James Shea

Mr. James A. Shea is a Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Chief Executive Officer-Sompo Property & Casualty at Sompo Holdings, Inc., a Director General at AIG Europe Ltd. (France) and a President-Financial Lines at AIG Property Casualty International LLC.
He is on the Board of Directors at Sompo International Holdings Ltd. With extensive experience in senior level positions in Canada, the US, UK, France, Japan and Singapore, Mr Shea was previously CEO of Zurich Insurance Group’s Global Commercial Insurance Business and a member of its Executive Committee from 2016 until 2021.
Prior to that, he served as the President of Global Financial Lines for AIG in New York and CEO of Commercial Insurance for AIG in Asia Pacific.
Earlier in his career, Mr Shea held several senior underwriting and general management roles.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from McGill University.