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About Luzern Risk

Why We Built Luzern

Risk is evolving. The infrastructure around it should too.

More companies are looking beyond traditional insurance, putting their capital to work to retain and profit from their own risk. Captives are a big part of that shift, but the infrastructure to make them accessible and efficient is lacking.

Luzern's in-house insurance experts, technologists, and cross-disciplinary specialists are paving the way for more businesses to take control of the risks they understand best and put the economics of captive insurance to work.

The Luzern Advantage

The expertise, AI-native technology, and elite service required for modern risk ownership.

Luzern moves faster without trading away judgment or service. Our technology handles repetitive work so people can focus on the decisions that matter.

Risk Expertise

Solutions built for modern risk.

Deep expertise across industries, structures, and disciplines lets us design captives around unique risks and objectives.

AI-Native Technology

Expertise made more powerful.

Purpose-built technology keeps information current, accelerates work, and gives our team more time to analyze and advise.

Elite Service

World-class client experience.

The capabilities of the largest firms, held to a boutique standard of care. Proactive, responsive, and built around how you work.

Looking Ahead

More companies will own more of their risk.

Luzern is leading the shift.

The Luzern Team

Gabriel Weiss

Gabriel Weiss

CEO & Co-Founder

Previously Entrepreneur in Residence at Point72 and co-founder of Safekeep, acquired by CCC Intelligent Solutions. Captain and Airborne Ranger, 101st Airborne Division. University of Mississippi.

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Jonathan York

Jonathan York

CTO & Co-Founder

25 years in financial technology. Previously head of client technology at Bridgewater Associates and CTO at Standard & Poor's. Oxford-trained physicist.

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Adam Palmer Yaari

Adam Palmer Yaari

CFO

10+ years serving Fortune 500 institutions. Previously VP at Lazard, completing $22B+ in deals. Airborne Ranger-qualified Infantry Officer, 101st Airborne Division. Wharton and Rutgers University.

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Sam Espinosa

Sam Espinosa

CMO & Co-Founder

Two decades in growth marketing and enterprise technology. Founded Y Combinator-backed Next Caller, acquired by Pindrop. Launched stickK with Yale economist Ian Ayres. Yale University.

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Michael Keefe

Michael Keefe

Director of Product

Ten years in product. Previously Bridgewater Associates, leading product for the research analytics platform behind its flagship Pure Alpha strategy. Boston College.

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Julia Chen

Julia Chen, FCAS, MAAA, CPCU, ARe

Head of Actuarial

Previously Actuarial Director at Ryan Specialty, overseeing pricing across 14 specialty MGUs and $650M of premium. Earlier reserving roles at CNA. Economics, Yale University.

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Rocco Mancini

Rocco Mancini, ARM

Director of Risk

14 years in captives. Previously Marsh and Accelerant, leading strategic reviews for Fortune 50 owners and benchmarking 1,900+ captives writing $50B+ in premium. University of Connecticut.

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Nesha Hoyte

Nesha Hoyte, ACCA

VP of Captive Management

Ten years audit and captive management experience. Previously VP at Marsh in the Cayman Islands; senior audit roles at KPMG and EY. University of the West Indies, First Class Honours.

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Jordan Barnes

Jordan Barnes

Director of Finance

Six years in investment banking and M&A advisory. Previously TD Cowen, advising insurance carriers, brokers, and asset managers on M&A, and PwC. Tufts University.

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Tom Hauschild

Tom Hauschild, CPA

Director of Captive Accounting

Ten years in insurance accounting. Previously Hylant and Swiss Re, managing captive clients including a $140M+ premium risk retention group. Purdue University.

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Steve Hemenway

Steve Hemenway

Director of Engineering

11 years building analytics platforms. Previously co-founder and CTO of BossTax and seven years at Bridgewater Associates leading its portfolio analytics platform. Yale University.

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Joseph Cross

Joseph Cross

Director of Content

Ten years at Bridgewater Associates, most recently editing the Daily Observations, research read by the world's largest institutional investors. BA and MFA in Writing, Columbia University.

