NU Online News Service, Oct. 29, 10:34 a.m. EDT
Janice M. Abraham, president and chief executive officer, United Educators Insurance, was elected chair of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) yesterday.
The organization said other new officers elected to its Board of Governors during its annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. included Robert A. DiMuccio, president and chief executive officer, Amica Mutual Group, first vice chair and Donald G. Southwell, president and chief executive officer, Unitrin, Inc. second vice chair.
Ms. Abraham joined United Educators Insurance as president and CEO in January 1998. She is also president and CEO of United Educators Management Company (UMEC).
PCI noted that Ms. Abraham has over 15 years of experience insuring the higher education sector through work as chief financial officer/treasurer at Whitman College, and various senior positions at Cornell University.
Her background also includes serving as a staff associate at the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and as an international banker for J. P. Morgan.
She currently serves on the board of directors of United Educators and UEMC. Additionally, she serves as an overseer of Whitman College and on the Whitman College and Waycrosse Investment Committees, the American University's School of International Service Dean's Advisory Council, and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges Consulting Editorial Board.
PCI's First Vice Chair Robert DiMuccio became president and CEO of Amica Mutual Insurance Company in 2005. He began his career with the accounting firm KPMG Peat Marwick, and joined Amica in 1991 as a vice president in the Accounting Department. He was promoted to senior vice president, and in 1996 he was awarded the additional title of treasurer.
In 2001, Mr. DiMuccio became Amica chief financial officer and was named executive vice president in 2003. He is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants.
PCI's Second Vice Chair Donald Southwell became president and CEO of Unitrin, Inc. in 2006. He joined Unitrin in 1996 and has held a variety of operating positions including president and chief operating officer of Unitrin, Inc., president of the Life and Health Insurance Group, and president, Insurance Operations.
Mr. Southwell also spent 22 years with Prudential Financial, Inc. and held a number of senior executive positions including president of Pruco Life Insurance Company, president of Prudential Insurance & Financial Services, and chair, Prudential Property & Casualty Company. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Chartered Life Underwriter and a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter.
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