Gallagher Re appoints Carl Axel Holtsmark as Head of Life, A&H, Nordics

Gallagher Re, a global reinsurance brokerage and risk advisory firm, has announced the appointment of Carl Axel Holtsmark as Head of Life, Accident & Health for the Nordics.

Holtsmark is a qualified actuary with extensive reinsurance experience. He joins Gallagher Re from Gabler AS, where he spent the past five years, most recently serving as Leader – Non-Life Insurance and Reinsurance Actuary.

Previously, he worked at KPMG Norway as a Senior Associate and actuarial consultant within the Financial Risk Management section, later promoted to Manager.

Holtsmark also served as an actuary at SCOR and held roles at Pre Stack Solutions-GEO AS, Statistics Norway, and KONE.