Carletti Joins Cochran, Caronia as VP

Matthew Carletti has joined Chicago-based insurance industry investment banker Cochran, Caronia & Co. as a vice president.

Carletti will cover the property/casualty insurance sector for Cochran, Caronia’s research unit. The unit aims to provide unbiased information and analysis to the institutional investing community regarding the insurance industry and insurance-related companies. The firm provides active equity research coverage on more than 50 insurance-related companies, as well as sector-specific and industry trend research.

Before joining Cochran, Caronia & Co., Carletti covered the specialty finance sector for Piper Jaffray, an independent, publicly traded financial services firm. He also spent six years in the equity research group at Fox-Pitt, Kelton Inc., the equity research and investment banking division of Swiss Re.