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About Us
Our Management
William R. Berkley
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Years of Service: 43
W. Robert Berkley, Jr.
President and Chief Operating Officer
Years of Service: 12
Eugene G. Ballard
Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Years of Service: 12
Peter L. Kamford
Senior Vice President
Admitted Specialty Lines
Years of Service: 4
Robert P. Cole
Senior Vice President – Regional Operations
Years of Service: 13
Carol J. LaPunzina
Senior Vice President
Human Resources
Years of Service: 121
Kevin H. Ebers
Senior Vice President –
Information Technology
Years of Service: 30
Ira S. Lederman
Senior Vice President
General Counsel and Secretary
Years of Service: 27
Robert W. Gosselink
Senior Vice President
Insurance Risk Management
Years of Service: 6
C. Fred Madsen
Senior Vice President –
Reinsurance Operations
Years of Service: 4
Paul J. Hancock
Senior Vice President
Chief Corporate Actuary
Years of Service: 18
James W. McCleary
Senior Vice President
Underwriting
Years of Service: 25
Robert C. Hewitt
Senior Vice President –
Excess and Surplus Lines
Years of Service: 8
James G. Shiel
Senior Vice President
Investments
Years of Service: 23
Gillian James
Senior Vice President –
Enterprise Risk Management
Years of Service: 1
Robert D. Stone
Senior Vice President –
Alternative Markets Operations
Years of Service: 8
Steven W. Taylor
Senior Vice President
International Operations
Years of Service: 1
Directors
William R. Berkley
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Philip J. Ablove
Retired Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Pioneer Companies, Inc.
W. Robert Berkley, Jr.
President
and Chief Operating Officer
Ronald E. Blaylock
Managing Partner
GenNX360 Capital Partners
Mark E. Brockbank
Retired Chief Executive
XL Brockbank LTD
George G. Daly
Dean, McDonough School of Business
Georgetown University
Mary C. Farrell
Financial Services Industry Consultant
Retired Managing Director,
Chief Investment Strategist
UBS Wealth Management USA
Rodney A. Hawes, Jr.
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Life Re Corporation
Jack H. Nusbaum
Chairman, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
(attorneys at law)
Mark L. Shapiro
Private Investor
Officers
William R. Berkley
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Years of Service: 43
W. Robert Berkley, Jr.
President and
Chief Operating Officer
Years of Service: 12
Eugene G. Ballard
Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer
Years of Service: 12
Robert P. Cole
Senior Vice President – Regional Operations
Years of Service: 13
Kevin H. Ebers
Senior Vice President – Information Technology
Years of Service: 30
Robert W. Gosselink
Senior Vice President –
Insurance Risk Management
Years of Service: 6
Jeffrey M. Hafter
Senior Vice President
Years of Service: 1
Paul J. Hancock
Senior Vice President –
Chief Corporate Actuary
Years of Service: 18
Robert C. Hewitt
Senior Vice President –
Excess and Surplus Lines
Years of Service: 8
Gillian James
Senior Vice President –
Enterprise Risk Management
Years of Service: 1
Peter L. Kamford
Senior Vice President –
Admitted Specialty Lines
Years of Service: 4
Carol J. LaPunzina
Senior Vice President –
Human Resources
Years of Service: 12
Ira S. Lederman
Senior Vice President –
General Counsel and Secretary
Years of Service: 27
C. Fred Madsen
Senior Vice President –
Reinsurance Operations
Years of Service: 4
James W. McCleary
Senior Vice President – Underwriting
Years of Service: 25
Lucille T. Sgaglione
Senior Vice President
Years of Service: 1
James G. Shiel
Senior Vice President – Investments
Years of Service: 23
Robert D. Stone
Senior Vice President –
Alternative Markets Operations
Years of Service: 8
Steven W. Taylor
Senior Vice President –
International Operations
Years of Service: 1
Richard K. Altorelli
Vice President – Investment Controller
Years of Service: 1
Richard M. Baio
Vice President – Treasurer
Years of Service: 1
Harry J. Berkley
Vice President – Information Technology
Years of Service: 21
Michele Fleckenstein
Vice President – Internal Audit
Years of Service: 1
David Gronski
Vice President
Years of Service: 1
Karen A. Horvath
Vice President –
External Financial Communications
Years of Service: 4
Joan E. Kapfer
Vice President
Years of Service: 8
Edward F. Linekin
Vice President – Investments
Years of Service: 15
Jane B. Parker
Vice President – Litigation Counsel
Years of Service: 5
Clement P. Patafio
Vice President – Corporate Controller
Years of Service: 16
Joseph M. Pennachio
Vice President – Human Resources
Years of Service: 23
Josephine A. Raimondi
Vice President –
Senior Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Years of Service: 17
Scott A. Siegel
Vice President – Taxes
Years of Service: 18
Jessica L. Somerfeld
Vice President – Corporate Actuary
Years of Service: 4
Philip S. Welt
Vice President – Senior Counsel
Years of Service: 4
Thomas P. Boyle
Assistant Vice President – Corporate Actuarial
Years of Service: 10
Arthur Gurevitch
Assistant Vice President – Analytics
Years of Service: 5
Raymond J. O'Brien
Assistant Vice President –
Director of Internal Audit
Years of Service: 14
Bryan V. Spero
Assistant Vice President –
Corporate Actuary
Years of Service: 2
Bruce I. Weiser
Assistant Vice President – Counsel
Years of Service: 9
Dawn M. Callahan
Director of Investment Accounting
Years of Service: 21
Richard A. Jordan, Jr.
Tax Counsel
Years of Service: 1
Jean P. Milot
Assistant Corporate Controller
Years of Service: 7
John S. Navratil
Assistant Tax Director
Years of Service: 4
George K. Richardson
Assistant Treasurer
Years of Service: 8
Janet L. Shemanske
Assistant Secretary
Years of Service: 18
John E. Warycha
Assistant Corporate Controller
– Financial Reporting
Years of Service: 14