Bret N. Ahnell

Bret N. Ahnell is chief operating officer at FM, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers.

Ahnell, a veteran of the company for more than 30 years, was previously executive vice president with responsibility for FM’s operations in the Americas and data analytics.

Before that, he was a senior vice president and oversaw various divisions within the company, including underwriting and reinsurance, engineering and research, innovation, sales, claims, information services, business technology transformation, marketing and enterprise learning.

He joined the company in 1987 as a loss prevention consultant in Los Angeles, California, USA, and advanced to hold various positions, including district manager and operations manager, before becoming senior vice president, division manager, Western division, Dallas, Texas, USA, where he oversaw insurance and engineering operations in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, USA; Dallas, Texas, USA; Latin America and the forest products industry worldwide.

Ahnell holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona, USA, and has a CPCU designation from the American Institute of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters.