As vice president, executive risk practice leader, Mr. Kurt oversees the structuring and placement of executive risk programs for companies throughout the United States and internationally. Prior to Hylant, he was an underwriter at OneBeacon Insurance Group in Chicago, where he underwrote executive risk for privately held companies.
Mr. Kurt has expertise in working with privately held companies across all industry sectors including private equity and venture capital firms along with their portfolio companies. He focuses on directors and officers liability, employment practices liability, fiduciary liability, crime insurance, cyber liability, investment fund liability for private equity and venture capital firms, and transactional risk insurance.
Mr. Kurt earned a bachelor's degree with a focus in political science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.