Career profile
Todd Spight
Chief Information Security Officer, HDI Global Insurance Company (HGIC)
- Current role, per sources checked 28 September 2025
- September 2025
Todd Spight is the Chief Information Security Officer of HDI Global Insurance Company (HGIC), appointed in September 2025.
Career path
He joined HGIC, the U.S. carrier of international Corporate & Specialty insurer HDI Global, as its new CISO, the company announced.
Before joining HDI, Spight held executive-level roles at multiple firms, where he contributed to global expansion initiatives across the European Union and Asia-Pacific regions.
Across a career spanning more than two decades, he has led security strategies in regulated industries including insurance, government, education, and manufacturing.
Remit at HGIC
At HGIC, Spight leads the company's security initiatives, with a focus on data protection, compliance, and risk management across hybrid environments.
His mandate includes expanding cybersecurity consulting capability within governance, risk, and compliance, and developing vulnerability and threat monitoring programs intended to strengthen cyber readiness.
Kashif Syed, Chief Information and Transformation Officer of HGIC, said Spight's experience in managing complex security operations and building high-performing teams "aligns perfectly with our vision.”
Cybersecurity's role in insurance
HGIC said Spight's appointment reflects the growing importance of cybersecurity to the insurance sector, where protecting client data and maintaining regulatory compliance are central to operations. Insurers are facing increasing pressure from regulators, clients, and rating agencies to demonstrate resilience against threats such as ransomware and supply-chain attacks, while demand for cyber insurance coverage continues to grow.
Education
Spight holds a master's degree in information technology from Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering.
He is also an alumnus of the Kellogg School of Management and a graduate of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business's Chicago Management Institute program.
