Decision Makers
Board of Directors
Mr. Kallop is the President and Chief Executive Officer. He became the Executive Vice President of the Company in May 2002 and in February 2004 he was appointed to the additional position of Chief Operating Officer. He was appointed to his current position October 2005. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Kallop was a principal of Mariner Investment Group, Inc., a professional asset management company. Previously, Mr. Kallop was a managing director of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., a global investment banking, securities and brokerage firm.
Mr. Lowenthal has been Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer since March 2008. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer since March 2007. Mr. Lowenthal was a Managing Principal and the Chief Information Officer of Integro Insurance Brokers from June 2005 until April 2007. Before joining Integro, Mr. Lowenthal was with Hartford Financial Products, a unit of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., where he was Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Hartford Financial Products from 2000 to 2005.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
CIO & Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Integro Ltd. |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Executive Vice President and Cfo |
Current |
Mark W. Blackman, who was a Director of the Company from 1979 until May 2004, has been Chief Underwriting Officer since June 2002, and he was appointed to the additional position of Executive Vice President in September 2005. He was employed by the Company from 1977 until September 1998 and was the President from 1988 until September 1998. From October 1998 until May 2002 Mr. Blackman was a private investor.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Nymagic, Inc. Names Lowenthal Senior Vice President and CIO |
Current |
Mr. Iacopelli has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 2008. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2002. Mr. Iacopelli was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 1989 and was elected Treasurer in 2000.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
Mr. Sutcliffe is Executive Vice President and Chief Claims Officer. He began his career at the Company in 1990 as a casualty loss adjuster. After earning his J.D. in 2000, he became a partner at McMahon, Martine & Gallagher, LLP, where he specialized in insurance defense litigation. He rejoined the Company in September 2006 as Senior Vice President and was appointed to his current position in March 2008.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Claims |
Current |
Mr. Berg was awarded options under the NYMAGIC, INC. 2002 Non-qualified Stock Option Plan, but exercised all of his options prior to December 31, 2006. Mr. Berg retired from the Company on January 31, 2007.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Senior Vice President Claims |
Current |
Mr. Hart has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since March 2008. Previously, he was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since 2002. Mr. Hart also held the position of Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of Encompys, Inc., a software services provider, from August 2001 through July 2002.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Current |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Vice President and Controller |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Farmington Capital Management, LLC. |
Partner |
Current |
| CCP Equity Partners |
Partner |
Current |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Partner of Ccp Equity Partners, Llc |
Current |
| Global View, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| The Leasing Group |
Board Member |
Current |
| FNX Limited |
Board Member |
Current |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Progressive Corporation |
Chief Investment Officer |
Former |
| Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co. |
Head |
Former |
| Neovest, Inc. |
Board Member |
Former |
| Rutgers University |
BA Degree |
Former |
Bob has been specializing in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, estate taxation, and real estate for over thirty years. Bob received a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University in 1968. From 1968 to 1971 he served on active duty as a member of the Naval Administrative Unit at the White House in Washington D.C. Bob received his Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1974, a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University School of Law in 1979; and a Master of Laws in Estate Planning from the University of Miami School of Law in 1981. Bob is admitted to the practice of law in Florida and Connecticut. Prior to forming the law firm of Simses & Associates, Bob served as a Senior Tax Law Specialist with the Office of Chief Counsel in the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C. He served in that capacity from 1975 to 1980. In 1981 Bob joined the Connecticut-based law firm of Cummings & Lockwood. In 1995 he became the partner-in-charge of its Palm Beach office. In 2001 he left the firm to start his own law practice. Bob is a Director of NYMAGIC, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange insurance company. He is also a member of the Board of Director's Executive Committee, Finance Committee, and Underwriting Committee. Bob is President, Chief Operating Officer, and a Director of The William H. Pitt Foundation. The Foundation is a private charitable organization established to provide educational scholarships to students and grants to schools and other organizations that help promote education. Bob is also a Director of The Palm Beach Day Academy, a co-educational elementary/middle school located in Palm Beach, Florida. In addition, he is a Trustee of the Louise B. Blackman Tollefson Family Foundation and a Trustee of the Elayne & Donald Flamm Foundation. Bob is a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, East Coast Estate Planning Council, and the Florida Bar Association. Bob and his wife and law partner, Mary, live in Palm Beach with their daughter, Morgan.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Simses & Associates |
