Safety National Casualty Corporation has announced several organisational changes to executive and upper management set to take effect from April 1, 2018.
Gene Maier, Executive Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer, will retire after a successful 33-year career with Safety National, set to be succeeded by Gus Aivaliotis, current Senior Vice President of Large Casualty.
In this position, Aivaliotis will provide executive management oversight to the insurance underwriting and product development departments in addition to the company’s excess and surplus division.
Mark Wilhelm, Chief Executive Officer of Safety National, said; “I would like to thank Gene Maier for his unsurpassed dedication to the company and pivotal influence on our strong underwriting culture.
“This management restructure is a clear result of Safety National’s dedicated commitment to meet the evolving needs of our customers and positions us nicely for long-term growth.
“We plan to leverage the tremendous expertise that exists within our company to expand our coverage and enhance our service offerings without losing the relationship-based approach to business and top-tier customer service that distinguishes us in the market.”
Further executive changes include: Tom Grove, Senior Vice President Business Development, who will join the executive management team as Executive Vice President and Chief Business Development Officer; Ray Harkins, Senior Vice President Treaty Reinsurance, will become Executive Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer of Reinsurance and Seth Smith, Senior Vice President Workers’ Compensation Underwriting is set to become Executive Vice President of Underwriting, assuming leadership over all other insurance underwriting units within the organization.
In addition, Nick Kriegel, Vice President Deputy General Counsel, will take up a role as Senior Vice President General Counsel, providing leadership over the legal, corporate compliance and human resources departments.