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Przemyslaw Wierzbicki

Przemyslaw Wierzbicki

Director of Architecture

20 years in software architecture. Previously Bridgewater Associates, Barclays, MetLife, and Credit Suisse, including a pricing platform serving 6,000 users. Academy of Humanities and Economics, Lodz.

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Robert Pegg

Robert Pegg

Director of Business Development

12 years in risk management and captives. Previously Captive Resources, EyeMed, and Sun Life, leading employee benefits and medical stop-loss captive programs. Averett University.

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Will Schimmels

Will Schimmels

Director of Business Development

Seven years in sales and business development, primarily in data analytics platforms. Experience across international real estate and construction. University of Virginia.

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Katelyn Robinson

Katelyn Robinson

Director of Business Development

14 years in B2B sales. Previously Director of Sales at Street Diligence, serving Blackstone, Apollo, Ares, and Morgan Stanley Private Credit. UNC Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler.

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Stephen Stringer

Stephen Stringer

Director of Business Development

18 years in enterprise sales. Previously Gartner, Automation Anywhere, and ISG, selling into Fortune 1000 organizations. Louisiana State University.

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Jordan Bourkab

Jordan Bourkab

Revenue Operations Analyst

Three years in sales and revenue operations. Previously sales across 200+ luxury fashion brands. The Ohio State University.

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Jenna Beylison

Jenna Beylison

Senior Quantitative Risk Analyst

Previously a market risk analyst at J.P. Morgan Chase. Models captive economics across 15+ active Luzern programs. Stevens Institute of Technology, M.S. Financial Engineering.

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Daniel Seibel

Daniel Seibel

Client Advisor

Eight years in consulting and financial services. Previously Reference Point and Accenture, serving Fortune 500 insurance and capital markets clients. Villanova University.

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Ellie Bowen

Ellie Bowen

Client Advisor

Five years in client service and consulting. Previously Guidehouse, partnering with Fortune 500 companies and federal agencies on modernization and expansion strategy. University of Virginia.

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Walker Campbell

Walker Campbell

Client Advisor

Five years in consulting and captives. Previously Guidehouse. Experience across captive structures including single-parent, agency, and cells. William & Mary.

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Jennifer MacGown

Jennifer MacGown

Operations Lead

Five years in fund operations. Previously Corebridge Financial and Avenue Capital Group, running operations for $3B in hedge fund and private equity AUM. Georgetown University.

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Ashley Roberts

Ashley Roberts

Senior Accountant

Four years in audit and accounting. Previously PwC, auditing the firm's largest investment banking client across debt, treasury, and investment reporting. Brooklyn College.

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Erik Glasthal

Erik Glasthal

Operations Analyst

Previously Select Equity Group, a $30B+ investment manager, handling treasury, settlement, and reconciliation across a dozen funds. Lehigh University.

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Brooke Vaccaro

Brooke Vaccaro

Management Associate

Two years in talent and operations. Previously recruiting at Morgan Stanley. Boston College.

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Olena Pyrig

Olena Pyrig

Product Manager

Six years in financial services across the world's largest financial data and analytics providers, and in the Research department of a leading global hedge fund. Lviv Polytechnic National University.

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Tomasz Kisiel

Tomasz Kisiel

Senior Software Engineer

20 years in enterprise software. Previously technical lead for Fortune Global 500 clients, including Barclays, Credit Suisse, Audi, and Volkswagen. Jagiellonian University.

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Jaroslaw Gaworecki

Jaroslaw Gaworecki

Senior Software Engineer

15 years in software engineering. Previously technical lead on investment analytics and trading platforms for Bridgewater Associates, Credit Suisse, and Barclays. Wroclaw University of Technology.

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Igor Rog

Senior Software Engineer

Ten years building financial services and enterprise platforms. Previously Cortex, Bridgewater Associates, and Credit Suisse. Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.

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Łukasz Błaszczyk

Łukasz Błaszczyk

Senior Software Engineer

15 years in software engineering. Previously Samsung, building systems at enterprise scale. AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow.

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Wojciech Garncarz

Wojciech Garncarz

Senior Software Engineer

19 years in software engineering. Previously Citi, Credit Suisse, and Bridgewater Associates, delivering mission-critical systems for Tier-1 banks. Wroclaw University of Technology.

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