Steven Kyriacou

Head of Litigation and Contingent Risk at Willis Towers Watson

Speaker

Stephen Kyriacou joined Willis Towers Watson as Head of Litigation and Contingent Risk Insurance in January 2025, having previously been a Managing Director and Senior Lawyer in Aon's Litigation Risk Group, where he evaluated litigation-related risks and structured bespoke litigation and contingent risk insurance policies for corporate, private equity, law firm, hedge fund, and litigation finance clients. Stephen joined Aon in 2019, and was the first insurance industry professional dedicated solely to the litigation and contingent risk insurance market, leading the Litigation Risk Group's origination and business development work, in-house legal diligence, efforts to advocate for coverage with underwriters, and negotiation and structuring of insurance policies. During his time at Aon, Stephen was a three-time Risk and Insurance Magazine “Power Broker” (2022, 2023, 2024); spearheaded the development of judgment preservation insurance and insurance-backed judgment monetization as well as the synergy of litigation and contingent risk insurance with litigation finance; and was responsible for placing billions of dollars in total coverage limits and delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in premium to insurers. Stephen additionally provided consulting and broking services on litigation-driven, insurance capital-based investment opportunities and sales of litigation claims, insurance claims, and subrogation rights as part of the Aon Special Opportunities Group. Prior to joining the insurance industry, Stephen was a complex commercial litigator in the New York City office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner from 2011 to 2019. Stephen earned his J.D. from the New York University School of Law and clerked for the Honorable Tanya S. Chutkan in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.