Ariel Berman

Ariel Berman is Head of FINPRO at Acquinex, having joined the business in October 2025 to build and lead its specialist financial lines proposition. He brings over 25 years of global insurance and risk‑management experience across underwriting, broking and advisory roles. Before joining Acquinex, Ariel was Head of Specialty UK & Europe at CNA Hardy, responsible for a USD 450m FINPRO and Healthcare portfolio and a team of 80 underwriters across the UK and Europe. Prior to that he led Marsh UK’s Financial Institutions Division as Managing Director, overseeing more than $700m of premium and driving sustained growth and integration following the JLT acquisition. Ariel spent over a decade with AIG in London and New York in senior financial‑lines leadership roles, shaping underwriting strategy for financial institutions across EMEA and globally, including work on emerging risks such as fintech and cryptocurrency. He holds an MBA in Finance from the New York Institute of Technology