Bermuda-based (re)insurance company Everest Re Group announced the appointment of Meryl Hartzband to the board of directors.
Hartzband will serve as a member of the Company’s Audit, Compensation and Nominating & Governance Committees.
Prior to joining Everest Re, Hartzband was a founding partner of Stone Point Capital and served as the firm's chief investment officer from 1999 to 2015. Before joining Stone Point, she was a managing director at J.P. Morgan & Co., specializing in private equity investments in the financial services industry.
Hartzband currently serves on the boards of directors of Greenhill & Co., and Conning Holdings Ltd. She previously served as a director on the boards of The Navigators Group, Inc., Travelers Property Casualty Corp., AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, ACE Limited, and numerous portfolio companies of Stone Point.
Joseph Taranto, chairman, said: “I am very pleased to welcome Meryl to the Everest Board of Directors. Her knowledge of the insurance and reinsurance industry combined with her financial and investment expertise will be a valuable addition to our board.”
