Ms. Castriotta has a multifaceted background: having held leadership positions in underwriting, products, operations, claims, and litigation. She currently leads the global underwriting strategy for cyber risk impacting all lines of business as well as the affirmative cyber products underwriting strategy for Markel.

Before joining Markel, she held senior positions at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty’s North American operations as head of financial lines product development and the head of cyber underwriting. In her dual capacity, she led the roll out of “silent cyber” solutions, creating new products, training tools, and operational roadmaps for all internal disciplines as well as external trading partners.

Ms. Castriotta attended Boston College earning a BA and MA in philosophy. She earned a JD from Suffolk University Law School.

As a recognized industry leader, Kelly won the Business Insurance 2020 Breakout Award.  She was selected as Co-Chair, American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section.  She served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of High Technology Law.