Barry Zyskind is an American businessman in the insurance industry, and head of AmTrust Financial Services Inc.[3] In the September 2016 edition of Best's Review, an A.M. Best publication, AmTrust was ranked the 11th largest commercial insurer in the US, up from 128th position in 2005.
[4] In the interview, CEO Zyskind attributed AmTrust's growth to its 'focus on small commercial customers, its proprietary technology platform, and its extensive database of loss history to help appropriately price and structure policies.
[6] After university, he worked as an investment banker at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC.
[3] He also holds key executive positions at the firm's many wholly owned subsidiaries such as AMT Warranty Corporation.
[11] He holds the same position at Maiden Holdings Ltd[7] and sits on the board of American Stock Transfer & Trust Co.[7] Zyskind sits on the management board of First Non-Profit Foundation[12] – a private grant-making organization in Pennsylvania that seeks to strengthen the nonprofit sector in America.