Constantine Iordanou

Constantine “Dino” Iordanou, 63, is president, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Arch Capital Group, Ltd, a Bermuda-based insurance/reinsurance global giant. The CEO’s journey began in Cyprus. He arrived in the U.S. and worked his way through New York University, earning a B.S. in aerospace engineering before entering the insurance industry in a trainee role at American International Group (AIG). Iordanou told the publication Risk & Insurance in 1999 that it was when AIG chairman Hank Greenberg noticed him in 1980 that he was promoted. In 1987 he moved onto Berkshire Hathaway, where he worked up to heading their commercial casualty operations. From March 1992 through December 2001, Mr. Iordanou served in various capacities for Zurich Financial Services and its affiliates, including as senior executive vice president of group operations and business development of Zurich Financial Services, president of Zurich American Specialties Division, chief operating officer and chief executive officer of Zurich American and chief executive officer of Zurich North America. He joined Bermuda-based Arch (NASDAQ: ACGL) in December 2001 as its president and member of its Board of Directors. In 2003, Iordanou was appointed president and CEO of Arch Capital Group, Ltd. In November 2008, he was also appointed to the post of Chairman of the Board. Rated one of Forbes’ Global 2000 Leading Companies in 2013, Arch had $5.84 billion in capital at the end of 2013, with stocks valued at about $56 in March 2014. Arch writes insurance and reinsurance on worldwide basis through operations in Bermuda, the US Europe and Canada. Its subsidiaries offer full range of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance products globally, with a focus on specialty lines of business. Some 34% of its work is in casualty and professional liability, about 33% for property/energy/marine and aviation. Arch Capital Group Ltd. recently completed acquisition of CMG Mortgage Insurance Company from CUNA Mutual Group and PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. Iordanou, who is based in Glen Head, N.Y., has considerable stocks in the company and his compensation for 2012 was $10.4 million. He is also a director at Verisk Analytics, Inc. of Jersey City, N.J., the American Insurance Association (AIA) and the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR). He is a founding member and lifetime trustee of the Pancyprian Association of America, established in 1975. He also is a founding member of Faith: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism. Iordanou has previously served as a trustee of Roosevelt University and the College of Insurance and Risk Management. His awards include the Ellis Island Medal of Honor (1999). He is married to Marianne Iordanou and they have three children.