ERIE, Pa., July 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Erie Indemnity
Company (NASDAQ: ERIE) has
appointed Gregory Gutting executive
vice president and chief financial officer. Gutting has served as
interim CFO since October 2015. In
addition, Julie Pelkowski, who has
been serving as interim controller since Gutting's appointment in
October, was officially named senior vice president and controller.
Both begin their permanent roles on Aug. 1,
2016.
Gutting joined ERIE in 1985 as
a corporate accountant. He was named an assistant vice president in
2001 and joined the Corporate Financial Planning Department in 2004
as a senior corporate financial planning analyst II. He became
senior vice president of the Controller Division in 2009. Gutting
earned his bachelor's degree in accounting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He became a
Certified Public Accountant in 2013 and a Chartered Property
Casualty Underwriter in 2015.
Pelkowski joined ERIE in 1998
as an internal auditor after starting her career at Deloitte &
Touche in Pittsburgh. She moved through financial accounting
roles with increasing responsibility, most recently as vice
president, Financial Reporting, until her appointment as interim
controller in 2015.
Pelkowski holds a B.A. in accounting from Clarion
University. She is a Certified Public Accountant and is a
member of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
According to A.M. Best Company, Erie Insurance Group, based in
Erie, Pennsylvania, is the 10th
largest homeowners insurer and 12th largest automobile insurer in
the United States based on direct
premiums written and the 15th largest property/casualty insurer in
the United States based on total
lines net premium written. The Group, rated A+ (Superior) by A.M.
Best Company, has more than 5 million policies in force and
operates in 12 states and the District of
Columbia. Erie Insurance Group is a FORTUNE 500 company, a
Barron's 500 company and has been recognized by Forbes as one of
America's 50 Most Trustworthy Financial Companies.
News releases and more information about Erie Insurance Group
are available at www.erieinsurance.com.
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