Charlie Stenger co-founded GST after working as a retail insurance producer at private equity backed, SunStar. Charlie created GST Specialty to solve challenging insurance problems for hard-to-place insurance clients. Stenger leveraged his background in fintech to spot an opportunity within insurtech.
During college, Charlie started working in the insurance industry at Mercer in Employee Benefits. At 21, Charlie obtained a job on the trading floor in Chicago at the busiest option pit in the world. Following college, Stenger worked his way to the high frequency trading desk at ICAP. His desk brokered the highest volume clients globally including, Citadel, Jump Trading, and Virtu.
Charlie leveraged his background in financial services to transition back into the insurance industry. He studied professional liability like, cyber and D&O to create further differentiation. In 2022, Charlie took a hands-on course through Leading Edge Skills an international training organization and earned a Certificate of Completion in Cyber Security. This background provided Stenger with an understanding of the tools and network security to enhance underwriting communications.
Charlie enjoys learning about complex cyber insurance programs and looks to build a premier specialist business.
