Executive Insights: Nationwide's Mark Berven on today's opportunities

Mark Berven is president and chief operating officer of Nationwide Property & Casualty. (Courtesy photo)

Like so many in the industry, Mark Berven did not think he’d have a career in insurance, but life had other plans for him.

It was in 1994 when Berven got his start in the insurance industry as a claims associate in Nationwide’s (then Allied Insurance) Denver office. Now, nearly three decades later, he serves as president and chief operating officer of Nationwide Property & Casualty, which includes agency-based and direct-to-consumer distribution, excess & surplus/specialty insurance, agribusiness insurance, claims, strategic partnerships, member solutions, and the commercial and personal lines organizations.