As chief risk officer, Schneider is responsible for the CNO’s overall risk management strategy. Working closely with company leadership, he directs practices related to risk governance, business continuity management, model governance, as well as strategic and emerging risk management.
“Brian brings a wealth of insurance risk expertise to help us continue to operate against our strategic priorities,” DeToro said. “Maintaining and further developing our strong risk management capability is critical to CNO’s continued growth and the delivery of our commitments to our various stakeholders. Brian ‘s exceptional expertise across all risk disciplines will complement CNO’s strong risk management capability. “
Schneider joined the CNO in 2021 as Vice President, enterprise risk management. Prior to joining CNO, he was director of ERM at CNA Insurance, where he was responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring and reporting risk at the enterprise level. Schneider has held various risk management and insurance and consulting roles at Liberty Mutual, GCM Grosvenor and Navigant Consulting.
Schneider earned his Bachelor of Science in finance and Masters in Business Administration in finance and strategic management from the University of Illinois. He holds the associate designation in risk management (ARM-E)