Gallagher Re has appointed Ed Messer and Jason Harger to two newly created global leadership roles, effective 1 January 2027, as part of its investment in analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and innovation, the global reinsurance broker announced on Thursday.
Messer has been named global head of analytics while Harger will take on the position of global head of AI transformation, both subject to transition and succession planning arrangements. Both executives have been with the company since 2022.
Messer previously held the role of head of UK analytics. Earlier in his career, he also worked at Aon and Tokio Millennium Re.
In his new role, he will lead Gallagher Re’s global analytics function, setting its strategic direction across the business to help inform decision-making, improve client solutions, and further develop the firm’s analytical capabilities. Under the new structure, regional, global client, product and practice analytics leaders will report to Messer.
Harger previously served as Gallagher Re’s chief digital officer and head of analytics at Gallagher Re North America. Before joining the company, he spent over 17 years at Willis Re.
In his new role, Harger will work across regions, products, practices, and functions to accelerate the adoption of AI throughout the business, the broker said.
Gallagher Re CEO Tom Wakefield said, “Analytics and artificial intelligence are increasingly central to how we help clients navigate a more complex and interconnected risk environment,” adding that both executives’ experience makes them ideally suited to take on these roles.
The creation of the new leadership roles follows a series of recent hires in the Asia-Pacific region.
In August, Gallagher Re appointed Luc Morement to lead its APAC facultative business as managing director. The broker also appointed Fabienne Marsoner as APAC facultative casualty broker in March.
Separately, Gallagher Re is steering its Asia-Pacific business towards structured deals, capital advisory and speciality lines as a flood of reinsurer capital undercuts the economics of its core business—placing treaty capacity.
