Lauren McDermott

Biography

Lauren McDermott is a Director within Insurance Solutions at Loomis, Sayles & Company, where she is responsible for business development and relationship management with insurance companies in the United States, the Bermuda offshore markets and EMEA region. She joined Loomis Sayles in 2022 and has 18 years of investment industry experience. Prior to Loomis Sayles, Lauren held a number of positions that drove third party insurance asset growth. Most recently, Lauren was director of insurance client solutions at Aviva Investors, where she developed new business within the insurance and hospital/healthcare markets. Previously, Lauren was at Brown Brothers Harriman, as the head of Business Development and led their strategic efforts, with an emphasis on growth within the insurance market. Prior to that, she was a director within Global Business Development at Barings. In that position, she served as a key member of the insurance team responsible for building and expanding a broader set of capabilities to serve their growing client base across life, property & casualty, health and re-insurers. Lauren began her career on the sell-side in fixed income sales for Bear Stearns. She earned a BS from Georgetown University.