Mr. Collura was appointed CEO of Specialty Risk RE in 2024 and also serves as a member of the firm’s board of directors and underwriting committee. He began his career in financial services in 1999, working as a financial advisor and banker at firms such as Ameritrade, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo Bank. In 2011, he founded a boutique corporate advisory firm specializing in structured finance, debt, and management solutions. During this time, he was also active in the Oil & Gas sector, completing acquisitions involving both public and private companies. Mr. Collura holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska, where he was a Regents Scholar, and attended Creighton University School of Law.
Neil Smith has 30+ years of broking, insurance and reinsurance experience specializing in both domestic and international program and MGA business. He established his own Lloyd’s broker and Third-Party Administrator in the UK in 2007 and is an investor / entrepreneur in insurance companies with a focus on the USA and Middle East. He combines the financial acumen of a qualified accountant with an underwriters’ ability to assess risk to structure insurance and reinsurance programs to support US cedants and their clients.
Ms. Bøgestrand joined Specialty Risk RE in 2025 as a Risk Manager. She began her career in risk management in 2016 as a risk model developer at Ørsted, a leading Danish energy company. She later transitioned to the life insurance and pension industry, serving as an actuary at PFA, the largest Danish life insurance and pension company. Ms. Bøgestrand brings over seven years of actuarial experience, with expertise in risk modeling, quantitative analytics, pricing, and valuation. She holds a Master of Science degree in Actuarial Mathematics from the University of Copenhagen and has also studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science.