Patina Solutions, a firm that provides professionals with 25 or more years of experience on a flexible basis to help companies achieve their business objectives, has added a practice focused on serving insurance companies.

"We are excited to bring the capabilities of our specialized, highly experienced insurance industry professionals to the market," said Mike Harris, President and CEO of Patina Solutions. "Our new practice, which is led by accomplished industry veteran Peter de Freitas, will help insurance companies by providing them with access to the best talent to complete special projects, fill interim leadership roles and more - all in a way that is tailored directly to the client's needs."

de Freitas, Insurance Services Practice Leader at Patina Solutions, has more than 30 years of strategic experience in risk transfer, risk financing, risk engineering and operations with two of the largest property and casualty insurers in the U.S., a start up Bermudian specialty insurance company and an insurer focused on global and international risks.

"Insurance companies are facing economic, regulatory and operational challenges. Practical, hands-on insurance industry experience is important to these firms as they address the impact of these issues on their businesses. The technical expertise of our Patina Professionals can be quickly brought to bear on these challenges, leveraging past experiences into high-quality sustainable solutions for Patina clients," said de Freitas. 

Some of the services under Patina Solutions' Insurance Services Practice include speed-to-market product development; instant infrastructure for startup firms and improved business process development and documentation for existing firms; Subject Matter Expertise (SME) to support business analysis and the development of technology requirements, financial close assistance (especially first quarter); profitability assessment; underwriting governance; compliance and internal audit reviews; and sales, marketing and distribution.

Patina Professionals have relevant insurance industry experience in many areas including finance, accounting, analysis and reporting; operations; sales and marketing; distribution channel management; technology and change management; compliance and internal audit; underwriting governance; profitability assessment; product development; infrastructure outsourcing; and M&A support including integration.

Representative former employers of Patina Professionals include Allstate, Westfield Financial, Marsh USA, Ohio Casualty, Zurich Group, CNA, Chartis, Nationwide, Axis Specialty and Liberty Mutual.