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EDWARD LEVY VP, Western region binding RISK PLACEMENT SERVICES
Edward Levy graduated in 1978 from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has 28 years of experience in the excess & surplus lines segment of the insurance industry. Levy has worked in all aspects of the business, starting as an errors & omissions broker and working his way to president of DVUA in 2005. Levy earned the CPCU designation in October 1982, which he completed in just two and a half years. In addition to his CPCU, Levy has also earned ASLI and CIW designations. Levy joined RPS in May 2005 and is currently the Western region manager and vice president of binding. Levy completed his MBA at Temple University in 1988. He has been actively involved in a number of insurance associations, including serving as chairman of the excess & surplus and specialty lines section of the CPCU Society, and as a member of numerous committees for NAPSLO and AAMGA. He was elected to the board of directors of AAMGA on two different occasions. He is presently SVP of AAMGA and a member of the board of directors of the NAPSLO Derek Hughes Education Foundation.
RENEE MILLER SVP and chief underwriting officer and program manager – ECC FREBERG ENVIRONMENTAL INSURANCE
Earlier this year, Renee Miller was promoted to the role of chief underwriting officer for Freberg Environmental [FEI] and now leads all of FEI’s programs, including environmental consultants, contractors, site pollution and more. With more than 20 years of insurance experience, Miller joined FEI as a program manager in 2015; she formerly served as an environmental underwriter with Zurich North America for 13 years. Before joining the insurance industry, Miller worked for a national hazardous waste disposal company, providing technical assistance to waste generators, and also worked for a national environmental consulting firm.
TIM ZEILMAN Vice president, strategic products THE HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE COMPANY
Tim Zeilman leads The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company’s cyber insurance efforts as vice president of the company’s strategic products group. His responsibilities include the management of HSB’s Total Cyber, Data Compromise, CyberOne and Identity Recovery products. Prior to joining the strategic products group, Zeilman spent 13 years as an attorney in HSB’s law department. Most recently, HSB released a new cyber insurance product for consumers called Home Cyber Protection, which is the first personal lines cyber insurance program for consumers.
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MIKE KARBASSI VP, underwriting manager, Northeast region NAS INSURANCE SERVICES
Serving as NAS Insurance’s lead cyber underwriter in Boston, Mike Karbassi is leading technology and cyber liability in the Northeast region for the independent underwriting manager. Throughout his career, Karbassi has worked for insurance companies such as AIG, Beazley and OneBeacon Professional Insurance.
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