James Evan-Cook
Strategic development of new underwriting companies for Old Republic International. One of America’s largest shareholder-owned insurance businesses with $10.5B in revenue, A+ Rating and more than 100-year history.
- Role
- Senior Vice President - Strategic Development at Old Republic International
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James Evan-Cook
James has been engaged in executive search within the insurance and reinsurance industry…
Experience
Senior Vice President - Strategic Development
Jul 2024 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
James leads strategic development with a keen focus on identifying and recruiting new executive talent to start new underwriting businesses and building out existing operations. In addition, James will research potential new underwriting segments and operates as a thought partner with our key leaders across the enterprise.James comes to Old Republic with an impressive track record of 35+ years of insurance recruiting and networking experience within the insurance industry. He is well known in insurance executive circles with deep relationships that support active executive engagement in the changing commercial insurance industry.For more than a decade, James has helped identify segments that have been added to our portfolio of companies such as E&S, A&H and in 2025 Cyber and Environmental. Further, James has successfully recruited numerous new executives for several key subsidiary companies such as BITCO, ORHP and PMA as well as ORI.
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