Matthew Burns

Matt Burns currently serves as leader of the our Retail Casualty & Middle Market segments for Sompo in North America. Matt has over 20 years of insurance and executive management experience and is responsible for strategy, talent management, profit, and growth for a portfolio of Primary Casualty, Excess Casualty, and Multiline Middle Market products. Prior to joining Sompo, he held various underwriting leadership and management positions on the carrier side.

Since joining the firm in 2017, Matt has built, from the ground up, the Sompo Middle Market operation and assumed the additional responsibilities for Retail Casualty in July 2025. His team focuses on serving global and mid-sized clients.

Matt is a graduate of Gettysburg College and reports to Chris Sparro in Sompo’s New York City office.