Allmerica Appoints Mark Brissman Vice President and Chief Actuary of its Property and Casualty Companies
May 03 2004 - 12:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
Allmerica Appoints Mark Brissman Vice President and Chief Actuary
of its Property and Casualty Companies WORCESTER, Mass., May 3
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allmerica Financial Corporation today
announced that Mark D. Brissman, CPCU, FCAS, MAAA, has been
appointed Vice President and Chief Actuary of its lead companies,
Citizens Insurance Company of America and The Hanover Insurance
Company. In this capacity, he will play an important role in the
development of product and pricing strategies and will be
responsible for all reserving and reinsurance activities. Brissman
also will serve as a member of the company's Operating Committee.
"Mark's depth of experience in actuarial and strategic roles brings
a valuable perspective to our actuarial functions in particular and
to our organization as a whole," said Frederick H. Eppinger,
Allmerica's president and chief executive officer. "I know that
Mark will make an important contribution to our companies' progress
and I look forward to working with him." Brissman comes to
Allmerica from CNA where he served in a number of senior level
roles -- most recently as Vice President and Actuary in the
company's Commercial Lines division. He also served as Senior
Actuarial and Underwriting Officer in CNA's Personal Lines
division. Prior to joining CNA, Brissman was President of Landmark
Insurance Company, an excess and surplus lines insurance subsidiary
of AIG. From 1994 through 1998, he served as Vice President and
Chief Actuary of the Gainsco Companies in Texas and, before that,
held various positions at State Farm, where he worked for 16 years
at both the corporate level and the field and operations areas. A
graduate of Purdue University in mathematics and biology, Brissman
also received his master's degree in industrial administration from
Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue. He is a Chartered
Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Fellow of the Casualty
Actuarial Society (FCAS), and a Member of the American Academy of
Actuaries (MAAA). Worcester, Massachusetts-based Allmerica
Financial is group of insurance companies headed by Allmerica
Financial Corporation, a Fortune 500 company. Allmerica's lead
companies include Howell, Michigan-based Citizens Insurance Company
of America, founded in 1915, and Worcester-based The Hanover
Insurance Company, founded in 1852. Citizens and Hanover offer a
range of property and casualty insurance coverages to individuals,
families and business through a wide network of independent agents.
The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies are ranked among the
top 30 property and casualty insurers in the country. Note to
editors: For a photograph of Mark Brissman, please contact Todd
Peckham using the e-mail address or telephone number below.
CONTACT: Investors: Sujata Mutalik (508) 855-3457 Media: Todd M.
Peckham (508) 855-4460 DATASOURCE: Allmerica Financial Corporation
CONTACT: Investors: Sujata Mutalik, +1-508-855-3457, , or Media:
Todd M. Peckham, +1-508-855-4460, , both of Allmerica Financial
Corporation
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