Andrew Taktajian
Managing Director, General Counsel, JAB Insurance @ JAB HOLDING COMPANY LLC
About
Experienced General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer with over two decades of legal experience advising clients at private-equity backed insurance platforms, Fortune 500 insurance companies and at a boutique insurance regulatory law firm. With a robust background in legal advice in the insurance sector, my mission is to deliver top-tier financial solutions. Track record of advising executive leadership and regulatory bodies to shape the future of insurance, reinsurance and private asset structuring, reduce risk, enhance value through acquisitions and partnerships to deliver above-average growth through retail operations, and provide capital relief through innovative reinsurance solutions by navigating complex legal frameworks across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring compliance and guiding strategic investment initiatives.
United States
New York
Insurance
Insurance Law, Corporate Law, Reinsurance, Project Management, Financial Services, Legal Writing, Information Technology, Due Diligence, Legal Research, Social Media, Licensing, Mergers, Acquisitions, Insurance, Corporate Governance, Legal Compliance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Litigation Management, Analytical Skills
Experience
Managing Director, General Counsel, JAB Insurance
JAB HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Federal Life Insurance Company
New York, New York, United States
Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for group of companies including an A.M. Best A- rated domestic insurance company and a Bermuda-based reinsurance company
Associate General Counsel - Insurance
American Equity
New York City Metropolitan Area
Lead reinsurance counsel. The division structures and delivers solutions to reduce risk, provide capital relief using third-party capital and financing, through internal and third-party reinsurance transactions (block and flow annuities) with newly developed captives/reinsurers/SPVs (e.g., sidecars) both onshore and offshore. Primary lawyer responsible for providing legal advice and guidance on interactions with various insurance regulators across several jurisdictions including, Iowa, New York, Vermont, Bermuda, and Cayman. Provide legal advice to head investment lawyer/Chief Investment Office with respect to private asset structuring as it pertains to investment and insurance capital requirements of offshore reinsurers in various jurisdictions as compared to domestically.
Vice President / Corporate Counsel
Prudential Financial
Greater New York City Area
Lead counsel to the Global Reinsurance Strategy Group and Corporate Secretary for six captive reinsurance companies and multiple insurance related LLCs. Counsel for pension risk transfer and longevity risk transfer transactions. Served as lead legal representative in the development of certain insurtech platforms, products to be sold through these platforms, and the use of big data to enhance cross-selling opportunities and underwriting standards. Legal counsel in the development of recovery and resolution plans required under the Dodd-Frank act.
Director
AIG
New York City Metropolitan Area
Served as legal counsel in numerous roles and responsibilities in various business units and at corporate throughout tenure at AIG including: -Life Reinsurance -Product/Compliance -Outsourcing domestic and international -Technology/Security -M&A (from business unit perspective) and various strategic corporate transactions -Regulatory -Corporate Governance
Assistant General Counsel
AIG
New York City Metropolitan Area
Associate General Counsel
AIG
New York City Metropolitan Area
Associate Counsel
Cantilo & Bennett, LLP
Austin, Texas, United States
Provided legal counsel to multiple state insurance commissioners and departments with respect to complex insurance regulatory transactions submitted by insurers for approval and receiverships
Law Clerk, Southern District Texas
U.S. District Courts
Texas, United States
Financial Analyst
Howard Frazier Barker Elliott, Inc. (merged into Stous Risius Ross)
New York City Metropolitan Area
Valued companies for mergers or acquisitions, ESOPs, litigation support and estate tax planning.
Education
University of Houston Law Center
Law
The University of Texas at Austin
Finance
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