Casey Schlegel

Casey Schlegel

Casey Schlegel is a Trade Credit Specialist providing transactional advisory and leadership within the Nacora Trade Credit team.  In this role he solves complex insurance problems for mid-market and multinational companies; helping build general and financial insurance programs that work and are cost effective.  Casey leads our Family Office and Venture Capital & Private Equity practice, working with sophisticated global investors to insure operations and businesses globally.

He was previously North American Director of Trade Credit at Nacora International Insurance Brokers, with responsibility for all Trade Credit and related Financial Insurance Products in North America.

Aside from this Trade Credit specialty, Casey also focuses on commercial insurance packages for clients with complex needs; from Military, Automotive & Advanced Manufacturing, Chemicals & Specialty ‘one off’ risks on a global basis. He has also proudly led the development of Canada’s Sport-Climbing insurance program, insuring the indoor climbing gyms across the country.

Prior to joining Nacora, Casey was deployed to a special project at Export Development Canada (EDC), where he led both the development and delivery to the market of a significant new online Trade Credit product. He was also a past Automotive Underwriter for EDC, managing multinational relationships, complex risk structures, and was heavily involved in the Canadian Government’s Automotive sector Supplier Support Program, also known as “The Bail Out” of General Motors & Chrysler.

In his career at EDC, Casey was also responsible for EDC’s business development efforts in Southern Ontario, primarily supporting manufacturing companies in securing financing and insurance.

Casey is also a Professor, teaching International Finance to Post-Graduate students in Ottawa and has had the opportunity to provide management consulting to multi-nationals and established Not-For-Profits. In 2012, he proudly supported re-branding efforts for Paralympic Canada, in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics.

As a graduate of the Telfer School of Management Executive MBA program, Casey also held the designation of Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) and brings with him a wealth of expertise and skills in structuring and managing international financial risks for mid-market and global companies.

Primarily based in Ottawa, Casey is one of the Nacora experts in Trade Credit and complex risks, and often is called upon to help create solutions for Nacora clients globally.