BRANCHVILLE, N.J., Jan. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Selective Insurance
Company of America, a subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group, Inc.
(NASDAQ: SIGI), announces the following officer appointments.
Shadi
Albert, Executive Vice President, Insurance
Strategy and Business Development. Mr. Albert joined
Selective in 2013 as Assistant Vice President, Reinsurance and
Enterprise Risk Management, and was promoted to Vice President,
Commercial Lines Underwriting in 2014. He transitioned to
Director of Field Operations in 2016 then was promoted to Senior
Vice President, Regional Manager for Selective's Southwest Region
in 2017. Prior to Selective, Mr. Albert served as Assistant
Vice President, Rating Agency and Enterprise Risk Advisory at
Towers Watson. He holds a Master of Business Administration,
with a concentration in Finance, from St.
Joseph's University, and a bachelor's degree in Finance and
Risk Management from Temple University,
both in Pennsylvania. Mr. Albert
also holds designations as a Chartered Property and Casualty
Underwriter, an Associate in Reinsurance and an Associate in Risk
Management.
John Bresney, Executive
Vice President, Chief Information Officer. Mr. Bresney joined
Selective in 1994 as a management trainee and programmer. He held
various positions throughout Selective's IT organization, including
Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Development Services, Vice
President, Infrastructure and Operations, and Vice President of
Personal Lines Business Architecture before transitioning to his
most recent role as Senior Vice President, Application Delivery
Services in 2013. Mr. Bresney earned his bachelor's degree in
Computer Information Systems from Bloomsburg
University in Pennsylvania and holds an Associate Masters
Certificate in Project Management from George
Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Gordon
Gaudet, Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation
Officer. Mr. Gaudet joined Selective in 2013 as Executive Vice
President, Chief Information Officer. Prior to that, he spent nine
years as a Director and Co-lead of Deloitte Consulting's Insurance
Core System Transformation practice in Chicago and served on the systems integration
advisory boards for Program/Project Management and Delivery Methods
and Tools. Mr. Gaudet was also Partner and Chief Information
Officer at The Actuarials Exchange, LLC, with responsibility for
all company technology. He attended the University of Manitoba, Canada.
Brenda
Hall, Executive Vice President, Commercial Lines
Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Hall joined Selective in 2001 as a
Lead Underwriter, then held several leadership positions including
Vice President, Underwriting; Senior Vice President, Director of
Field Underwriting; and, since 2015, Senior Vice President, Chief
Strategic Operations Officer. She earned her bachelor's degree in
Business Administration from Mount Union
College in Ohio and a
Master's degree in International Business from Webster University in Leiden, The Netherlands. She also holds the Certified
Insurance Counselor and Certified Risk Manager designations.
Nathan Rugge, Senior Vice
President, Actuarial Reserving. Mr. Rugge joined Selective in
November 2009 as an Actuarial
Assistant and most recently served as Assistant Vice President,
Actuarial Pricing. He earned his bachelor's degree in
Actuarial Science and Finance from Rider
University in New Jersey
and holds designations as a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial
Society and member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
Eva Gonzalez, Vice
President, Product Development for Mesa Underwriters Specialty
Insurance Company (MUSIC®), Selective's Excess and
Surplus Lines operation. Ms. Gonzalez joined Selective in 2013 as
Assistant Vice President, General Liability and Umbrella Line of
Business Leader and most recently served as Vice President,
Commercial Lines Underwriting for Mercantile and Small Business.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Gonzalez served as a Commercial
Underwriting Officer for CNA. She earned a bachelor's degree in
English from Rutgers University in
New Jersey.
Amy Cusack, Assistant Vice
President, Innovation and Strategy. Ms. Cusack joined
Selective in 2006 as a Senior Auditor in the Internal Audit
department and most recently served as Director, Strategic
Operations. She earned her bachelor's degree in Business
Administration from the University of Notre
Dame in Indiana and her
Master of Business Administration from the Leonard N. Stern
School of Business at New York
University. Ms. Cusack is a Certified Internal Auditor and
Certified Fraud Examiner, and holds a Certification in Control
Self-Assessment® and a Certification in Risk and
Information Systems Control.
Robert England, Assistant
Vice President, Enterprise Development Services. Mr. England joined
Selective as Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Infrastructure
and Security Architecture in August 2014. Prior to Selective,
he was a Senior IT Manager at LSI, a Broadcom/Avago Technologies
company. Mr. England earned a bachelor's degree in Technical
Management from DeVry University in
Pennsylvania.
Linda Link, Assistant Vice
President, Underwriting Quality Assurance. Ms. Link joined
Selective in 1999 as an Underwriting Supervisor then spent 16 years
in Selective's Contractors Strategic Business Unit (SBU). Most
recently, she served as a Segment Manager in Selective's Small
Business SBU. Ms. Link earned her bachelor's degree from
Rutgers University in New Jersey and has a Master's certificate in
Project Management. Additionally, she holds designations as a
Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter and a Certified
Insurance Counselor.
George Melvin, Assistant
Vice President, Claims Operations and Automation. Mr. Melvin joined
Selective in 2010 as a Senior Learning Management Specialist and
most recently served as Director of Claims Automation. Prior to
joining Selective, he served as a Claims Training Manager at
American Modern Insurance Group. Mr. Melvin holds designations as
an Associate in Claims, an Associate in Insurance Service, a Senior
Claims Law Associate and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
Steven Neal, Assistant
Vice President, Line of Business Manager. Mr. Neal joined Selective
in October 2019. Prior to that, he
served as Director of Strategic Sales Capabilities for the Middle
and Large Commercial Business Segment at The Hartford. Mr. Neal earned a bachelor's degree
in Finance and Banking from Appalachian State
University in North
Carolina and holds the Chartered Property and Casualty
Underwriter and Associate of Risk Management designations.
Ernest Williams, Assistant
Vice President, Assistant Controller. Mr. Williams joined Selective
in September 2019. Prior to that, he
served as an Accounting Manager with National General Holdings
Corp. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Stony Brook
University in New York and a
Master's degree in Accounting from Fairleigh
Dickinson University in New
Jersey.
About Selective Insurance Group, Inc.
Selective
Insurance Group, Inc. is a holding company for 10 property and
casualty insurance companies rated "A" (Excellent) by A.M. Best.
Through independent agents, the insurance companies offer standard
and specialty insurance for commercial and personal risks and flood
insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program's Write Your
Own Program. Selective's unique position as both a leading
insurance group and an employer of choice is recognized in a wide
variety of awards and honors, including listing in the Fortune 1000
and being named one of "America's Best Mid-Size Employers" by
Forbes Magazine. For more information about Selective, visit
www.Selective.com.
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