LinkedInExperience: Head of Pricing, Germany P&C · ERGO
Head of Products and Pricing at Allianz Versicherungs AG since March 2024. Former Head of Pricing, Germany P&C (2019–2024), Head of Actuarial Pricing Retail, Global P&C (2017–2019) and Actuarial Analyst - Pricing, Products and Reinsurance, ERGO International (2014–2017) at ERGO.
Matthew Trone
LinkedInExperience: Head of Personal Lines Pricing and R&D · Farmers Insurance
Head of Personal Lines Pricing and R&D at Farmers Insurance since October 2017 and former Head Personal Lines Pricing Actuary there (2013–2017). Other listed Farmers Insurance roles include Senior Actuary (2007–2013), Product Manager (2005–2007) and Corporate Finance (2004–2005).
Mikael B. Åkerhielm
LinkedInExperience: Direktør SVP Pricing & Analytics · Gjensidige
Direktør Head of Enabling Price at Gjensidige since July 2026. Other listed Gjensidige roles include Direktør SVP Pricing & Analytics (2025–2026), Leder Head of Pricing & Analytics, Private Lines Norway (2024–2025) and Leder Head of Market Pricing (2021–2024). The profile describes responsibility for pricing in the Norwegian market and for the pricing platform and pricing methodology across the Nordics.
Sean West
LinkedInExperience: Head of Pricing · Hollard Insurance
Head of Pricing at Hollard Insurance since July 2023 and former Head of Personal Lines Pricing there (2022–2023). The profile describes general insurance pricing work across personal lines, accident compensation schemes and commercial insurance, including pricing reviews using GLMs and advanced data mining methods and geography and vehicle rating. Former Senior Pricing Manager at Allianz (2021–2022) and Manager Natural Perils Pricing at Suncorp Group (2016–2020).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's lines of business to yours, since pricing personal auto and home differs from pricing small commercial, financial lines or specialty risks. Also consider the market, since rate regulation and available data differ a lot between countries and between admitted and surplus lines business.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide when a product needs a rate change and how large it should be?
- 02Which data and modeling methods matter most in your pricing work today?
- 03How do you balance competitive position, regulatory constraints and profitability when you change prices?
Reaching insurance product pricing experts
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Pick one of the 10 people on this page and choose "Book a paid call", or describe your project to find others. You offer a fee for a 15-minute call or a written answer, Instant Expert finds the person's work email and sends the invitation, and they decide whether to accept. The list covers 10 companies, including Zurich Insurance, AIG and NFU Mutual, based on profile data retrieved on October 4, 2026. Being listed here doesn't mean someone has agreed to take calls.
How much does it cost to reach insurance product pricing experts?
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