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The Association of Professional Insurance Women Inc. (APIW) has selected Chubb Group Executive Vice President Janice Tomlinson as its “Insurance Woman of the Year.” Tomlinson, who has been employed by Chubb since 1973, serves as international field operations manager at the insurer. She is responsible for profit and loss on a $2.9 billion book of business in 28 countries and oversees more than 50 offices and 2,500 employees.

Prior to her current position, Tomlinson was the chairman and president of Chubb’s Canadian business operations from 1995 to 2003.

The award recognizes an “exceptional woman who has achieved prominence in her profession and has made significant contributions to the insurance industry.”

The Main Street America Group has named Jeff Price as assistant secretary, director, claims field. Price is based out of the property/casualty insurance carrier’s Richmond, Va., regional office and manages six Main Street America casualty units that are located in Richmond, Jacksonville, Fla., and Syracuse, N.Y. In his role as a field director, Price is responsible for corporate claims administration, regional quality standards, customer service processes and execution of our defined culture. He is also responsible for regulatory and corporate audit coordination, claims budget process, process improvement initiatives, change management within the claims organization and coordination of other non-technical activities that support claims.

Price joined Jacksonville, Fla.-headquartered Main Street America in 2001 as a regional casualty claims manager and was promoted to his current position in 2006. Prior to joining Main Street America, Price was a claims manager at One Beacon Insurance in Syracuse, N.Y. His industry experience also includes a claim representative role at Allstate Insurance Co. in Melville, N.Y.

Mike Kerner has been named chief executive officer of Zurich’s Global Corporate in North America business unit. In his new position, which is effective June 1, he will oversee all Global Corporate business in North America. The 43-year-old currently serves as global chief underwriting officer and head of group strategy in Zurich, where he led the establishment of sophisticated pricing and risk selection methodologies and helped drive the development and implementation of the group’s strategy.

Kerner has served in a number of senior roles with the Zurich Financial Services Group and with Zurich North America Commercial since 1992. He has experience in underwriting, actuarial, operations, finance and reinsurance.

Kerner replaces Mario Vitale, CEO of Global Corporate, who had been serving on an interim basis since January.

Nautilus Insurance Group named Thomas Miali as assistant vice president-property underwriting. Miali joins Nautilus from a reinsurance company where he served as vice president. His background includes managerial positions specializing in property underwriting for both primary and reinsurance companies. He has more than 30 years industry experience including excess and surplus lines, individual risk underwriting, programs, training and development and marketing.

Nautilus Insurance Group, comprised of Nautilus Insurance Co. and Great Divide Insurance Co., members of W. R. Berkley Corp., writes excess and surplus and specialty lines.

Insurance Services Office (ISO) executive Arthur R. Cadorine has received the American Society of Workers’ Comp Professionals’ (AMCOMP) Legends Award for his contributions to the workers’ compensation industry.

Cadorine has served with ISO and its predecessor organizations for more than 44 years. Currently, he leads ISO’s Information Acquisition, Development, and Service Department, with responsibility for ISO’s workers’ compensation information products, reinsurance services, contractual and license products and development, and statistical plans.

Cadorine is a member of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), where as chair of the data management and information committee, he made major contributions to the actuarial profession in the field of data management. In 2004, the CAS recognized his service with the Matthew Rodermund Service Award. He is a past member of the board of directors of the Insurance Accounting and Systems Association (IASA), which awarded him its president’s award in 2008. He is also a past president of the Insurance Data Management Association (IDMA), which in 2007, awarded him the Gary Knoble Service Award for lifetime significant contributions to the data management profession.

USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesale broker of commercial insurance headquartered in Tampa, Fla., has promoted Christine Kops to branch manager of the Tampa office. Kop previously served as USG Florida production manager, brokerage manager and senior underwriter.

Prior to her career at USG, she worked for seven years at Morstan General Agency as the Marketing office manager, preceded by six years as vice president of Risk Management for Tongue Brooks Insurance. Kops also held the titles of marketing manager for Suncoast Insurance and brokerage marketer for Roger Bouchard.

Greensboro, North Carolina-based workers’ compensation insurer Key Risk Insurance Co. has named Susan Preston regional director for the Mid-Atlantic Region. As regional director, Preston will oversee Key Risk’s Mid-Atlantic Region, including Virginia and states to the north. Preston will be responsible for overall profitability, planning, retention and growth of the territory.

Preston brings more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry to her new position, having served in various marketing and underwriting roles.

Topics Claims Workers' Compensation Underwriting Reinsurance