About Us

KATIE DAVIES CEO, North America

Katie Davies has over 18 years of experience underwriting US property insurance on an E&S, admitted, and program basis. Prior to joining Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers and PERse, Katie spent nine years as president of AmWINS Special Risk Underwriters. Before her role at AmWINS, Katie worked for Chubb (formerly ACE Limited), first as a US property underwriter at the AGM 2488 syndicate in Lloyd’s of London and then as the Midwest regional property manager of ACE’s Global Property unit in Chicago. Katie also worked as a broker at Marsh in their New York and London offices, and began her insurance career with an internship with Aon in London.

Jeffrey Smith President & Chief Underwriting Officer

Jeffrey Smith has over 17 years’ experience in the insurance industry in a variety of underwriting, management, and sales positions. Prior to joining PERse, Jeffrey was Vice President and Underwriting Officer for one of the largest underwriting managers of renewable projects worldwide. His primary responsibility was underwriting and managing a profitable North American book of business which, at the time, was in excess of $50 million written premium. He also served as Assistant Vice President at the first US insurance agency specializing in wind energy products.

Kristin Daur Executive Vice President, Director – Underwriting

In her 11 years of insuring renewable energy projects, Kristin has cultivated relationships to fuel the success of her partners and clients in the burgeoning renewable energy space. Kristin began her career at one of the largest underwriting managers of renewable energy projects worldwide and has since continued her career with PERse. Kristin is an active member of AWEA and WOWE (Women of Wind Energy) and a faithful advocate for accelerating the growth of women in the insurance industry.

Kristina Williams Director, Claims

Kristina Williams has over 20 years of related insurance and claims management experience. In her most recent role, she served as North American Clams Manager for another renewable energy focused insurance provider. Prior to that, she served as a Commercial Lines Claims Adjuster for Southland Claims Service, Inc., and as a Property and Casualty Claims Adjuster for both USAA Insurance Company and Progressive Insurance Company.

Jimmy Perry Director of Operations

Jimmy has 6 years of underwriting and operations experience in the US property insurance space. Prior to joining PERse, Jimmy was an Associate Underwriter and Chief Administrative Officer at JEM Underwriting Managers, Ryan Specialty’s property catastrophe MGU. Jimmy has a BA from The University of Notre Dame and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Gary Fleming Risk Engineering Practice Leader

Gary has over 35 years of experience as a risk engineering consultant, with the last 10 years focused on renewable technologies. Gary has created and delivered numerous renewable energy papers / presentations, established valuable relationships with OEMs and helped position PERse as a leading source of both information on and solutions for the engineering challenges that face the industry. Gary is a registered Professional Engineering and is GWO Onshore and Offshore BST credentialed.

Kaitlin Baldwin Senior Underwriter

For her first 7 years in the insurance industry, Kaitlin focused solely on professional liability and casualty business in the upstream and downstream parts of the energy sector, working on both claims and underwriting. In the last 2 years, Kaitlin began the underwriting of both property and casualty specific to renewable energy insurance while joining one of the larger underwriting managers of renewable energy projects. Now continuing on with her career at PERse, Kaitlin is responsible for the property and casualty underwriting of both wind and solar business.

Kent Gallego Senior Underwriter

Kent specializes in an array of renewable energy products both domestic and abroad with a concentration in wind, solar, and hydropower. He focuses on engaging new markets and modeling CAT risks for PERse.

Mandy Saunders Underwriter

Mandy has been in the insurance industry for the past 20 years and servicing bio, onshore wind and solar accounts specifically for the past 6 years with one of the largest underwriting managers of renewable energy projects. She works closely with brokers on new and renewal opportunities, writing both property and casualty insurance in the United States and Canada.

Andrew Truong Underwriter

Andrew began his insurance career working on both the Business Development and Underwriting team at one of the largest underwriting managers specializing in renewable energy. Andrew’s strong relationships with both retail and wholesale brokers across North America have allowed him to underwrite a handful of utility scale solar, wind, and battery energy storage projects across their operational life.

Jack George Associate Underwriter

Jack is an Underwriting Assistant with PERse, focusing on a variety of renewable energy products. Prior to beginning his career with PERse, Jack graduated from Elon University with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Management.

MaryAnn Sciascia Underwriter

MaryAnn is an Underwriting Assistant for PERse, supporting their NY office. She has 14 years of insurance/reinsurance experience. Prior to joining PERse, she worked as a Technical Assistant for TransRe’s Property Treaty and Facultative Department. Prior to TransRe, she worked as an Underwriting/Contract Analyst for XL Re supporting various departments such as A&H, Casualty and Property Treaty/Fac. Before entering the Reinsurance field, she worked for Hiscox USA, where she worked as an Underwriting Assistant for their Kidnap & Ransom, Construction, Inland Marine, and Misc E&O lines of business.

Ed Martinez Senior Risk Account Engineer

Ed has over 10 years of experience using his electrical engineering background to improve the reliability of machinery. As a Senior Risk Account Engineering, he created a white paper for EVCS charging technologies and presented at PERse’s 2023 Summit on Main Power Transformers Best Practices. Ed has expanded his expertise by attending energy conferences and developing guidelines to address new technology challenges. He holds a GWO Onshore BST certification and is OSHA 30 Hour Safety Training Certified for Industry.

Moussa Sy Associate Underwriter

Moussa Sy has a Master’s degree in chemical engineering, emphasis in Renewable Energy Systems from Syracuse University, originally hailing from Bamako, Mali. Moussa is a technical services risk engineering representative focusing on renewable energy. He received his Bachelor’s in Environmental Science-Renewable Energy at San Jose State University. During his undergraduate studies, he interned with the City of San Jose Public Works Energy Department, working on utility data for over 400 city facilities. In addition, at San Jose State University, he worked as a research assistant on solar energy irrigation for agriculture in developing countries. While attending Syracuse University, his passion for the environmental space continued while conducting research in a renewable energy lab; working closely with PhD students on developing cathodes such as calcium chromium and calcium manganese oxide.

Brie Witt Senior Account Manager

Brie manages client transactions for all renewables and casualty risks for PERse. Prior to joining PERse, Brie was an Account Manager for one of the largest underwriting managers of renewable projects worldwide. Brie has her Property and Casualty Insurance License.

Jonathan Simes Head of Claims, London

Jonathan Simes has 10 years’ experience in the Lloyd’s of London insurance industry in a variety of Claims positions. Prior to joining PERse, Jonathan was a Claims Executive at RKH Specialty handling various accounts specializing in the Renewable Energy sector.

Michelle Lee Claims Examiner

Michelle brings over 15 years of claims handling experience to the table. Her robust background includes previous claims positions at Westchester (a Chubb company), Ironshore, and Liberty Mutual, where she has primarily focused on the energy, construction, and property lines of business.

Callum Jones Claims Associate

Callum has significant experience as both a claims technician and reinsurance technician, previously working for Davies Group, The Channel Syndicate and SCOR. As a valued member of our claims team, Callum’s responsibilities include claim processing and providing claim support to our valued clients.

Hollie Spinks Claims Associate

Hollie has over 3 years’ experience in the insurance industry. Prior to joining PERse, Hollie was on the administrative side of Broking at WTW in the Mergers and Acquisitions team, while also studying for the Level 4 CII London Market qualification.