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Corvus Insurance Appoints Vincent Weafer as New CTO

Former Capital One cyber engineering executive joins Corvus to further advance technology offerings.

Welcome to the Flock: Vincent Weafer, Chief Technology Officer

BOSTON (October 6, 2021) -- Corvus Insurance, the leading provider of smart commercial insurance products powered by AI-driven risk data, recently welcomed Vincent Weafer as its new Chief Technology Officer, bringing over 25 years of engineering leadership experience to the organization.

Weafer previously served as Senior Vice President of Cyber Engineering at Capital One, where he led a multi-disciplined team of cyber, technology, and machine learning engineers focused on threat and risk mitigation. He also held engineering and research leadership roles at McAfee, Intel and Symantec, where Weafer focused on providing best-in-class protection solutions in malware, host and network intrusion, email, vulnerability, and web security. Weafer currently serves as Executive Advisor to automated endpoint threat investigation solution startup TriagingX.

What Made Vincent Weafer Want to Join Corvus Insurance?

“Corvus is making tremendous strides in its risk mitigation efforts across the board, so to be able to utilize the data gathered from its proprietary security scanning technology to eliminate the impact of adverse events for policyholders is critical,” said Weafer. “I am thrilled to be joining the team and to be able to leverage my background in enterprise solutions delivery, security, and data analytics to reinforce Corvus’s leadership position for assessing and combating cyber risk.”

“Corvus is thrilled to welcome Vincent onto our growing team. His background as a technical and cybersecurity leader will be instrumental to us as we continue to scale,” said Mike Lloyd, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Corvus Insurance. “Vincent’s experience will help our best-of-breed technology suite soar to new heights to delight our customers and further our mission to make the world a safer place.”

To learn more about Corvus, please visit http://www.corvusinsurance.com.

View the original press release on BusinessWire.

About Corvus Insurance

Corvus Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Travelers Companies, Inc., is building a safer world through insurance products that help to reduce cyber risk for policyholders. Corvus Insurance's Smart Cyber Insurance® and Smart Tech E+O® products include broad coverage, in-house claims handling, and risk prevention services that help prevent cyberattacks through threat alerts for policyholders and the partnership of our in-house cybersecurity experts. 

Corvus Insurance offers insurance products in the U.S., Middle East, Europe, Canada, and Australia. Corvus Insurance, Corvus London Markets, and Corvus Germany are the marketing names used to refer to Corvus Insurance Agency, LLC; Corvus Agency Limited; and Corvus Underwriting GmbH. All entities are subsidiaries of Corvus Insurance Holdings, Inc. For more information, visit corvusinsurance.com.

 

Contact:

Kerry Pillion

kpillion@corvusinsurance.com

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