Amwins, a leading distributor of specialty insurance products and services, announced today that David Lavins will succeed Darin Stafford as the company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2025.
David Lavins, currently President of Amwins Access, has been a key member of the division’s leadership team since January 2016. Under his leadership, the division experienced significant growth, expanding from $50 million to $360 million in revenue by 2024. Before stepping into his current role, Lavins served as the division’s Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Amwins, he spent 11 years at Ridgemont Equity Partners, a Charlotte based private equity firm managing over $4 billion in assets.
"For the past nine years, Dave has been instrumental in transforming Amwins Access into the industry’s leading MGA platform for small business and personal lines, now placing $3.0 billion in premium," said Scott Purviance, Chief Executive Officer of Amwins. "With his deep understanding of our culture, financial strategy, and long-term vision, Dave is the ideal leader to help drive Amwins forward in our 150-year vision."
Darin Stafford, who has served as Chief Financial Officer of Amwins since October 2016, will retire effective July 1, and will transition to the role of strategic advisor as part of the Firm’s ongoing succession planning.
“Darin has been a significant part of our leadership team over the past nine years and instrumental in our growth from $850 million in revenue when he arrived to over $3 billion in revenue today. Additionally, Darin has led the successful completion of 26 acquisitions and 7 dividend recapitalizations during that period,” said Purviance. “He will remain in an advisory role through the end of 2025 to ensure a seamless transition.”
In addition to Lavins’ transition to CFO, Nate Mathis will assume the role of President of Amwins Access. Mathis, who joined in 2011, was an important contributor to Amwins mergers and acquisitions strategy before taking an assignment in Amwins’ London headquarters. There he has served in multiple leadership roles for the past six years, including the last three as CEO of Amwins Global Risks.
"We are glad to have Nate back in Charlotte and at the helm of Amwins Access," said Purviance. "The experience gained in London leading our independent Lloyd’s broker makes him a natural choice to lead the continued growth of our national binding platform for E&S small commercial, personal lines and admitted placement services.”
About Amwins
Amwins is the largest independent wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products in the U.S., dedicated to serving retail insurance agents by providing property and casualty products, specialty group benefits, and administrative services. Based in Charlotte, N.C., the company operates through more than 155 offices globally and handles premium placements in excess of $39 billion annually.
