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Stuart Herron is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Financial Services Industry practice in London, and serves the firm's EMEA Insurance Lead.
With more than 20 years of consulting and industry experience in the U.K. and European insurance markets, Mr. Herron specializes in design and execution of end-to-end M&A, performance improvement, operating model design and complex transformation and value creation.
Mr. Herron’s select industry experience includes serving as Head of Corporate Transformation with Europe's largest insurance consolidation vehicle, where he was accountable for deal execution, integration and divestment delivery, synergy release, operating model design and delivery of internal change; Head of Strategic Change for a Global FTSE 100 insurance and wealth management firm, where he was accountable for delivery of strategic change across the Northern Hemisphere; and European Shared Services Implementation Director, where he led on behalf of a global multi-line insurer the establishment and transfer of 17 European country operations to two shared service centers.
Additionally, Mr. Herron’s select consulting experience includes serving as Carve-Out and Divestment Director, accountable for the execution of a joint venture acquisition of a global U.K. headquartered group; serving as Carve-Out and Integration Director, leading operating model design for a payment processing company's acquisition of a European pay-tech company business; leading operating model re-design for U.K.’s largest life and general insurance companies; and leading operating model design and business case development for general and healthcare operations of Poland's largest GI and Heath Insurer.
Mr. Herron earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Portobello College Dublin.
Alvarez & Marsal is proud to have joined ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) as we continue to expand our footprint in the U.S. and London insurance market.
Embarking on 2024, the insurance industry stands at a pivotal juncture. Following a year of profitability driven by increased investment returns, higher interest rates, and premiums in 2023, the industry is confronted with a fresh set of challenges as economic forces slowdown and megatrends such as complex geopolitical risk, technological advancements, and increased cyber-security risks reshape insurers’ operational strategies and challenge established risk and profit models.
Across the global insurance landscape, multiple megatrends are converging, changing the nature of risks that communities, entities and businesses are exposed to. In our latest paper, we share how five megatrends drive profound impact across the insurance industry and complex claims management.
This report focuses on the unique drivers of consolidation and the challenges inherent in each country across Western Europe and the United States, the key players and takeaways from A&M’s observations and finally, “value win” opportunities for consolidators in the sector.
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In a recent roundtable for Financier Worldwide, Marc Sherman shares his perspective on the latest trends including the increasing use of insurance in the acquisition marketplace, developments in insurance offerings, the benefits of claims experience and using insurance products to manage transactional risk.
