Kemper Adds Staff in New York Financial Insurance Solutions Operation
Nicholas Bozzo has been named vice president for Kemper's Financial Insurance Solutions division in New York City. Nicholas will manage the New York underwriting region, which includes New York City and Long Island, and also establish a global center in New York City for non-traditional underwriting on behalf of Financial Insurance Solutions. Bozzo has assembled a team of industry veterans consisting of Tim Braun, David Kahn and Ed Talarico. The three join as assistant vice presidents and will be located at One World Trade Center, New York.
``Our focus is to provide the New York area with a dedicated team of insurance professionals who have full authority to make decisions on the spot and the capability to provide innovative solutions to our customers,'' said Gary Tully, chief executive officer of the Financial Insurance Solutions division.
``Nicholas' global perspective, enhanced by his years in the Bermuda market, coupled with the diverse background of his team give us what we need to succeed in New York, and will help us to achieve a leading worldwide presence in non-traditional underwriting.''
Most recently, Bozzo was vice president and worldwide D&O product manager for Chubb. Prior to that, he served as vice president of underwriting for Chubb Atlantic Indemnity Limited in Hamilton, Bermuda. Bozzo began his 13-year career with Chubb in 1987 as an underwriter in executive protection. He went on to hold a variety of management positions at Chubb in the executive protection division. Bozzo is a 1987 graduate of Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT.
In his role as assistant vice president, Tim Braun will underwrite all financial lines of coverage, including D&O, Financial Institutions' E&O, Employment Practices Liability, Fiduciary, Crime and Kidnap/Ransom coverage, with a specific concentration on financial institution customers.
Most recently, Braun was a national accounts manager for the Aon Corporation in New York City, where he specialized in financial insurance products. Braun began his career at The Chubb Corporation in 1988 as an underwriter in the Department of Financial Institutions.
David Kahn also joins Kemper as an assistant vice president and will underwrite both commercial and financial customers in the New York region, with a focus on growth and emerging industries, including technology, telecommunications and biotechnology. Kahn joins from Tamarack American, where he was responsible for underwriting commercial D&O insurance and other executive liability blended programs. Previously, he was a regional manager with Reliance National in commercial D&O, fiduciary and fidelity insurance.
Ed Talarico will be responsible for underwriting all lines of coverage for commercial and financial customers, while leveraging his significant experience in both wholesale and retail distribution. Talarico comes to Kemper following an 8-year career at Chubb, where he began as an underwriter in the executive protection division on Long Island in 1992. Most recently, he was department manager for Chubb's New York City executive protection division.