Oakley Capital launches European insurance services platform, appoints industry leader Enrico Vanin as CEO

Oakley Capital, a leading pan-European, private equity investor is pleased to announce the launch of Tiger HoldCo, a newly created insurance services platform backed by Oakley Fund V. Insurance veteran Enrico Vanin has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and will co-invest in the platform alongside Oakley.

Most recently, Enrico served as Chief Innovation Officer International (EMEA, Latam, APAC) and Head of Southern Europe and South Africa at AON. His previous roles at the firm include CEO of AON Italy, COO, and Executive Chairman. Earlier in his career, Enrico held leadership roles at KPMG, overseeing audit and risk functions across EMEA and Asia Pacific.

Tiger HoldCo will pursue an ambitious, Southern European strategy to consolidate high-performance, high-growth players in the commercial specialty insurance services market which is estimated to be worth over €40 billion. This is a highly fragmented market, served by over 800,000 intermediaries across Europe, presenting significant opportunities for consolidation. Under Enrico’s leadership, the platform will focus on specialty lines of business, including Healthcare, Diversified Specialty Commercial, Reinsurance and Marine.

Operating across Managed General Agent (‘MGA’), Agent, and Broker channels, Tiger HoldCo will leverage deep industry expertise and cutting-edge digital capabilities to unlock differentiated growth. Oakley has assembled a network of best-in-class industry advisors and operators to support the platform’s build-out. Tiger HoldCo will benefit from deep sector knowledge, an attractive pipeline of acquisition targets, as well as Oakley’s proven value creation toolkit.

Oakley invested alongside insurance veteran, Joachim Müller, former CEO of Allianz Commercial, who will oversee a DACH-centric buy-and-build strategy as Chairman.