Southport Lane appointed McNichols as chief actuarial officer of reinsurance group. In his new role, McNichols will be responsible for supporting reinsurance underwriting and directing risk analytics, as well as managing firm's enterprise-wide risk management processes. Prior to Southport Re, he served as a consulting actuary for Aon, managing dynamic risk modeling projects for insurance companies and corporations.

Previously, McNichols served many executive positions at XL Capital, including chief actuary and COO of the financial guaranty division.