Abs Group of Companies Inc.

Rick Clinton is a Senior Vice President of ABS Consulting and President of EQECAT, Inc., a division of ABS Consulting. Mr. Clinton has been with EQECAT since 1993 and has played a pivotal role in developing it into one of the leading catastrophe management modeling and consulting companies. Prior to becoming President, he was responsible for all of EQECAT's Product Management and Client Support activities, which included setting the strategic direction for all future software development. Mr. Clinton is a leading consultant to insurance companies and risk managers helping them assess their catastrophe exposure and improve their catastrophe management programs through the use of software and engineering services. Prior to his employment at EQECAT, he was with Fireman's Fund in their Corporate Underwriting department. In this role, his responsibilities included reviewing new underwriting initiatives or strategies for all lines of insurance, providing underwriting insight on Fireman's Fund financial performance, oversight on political issues affecting the insurance industry and the management of their catastrophe exposure. With respect to managing the catastrophe exposure, this involved estimating the catastrophe loss exposure for all lines of insurance, implementing software solutions and increasing the catastrophe management expertise within the entire organization. In addition, he was Fireman's Fund representative on several insurance industry committees' addressing property and casualty underwriting issues. Prior to Fireman's Fund, he worked in the home office of Crum & Forster Insurance and originally started his insurance career with Chubb. Mr. Clinton has 30 years of insurance and catastrophe modeling experience. In addition, he is a Certified Property and Casualty Underwriter, has a BA in Mathematics and was an instructor for the Insurance Educational Association.