Insurance Information Institute President Gordon Stewart will retire and Robert P. Hartwig, senior vice president and chief economist, will take his post on Jan. 1, the organization announced today.
The New York-based association said Mr. Hartwig was promoted today to executive vice president. Mr. Stewart will retire effective Dec. 31 after 15 years with the organization.
"The I.I.I. is well positioned as a credible and effective organization, delivering high-impact, value-added information that benefits the public and the insurance industry. Gordon Stewart's leadership and achievements have created a strong foundation for what we are confident will be a great future under Robert Hartwig," said Edmund F. Kelly, chairman of I.I.I.'s board of directors and chairman, president and chief executive officer of Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group.
Mr. Hartwig came to the I.I.I. in 1998 as a vice president and economist. In 1999, he was promoted to chief economist, and in 2002 was named senior vice president and chief economist.
In that position he has been an expert voice on insurance industry topics frequently consulted by the media.
Mr. Stewart joined I.I.I. in 1989, after working as vice president for public affairs at the American Stock Exchange from 1982 to 1989. He served as deputy chief speechwriter to President Jimmy Carter.
Mr. Hartwig previously served as director of economic research and senior economist with the National Council on Compensation Insurance in Boca Raton, Fla. He also worked as senior economist for the Swiss Reinsurance Group in New York and as senior statistician for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in Washington, D.C.
The I.I.I. is a major source of information and referral for the media, government and the public on insurance subjects from basic consumer help to complex research. Its membership represents companies from all insurance sectors, including life.
Among some of his accomplishments, Mr. Stewart led the creation of the Hurricane Insurance Information Center in Florida following Hurricane Andrew. In 1997, he founded the Property-Casualty Joint Industry Forum, an annual insurance industry event.
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