Boost announces new captive executive

New York-based digital insurance platform Boost has appointed Joshua Pyle to the post of vice president, head of risk & captive management.

Pyle was previously senior director & head actuary at DoorDash from June 2021 to March 2023 in the San Francisco Bay Area, where amongst his duties was being the director of the company’s parent-owned captive insurance company.

Before that he was senior director, product & analytics at CyberCube from January 2018 to May 2021, where he was involved in cyber catastrophe modelling & underwriting analytics, was product director and owner and product & analytics leadership.

He was senior principal actuary at Symantec’s Cyber Insurance Group from January 2016 to December 2017, again in the San Francisco Bay Area.