HABA requests the honor of your presence for our 40th Anniversary honoring
Mr. Constantine Iordanou
Chairman, Vantage Group
as our 2024 Executive of the Year
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Cocktail Reception: 6:00pm • Dinner: 7:00pm
The Union League Club of New York
38 East 37th Street, New York, NY 10016
Admission is by prepaid reservation only.
$200/HABA Member • $350/Guest
Grand Benefactor, Benefactor & Supporter Tables Available
For additional information, please contact info@haba.org
About the Honoree:
Constantine Iordanou is Chairman of Vantage Group, a Bermuda registered company that provides specialty re/insurance through its wholly owned subsidiaries. Previously he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arch Capital Group Inc. [Retired September 2019]. Prior to joining Arch as one of its founders, Mr. Iordanou served in various capacities for Zurich Financial Services and its affiliates, including as Senior Executive Vice President of group operations and business development, President of American Specialties, and Chief Executive Officer of Zurich American and Chief Executive Officer of Zurich North America. Prior to joining Zurich, he served as President of the commercial casualty division and Chief Executive Officer of national liability and fire of the Berkshire Hathaway Group and CEO of Columbia Insurance Company. He started his career with American International Group where he served as Senior Vice President of American House Insurance Company and also became a member of the C.V.Starr partnership. Mr. Iordanou currently serves as a director of Verisk Analytics, The Bank of Cyprus and is the Chairman of the board of Vantage Risk Holdings.
During his 42 years in the Insurance business, he has held leadership positions with industry associations serving as the past Chairman of the American Insurance Association (AIA) and as Chairman of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR).
In recognition of his leadership, he received the 1999 Ellis Island Medal of Honor. In 2016, Fortune Magazine named Mr. Iordanou as one of the top 50 business person of the year (#46) and Institutional Investor named him the best insurance industry Mid Corp CEO in 2017. Additionally, he was named the Insurance Leader of the Year by St. John’s University School of Risk Management and received the lifetime achievement award from Reactions Magazine in 2017.
Mr.Iordanou is married to Marianne and they have three children and two grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Iordanou have dedicated their charitable activities to education, serving as trustees at the Holy Child Academy, Our Lady of Mercy Academy, Roosevelt University, the College of Insurance, and more recently Marco Island Academy, a public charter school.
As an ethnic Greek Cypriot, Mr. Iordanou was a founding member and one of seven lifetime trustees of the Pancyprian Association of America, established in 1975. He is also a founding member of FAITH, a charitable organization dedicated to the advancement of Greek Americans through education.
He holds an Aerospace Engineering degree from New York University.