# Jill Beggs

> Jill Beggs is Executive Vice President and CEO of Reinsurance at Everest and a Lyft director. Her career began in 1992 in Prudential Reinsurance, the business that became Everest, followed by nearly twenty years at Munich Re. She returned to Everest in 2021, became reinsurance COO in 2024 and CEO in July 2025. Her experience spans underwriting, an innovation incubator and building an excess and surplus lines business.

- **Role:** Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Reinsurance at Everest
- **Organizations:** Everest, Lyft, Munich Re (former), Prudential Reinsurance (early career), Association of Professional Insurance Women, Central New Jersey Chapter of the CPCU
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts in management, concentration in finance; minors in mathematics and Spanish, Gettysburg College
- **Known for:** APIW 2026 Insurance Woman of the Year, Business Insurance 2023 Women to Watch honoree, 2017 Insurance Business America Elite Woman in Insurance

## Career timeline

- **1992** — Joined Prudential Reinsurance as a financial analyst supporting underwriting after campus recruitment at Gettysburg; later moved into international underwriting.
- **1990s-2002** — Worked in the Prudential Reinsurance/Everest business, including US and Latin American treaty property underwriting.
- **2002** — Joined Munich Re as a property underwriter; subsequently held property and specialty underwriting leadership roles.
- **2015** — Named Head of New Strategic Markets at Munich Re America, overseeing the innovation practice, corporate communications and US P&C cross-platform team.
- **2019** — Became President of Excess & Surplus Lines at Munich Re Specialty Insurance in April.
- **2021** — Returned to Everest as Senior Vice President and Head of North America Reinsurance, effective November 15.
- **2023** — Appointed to Lyft’s board and audit committee effective December 31; named a Business Insurance Women to Watch honoree.
- **2024** — Promoted to Reinsurance EVP and Chief Operating Officer on February 22.
- **2025** — Promoted to Executive Vice President and CEO of Reinsurance on July 24.
- **2026** — Named APIW Insurance Woman of the Year.

## Achievements

- APIW 2026 Insurance Woman of the Year
- Business Insurance 2023 Women to Watch honoree
- 2017 Insurance Business America Elite Woman in Insurance
- Led Munich Re Specialty Insurance’s E&S unit, which had ten products, 35 team members and more than $200 million in gross written premium as of August 2021
- Led Munich Re America’s innovation practice
- Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Associate in Reinsurance (ARe) designations

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — APIW announced Beggs as its 2026 Insurance Woman of the Year; the award program lists her as the 2026 honoree.
- **2025-12** — Discussed competitive pressures heading into 2026 and emphasized disciplined underwriting, client relationships and emerging risks in a Reinsurance News interview.
- **2025-09** — Spoke on Aon’s reinsurer panel about sustainable margins, responsible structures and closing the global protection gap.
- **2025-07** — Named Executive Vice President and CEO of Reinsurance at Everest, effective July 24.

## Links

- Website: https://www.everestglobal.com/us-en/about-us/leadership/executive-bios/jill-beggs
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillbeggs

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