Hannover Re US Appoints Dr. Elena Strunk as Vice President, Medical Director

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America (“Hannover Re US”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Elena Strunk as Vice President, Medical Director, effective today.

In this role, Dr. Strunk will advance Hannover Re’s underwriting innovation and digital transformation initiatives, lead efforts to modernize medical assessment practices to better reflect evolving medical knowledge, and strengthen the company’s medical oversight and governance capabilities.

“Dr. Strunk brings a broad base of experience across both clinical practice and the insurance industry, with background supporting individual and group life underwriting and claims management. Her leadership will be instrumental in advancing more informed, data‑driven underwriting decisions,” said Susan Mayer, Vice President and Chief Underwriter of Hannover Re US.

Previously, Dr. Strunk spent over a decade in academic Emergency Medicine, caring for patients while also training residents and medical students. Her industry experience includes work with two leading insurance carriers where she played a key role in training and developing underwriting and claims staff, as well as contributing to the development and optimization of underwriting guidelines and initiatives to enhance underwriting efficiency.

Dr. Strunk received her Doctor of Medicine from Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. She completed her undergraduate studies at Creighton University, where she earned both a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. She is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.

About Hannover Re

Hannover Re is one of the world’s leading reinsurers. It transacts all lines of property & casualty and life & health reinsurance and is present worldwide with around 4,000 employees. German property and casualty business of the Hannover Re Group is written by the subsidiary E+S Rück. Established in 1966, Hannover Re is recognized as a reliable partner for innovative risk solutions, exceptional customer intimacy and financial soundness. The rating agencies most relevant to the insurance industry have awarded both Hannover Re and E+S Rück outstanding financial strength ratings: Standard & Poor's AA- "Very Strong" and A.M. Best A+ "Superior".