Artex Announces New Chairman and CEO Appointments

Artex Risk Solutions has announced significant leadership changes, set to take effect in 2025. Cofounder and CEO Peter Mullen will be appointed chairman effective January 1, 2025. Succeeding him as CEO will be Zeb Holt, Gallagher's executive vice president, who will take on the role of CEO (designate) starting July 1, 2024, before officially becoming CEO on January 1, 2025.

Mr. Mullen has been a prominent figure in the insurance industry for several decades. He has served as CEO of Artex Risk Solutions since March 2019. Prior to that, he was CEO of Aon in Bermuda from April 2011 to March 2019. Mr. Mullen's experience also includes a 19-year tenure as executive vice president at Artex Risk Solutions from 1992 to 2011 and 6 years as vice president at AIG from 1986 to 1992.

Mr. Holt began his insurance career as an intern with Gallagher in 2004. Over the years, he has held various brokerage and sales leadership positions within both Gallagher and Artex. Currently, he is the regional executive vice president for Florida, a role he has held since May 2018. In this position, Mr. Holt provides leadership to multiple offices across Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Naples, Fort Myers, Orlando, Jacksonville, and Tampa, executing growth strategies that impact retention, new business, and client growth.

Before his current role, Mr. Holt was the area president for South Florida at Gallagher from April 2013 to May 2018, leading a specialized team of commercial and public-entity retail brokers. His earlier roles include serving as global sales director at Artex Risk Solutions in early 2013 and division senior vice president of sales at Artex from 2009 to 2013. His career also includes tenure as area assistant vice president at Gallagher from 2005 to 2008 and 6 years of service in the United States Air Force, where he achieved the rank of staff sergeant.

Mr. Holt said in a recent LinkedIn post, "This is an exciting homecoming for me, and I can't wait to get started in carrying on the legacy David [David McManus], Pete [Peter Mullen], and Jenny [Jennifer Gallagher] started in 1997, and you all have built into a global, alternative risk finance leader today. I am so optimistic for the future we will build together!"

Pictured above are Mr. Mullen, left, and Mr. Holt. (Photos courtesy of Gallagher.)