People Moves: Management Changes at Safety National Re; Westfield Specialty’s New Underwriting Execs; UFG Searches for New CFO

Safety National Re Revamps Management Team

Safety National Re, a division of Safety National Casualty Corp., made changes to its management team.

Bob King, formerly senior vice president and chief underwriting officer of Treaty Reinsurance, assumed the role of executive vice president of Treaty Reinsurance. In this position, King will be responsible for advising and collaborating with executive management on long-term strategic initiatives for Safety National Re while continuing to manage key broker and client relationships.

Kim Barnett, formerly vice president – head of Casualty Treaty Reinsurance, assumed the role of senior vice president and chief underwriting officer of Treaty Reinsurance. In this position, Barnett will be responsible for overall leadership and management of reinsurance underwriting as well as strategic direction of operations for Safety National Re.

Joy Edler returned to Safety National Re as vice president – head of Casualty Treaty Reinsurance. In this position, Edler will be responsible for leading Safety National Re’s casualty lines team.

Charles Puno, vice president – head of Professional Liability Treaty Reinsurance, will continue to lead Safety National Re’s professional liability lines team, and Melissa Atchley, operations manager – Treaty Reinsurance, will continue to lead the division’s operations team.

Safety National Re offers a variety of reinsurance solutions, including lead market terms for a full range of workers’ compensation excess of loss products, casualty clash and contingency programs, general casualty programs with significant workers’ compensation exposure and specialty casualty programs for niche portfolios. Safety National Re is a division of Safety National Casualty Corporation, which is backed by parent company Tokio Marine Holdings.

New Underwriting Execs at Westfield Specialty

Westfield Specialty in Westfield, Ohio, made additions to executive underwriting teams and the insurance products and services it offers to protect businesses.

The initial lines of business include E&S Excess Casualty, E&S Property, Commercial Management Liability, Financial Institutions and Westfield Pro, which includes Cyber and Professional Liability.

The company made the following appointments to its underwriting teams:

E&S Excess Casualty

• Joe Rainone, executive vice president
• Steven Parker, senior vice president
• Jim Nodar, vice president
• Steve Singer, vice president
• Chris Yates, vice president
• Bryant Rhyne, vice president

E&S Property

• Andy Hendrix, executive vice president
• Tom Krause, vice president

Westfield Specialty Pro

• Jeff Kulikowski, senior vice president, Westfield Pro
• Dennis O’Connell, vice president, professional lines
• Brian McCall, vice president
• Christine Dickenson, assistant vice president
• John Castoro, assistant vice president
• Alex Whipple, executive underwriter

Financial Lines

• Fred Cooper, executive vice president, head of financial lines
• Ray Ash, senior vice president, head of management liability
• Ryan Canning, senior vice president, management liability East regional leader

Jaffray Leaving UFG, Search on for New CFO

United Fire Group Inc. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is looking for a new chief financial officer after the resignation of Dawn M. Jaffray, executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Jaffray notified UFG that she accepted an opportunity to serve as chief financial officer for another company within the insurance industry. Her departure is effective Oct. 10.

UFG appointed Kevin W. Helbing and Randy L. Patten to serve as interim co-chief financial officers as the organization executes its search for a new CFO. Both previously served as controllers of UFG. They have many years of experience serving within the corporate finance department of UFG and possess complementary skill sets. Helbing joined UFG in 2008; Patten joined UFG in 2012. Their combined efforts to share oversight of UFG’s financial activities will facilitate an orderly transition.

Founded in 1946 as United Fire & Casualty Company, UFG, through its insurance company subsidiaries, is engaged in the business of writing property/casualty insurance.

Topics Excess Surplus Underwriting