Partner |
Former |
| Simses |
Managing Partner |
Current |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| The East Coast Estate Planning Council Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Palm Beach Day Academy |
Director |
Current |
| Palm Beach County Bar Association |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Palm Beach County Bar Association |
Member |
Current |
| The East Coast Estate Planning Council Inc |
Member |
Current |
| Cummings & Lockwood |
Partner |
Former |
| University of Miami School of Law |
Master of Laws In Estate Planning |
Former |
| Boston University |
Bachelor of Arts |
Former |
David E. Hoffman is a private investor. Previously, he served in a variety of positions with Accenture, the public
consulting firm, from 1979 until his retirement in 2002. At the time of his retirement Mr. Hoffman was the Global
Managing Partner of Accenture’s banking, investment management and insurance industry practice.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
Dennis H. Ferro was, until his retirement in 2008, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Evergreen Investment Management Company having been appointed to that position in 2003, and having been employed there since 1999. From 1994 to 1999 Mr. Ferro held a number of senior positions at Zurich Investment Management, LTD., including Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director of Scudder Investments, U.K. LTD.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
Mr. Vecchio has more than 19 years experience in private equity investing and investment banking in the insurance and health care service industries. Prior to joining Century Capital Management, Mr. Vecchio was a Partner at Conning Capital Partners. In his capacity as an investor, he served on numerous boards as a director or observer including Arlberg Holdings Company, Inc., Cogent Health Care, Inc., Familymeds, Inc., Home Financial Network, NYMAGIC, Inc., Paradigm Health Care, Paula Financial, Ward North America, Inc. Mr. Vecchio holds a AB from Middlebury College and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Point Judith Capital |
Managing Director, Century Capital Management |
Current |
| Century Capital Management LLC |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Cogent Health Care, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Point Judith Capital |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Point Judith Capital Partners |
Advisory Member |
Current |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Ward North America, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Familymeds, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Century Capital Management LLC |
Principal |
Former |
| Conning & Company |
|
Former |
| PAULA Financial |
Director |
Former |
| Home Financial Network, Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
Mba |
Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania |
MBA |
Former |
| Middlebury College |
Ab |
Former |
Glenn Angiolillo has served as president of GJA Corp., a consulting and advisory firm specializing in wealth management, since 1998. Previously, Mr. Angiolillo was a partner and member of the Management Committee in the law firm of Cummings & Lockwood where he concentrated in the areas of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and banking and finance. Mr. Angiolillo serves on the board of directors of LICT Corp., formerly known as Lynch Interactive Corp. He also served on the board of directors of Farrel Corporation for all of 2006, but as of February 23, 2007 he no longer serves on that board of directors.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Lict Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Farrel Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
John R. Anderson served as the president and owner of Cedarhill Consultants, Inc., an insurance consulting firm,
as well as a sales consultant for the S&W Agency, Inc., an insurance agency, from January 1999 until his retirement in
December 2001. From 1991 through December 1998, Mr. Anderson was a 50% owner of the Compain-Anderson Group,
Inc., a general agency of Guardian Life Insurance Company.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
President and Owner of Cedarhill Consultants, Inc. |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
Ronald J. Artinian is a private investor. Previously, from 1989 until his retirement in 1998, he was an executive
vice president and senior managing director with Smith Barney. Mr. Artinian serves on the boards of directors of First
Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey and The Reserve Fund.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
William D. Shaw, Jr., became the Vice Chairman of the Company in May 2002. Since January 1, 2004 he has
been employed by Mariner and is a member of its management and investment committees. He has been the managing
member of Mariner LLC, an investment management company not directly affiliated with Mariner since 1999. From
1998 to 1999, Mr. Shaw served as chairman of the board of directors of Aubrey G. Lanston & Co. Inc., a securities
broker-dealer, and also served as its president and chief executive officer from 1993 to 1998.
William J. Michaelcheck founded Mariner Investment Group, Inc., an affiliate of Mariner, in 1992 and continues
to serve as its chairman. Previously, he was an executive vice president of Bear Stearns Companies Inc., the parent
company of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., and a Senior Managing Director of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nymagic, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Mariner LLC |
Managing Member |
Current |