HDI Global USA Names Todd Spight as Chief Information Security Officer
HDI Global Insurance Company (HGIC), the U.S. carrier of international Corporate & Specialty insurer HDI Global (HDI), today announced that Todd Spight has joined the company as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). With extensive experience leading security strategies across highly regulated industries, including insurance, government, education, and manufacturing, Spight will lead HGICs security initiatives, driving efforts to strengthen security from data protection to compliance.
With extensive experience leading security strategies across highly regulated industries, Spight will lead HGICs security initiatives, driving efforts to strengthen security from data protection to compliance.Share
”We’re thrilled to welcome Todd to the HDI team,” said Kashif Syed, Chief Information & Transformation Officer of HGIC. ”As we continue to grow and innovate, Todd’s deep expertise in leading enterprise cybersecurity initiatives, aligning IT with business strategies, and managing risk across hybrid environments will be critical in reinforcing our trust and security posture. His proven ability to manage complex security operations and build high-performing teams aligns perfectly with our vision.”
In a career spanning over two decades, Spight’s leadership has driven measurable outcomes, including expansion in cybersecurity consulting capability within Governance, Risk, and Compliance, vulnerability and threat landscape scanning resulting in cybersecurity readiness. Prior to joining HDI, he held executive level roles at multiple firms where he contributed directly to global expansion initiatives across the EU and Asia-Pacific regions.
“I’m excited to join HDI and be part of large-scale global initiatives that will enable the company for future success,” said Spight. “With information security becoming ever more paramount, I look forward in working collaboratively with colleagues from across the globe, to build resilient solutions for the benefit our business partners.”
Spight holds a master’s in information technology from Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, an alumnus of Kellogg School of Management and a graduate of University of Chicago Booth School of Business’s Chicago Management Institute (CMI) program.
About HDI Global (HDI)
As a Corporate & Specialty lines insurer, HDI Global (HDI) meets the needs of SMEs, industrial companies, middle market and corporate clients with insurance solutions that are specifically tailored to their requirements. In addition to HDI’s prominent position in the German and broader European market, the company has access to its own worldwide HDI Global Network covering more than 175 countries through its own HDI foreign branch offices, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and network partners. Acting as the Partner in Transformation, HDI Global leads roughly 5,300 International Programs and offers its multinational client’s compliant coverage worldwide.
HDI Global is comprised of all risk carriers, that represent the Corporate & Specialty Division of the Talanx Group and has been a leading insurer for several decades. More than 5,000 employees in this division generated insurance revenue (gross) of approx. EUR 10.0 billion in the year 2024 (according to IFRS 17).
In the United States, HDI operates through its three (3) wholly owned subsidiaries, HDI Global Insurance Company, a commercial property and casualty insurer headquartered in Chicago, IL and licensed in all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, HDI Global Select Insurance Company, a commercial property and casualty insurer licensed in Washington D.C., and in all US states with the exception of Rhode Island, and HDI Specialty Insurance Company, an Illinois domestic surplus lines insurer who provides both primary and excess coverage to specialized industries and is also authorized to write business nationwide.
The rating agency Standard & Poor’s has given the Talanx Primary Group a financial strength rating of AA-/stable (very strong) and AM Best has assigned the rating of A+ (superior). Talanx AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the MDAX.
