Safety National has announced changes to its executive and upper management positions effective April 1, 2018.
Gene Maier, executive vice president and chief underwriting officer, will retire after a 33-year career with Safety National. Mr. Maier, who has worked in various underwriting capacities at Safety National, currently is responsible for leadership and supervision over the company's insurance and reinsurance underwriting efforts for all lines of business.
Gus Aivaliotis, senior vice president for large casualty, will join the executive management team, replacing Mr. Maier in the role of executive vice president and chief underwriting officer. In this position, he will provide executive management oversight to the insurance underwriting and product development departments in addition to the company's excess and surplus division.
Nick Kriegel, vice president deputy general counsel, will become senior vice president general counsel, providing leadership over the legal, corporate compliance, and human resources departments.
Ray Harkins, senior vice president for treaty reinsurance, will become executive vice president and chief underwriting officer of reinsurance, providing leadership over all assumed reinsurance business within the organization.
Seth Smith, senior vice president for workers' compensation underwriting, will become executive vice president for underwriting, assuming leadership over all other insurance underwriting units within the organization.
Tom Grove, senior vice president for business development, will join the executive management team as executive vice president and chief business development officer. In this position, he will provide executive management oversight to the business development, risk services, and communications departments.
"I would like to thank Gene Maier for his unsurpassed dedication to the company and pivotal influence on our strong underwriting culture," said Mark Wilhelm, the chief executive officer of Safety National. "This management restructure is a clear result of Safety National's dedicated commitment to meet the evolving needs of our customers and positions us nicely for long-term growth. We plan to leverage the tremendous expertise that exists within our company to expand our coverage and enhance our service offerings without losing the relationship-based approach to business and top-tier customer service that distinguishes us in the market."