AIMU Names Miklus President

John A. Miklus has been named the new president of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters. 

Miklus succeeds James M. Craig, president of AIMU since 2003, who will retire from the trade association representing the U.S. ocean marine insurance market on December 31, 2013.

 “John brings his extensive marine insurance and reinsurance experience, valuable leadership and management skills and personal commitment to professional education and career development to represent the interests of U.S. ocean marine underwriters before a variety of important international and domestic forums and build on AIMU's outstanding education and training programs,” said AIMU chairman Roger F. Ablett, who is practice leader at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. 

A senior ocean marine insurance and reinsurance executive, Miklus most recently was senior vice president at Guy Carpenter & Co., where he managed reinsurance client relationships for several leading U.S. marine insurers, as well as global marine insurance companies based in Japan, South Korea and China. 

Miklus began his insurance career as an inland/ocean marine underwriter trainee at The Hartford Insurance Group in 1982 and held several positions at Hart Re Company before becoming senior vice president & marine treaty underwriter. A graduate of Bowdoin College, Miklus also has served as an instructor for AIMU educational courses.