045: Rod Fox | Founder & Managing Partner Tiger Risk | Executive Chairman | Philanthropist

Rod Fox is the Managing Partner and Executive Chairman of TigerRisk Partners.  TigerRisk is a global reinsurance and capital advisory firm, working with a high-end group of insurers.Prior to founding TigerRisk, Rod served as the Chief Executive Officer of Praetorian Financial Group where he led the re-structuring, re-branding, and successful sale of the $2B specialty property and casualty insurer to QBE the Americas.Prior to PFG, Rod was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Benfield Group’s US reinsurance platform where he oversaw the profitable growth of the business while delivering industry leading trading margins.  He was a member of the Board of Benfield and was instrumental in their initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.  He was also involved in numerous industry transactions, including the growth of Benfield’s capital markets advisory business, the first Florida JUA depopulation, a restructuring of Allstate Group’s catastrophe exposure, and the formation of Montpelier Re.Rod started his career at E.W. Blanch Co., a privately held reinsurance intermediary.  He was involved in EWB’s initial public offering and enjoyed various positions within EWB; ultimately becoming President and Chief Operating Officer.In conjunction with Jim Stanard, the former CEO of RenaissanceRe, Rod formed F&S Ventures in 2008, a privately-held insurance investment firm.Rod holds the CPCU designation and is a graduate of Middlebury College and the Executive Risk Management Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  He serves on numerous industry boards and is active with the Navy SEAL Foundation.  He has also completed the half and full IRONMAN endurance races.