Ty Sagalow

Ty is recognized as one of the most influential insurance professionals of his generation, developing an unprecedented number of new products for the world’s largest insurance companies. He is considered the creator of Entity Coverage Directors & Officers Insurance, Cyber Insurance, Reputation Insurance, Y2K Insurance, Collectible Authenticity Insurance, and Intellectual Property Collateral Insurance.

Prior to co-founding Assurely, Ty was a founding member of Lemonade and served as its founding Chief Insurance Officer. Lemonade went public in 2020 in the largest IPO of 2020 (as of April 2020).

Most of Ty’s career was spent at AIG where for 25 years he served in various executive positions including Chief Underwriting Officer and General Counsel for AIG Executive Liability, COO for AIG eBusiness Risk Solutions, President of Product Development for AIG General Insurance. Following AIG, Ty was Chief Innovation Officer for Zurich.

Over the course of his career, Ty has defined innovation and new product development for a generation of insurance professionals.

With his unique background combining management and professional liability legal, underwriting, and policy drafting, Mr. Sagalow is one of the industry’s most sought-after experts in D&O/E&O coverage disputes and has presented before Congress, the White House, and the Department of Homeland Security. He is the author of three books, including The Making of Lemonade.

Mr. Sagalow graduated summa cum laude from Long Island University. He received his JD, cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center and an LLM from New York University School of Law. In addition To being a licensed attorney in the state of New York, he hold licenses as an insurance broker in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.