Iris Urban was appointed Chief Underwriting Officer Property & Casualty and member of the Board of Management of NewRe in March 2025.  

She originally joined Munich Re in 2000 as a Graduate Trainee in Property Treaty Underwriting for global and US clients which led to a longstanding career with the Group. During the past 25 years, she has been responsible in various roles for clients and markets in the Units States, Europe, Middle East, Japan, Southeast Asia and South Africa. From 2012 until 2014, she was the Regional Manager of Munich Re Japan based in Tokyo.

In 2015, she took on responsibility for the Property business in Germany and was promoted to Chief Underwriting Officer of Property and Casualty Treaty Reinsurance for the German market in 2020.

Iris Uran holds a degree in Business Studies from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich.