Silvana Surlas is Head of Health in RGA International Reinsurance Company dac Branch Office for Italy (RGA Italy). She launched the RGA Health business in Italy in 2011 and currently leads a successful and well recognized dedicated team.
Prior to joining RGA Italy she headed the health business unit of Munich Re Italy, being responsible for strategic management and planning, supervision of pricing and underwriting and performance monitoring.
Before she led product development for MR Salute, Munich Re’s former Italy-based health underwriting unit.
In Europäische Reiseversicherung (travel insurance) she supervised ERV’s subsidiaries and branches in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic.
Silvana has a business administration degree from Fachhochschule für Ökonomie und Management in Munich and a Master of Arts in philology from Lucian Blaga University, in Sibiu. She is a frequent speaker at health industry events and road cycling addicted.