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Jeanne Russo is Assistant Vice President, Financial Analysis, Agency Compensation at Travelers, where she leads the operational execution of supplemental compensation programs across all business segments. With over 25 years of progressive financial leadership at Travelers, she provides strategic guidance to the Agency Compensation department, ensuring alignment with enterprisewide initiatives while overseeing business-owned systems and collaborating with senior management, legal and business partners on program design and execution.

Throughout her distinguished career at Travelers, she has held various financial positions across Business Insurance, Personal Insurance and Corporate Finance, developing deep expertise in incentive compensation management, financial analysis and operational excellence. Her comprehensive experience spans compensation program modeling and evaluation, contract creation and execution, calculation, reserving and payment utilizing an ICM (Incentive Compensation Management) system.

Jeanne brings a unique combination of financial and technical expertise, strategic vision and operational leadership to the complex field of agency compensation and incentive management in the insurance industry.

A Longevity Actuary with 20 years of experience of managing longevity and other demographic risks, having worked in most areas of the longevity market including retail (underwritten and standard) and bulk annuities (insurance and pension scheme portfolios) and for insurance and reinsurance companies.

The former chair of the Actuarial Profession’s Mortality Research Steering Committee, member of ONS NPP Mortality Expert Panel and author of the prize winning paper “The Nature of Longevity Risk

I am a catastrophe risk and modelling professional with over 13 years of experience across global insurance markets, specialising in Specialty Insurance and commercial property portfolios. I currently serve as Head of Modelling at SCOR Business Solutions, leading the Single Risks CAT Modelling function across Property, Energy, Construction, Marine, Fine Art & Specie, and Political Violence.

I manage a diverse, international team of catastrophe modellers and external partners, overseeing CAT modelling, contribution, and accumulation to ensure accurate risk representation and strong underwriting decision‑making. I work closely with underwriters, pricing actuaries, and portfolio teams to translate complex model outputs into clear, actionable insights that support portfolio optimisation and capital efficiency.

I am particularly passionate about transformation streamlining CAT modelling processes, improving efficiency, and leveraging advanced analytics and machine learning. Previously, I held senior CAT modelling roles at AIG, including Regional Lead Modeller for EMEA, building deep end to end expertise in catastrophe risk management and team development.