FEATURES
SPECIAL REPORT MICHAEL J. SICARD Chairman and CEO USI INSURANCE SERVICES
ROGER WARE
KYLE BURNETT
President and CEO
Vice president and national practice advisor
GENESEE GENERAL
XL CATLIN
Since 1998, Roger Ware has served as president and CEO of Genesee General. At that time, the company was a small Georgia-based MGA with $3.5 million in annual premium. Today, Genesee is a national company with MGA and wholesale writings in excess of $130 million in annualized premium. Ware began his insurance career as a commercial underwriter at Fireman’s Fund in 1982 and since has worked with several insurance carriers, focusing on large casualty products. Prior to joining Genesee, Ware was regional vice president of Crum & Forster’s Atlanta region. He has served on the board of the AAMGA, including serving as president in 2015.
As regional vice president for property in XL Catlin’s E&S business, Kyle Burnett has built a strong reputation for creating effective underwriting strategies and finding optimal insurance solutions. Recently, Burnett was instrumental in helping XL Catlin overhaul its E&S property portfolio to better withstand market volatility. His efforts came at an opportune time, helping to lessen the impact of 2017’s natural catastrophes. Currently, Burnett is taking part in a global team effort to help underwriters learn even more from losses by creating loss lessons based on major events, along with guidelines, checklists and other tools that will help underwriters strengthen their assessments.
Since Michael Sicard joined USI Insurance Services as chairman and CEO in 2007, the company has more than tripled in size; launched the USI ONE Advantage, including the Omni proprietary risk management platform; and started USI Gives Back, an innovative nationwide local community service program. This year, USI completed a unique ownership transaction with USI employees, KKR and CDPQ, as well as the purchase of Wells Fargo Insurance Services. Before joining USI, Sicard helped lead the turnaround at Willis Group Holdings, where he was the COO of Willis Group North America and a member of the company’s executive council. Prior to that, he worked at McKinsey & Company.
RONALD E. DAVIS Executive vice president, head of customer management ZURICH
RYAN MOSS Managing partner HIGGINBOTHAM
After graduating from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1996, Ryan Moss
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wasted no time opening an independent insurance agency in the Houston metro area, which he managed and grew for 13 years. In 2010, he identified an opportunity to better serve his existing customers by merging with Higginbotham, now the largest independent broker in Texas. Today, Moss serves as managing partner for Higginbotham’s South Texas region. Moss and his team have comprehensive experience helping middle-market and large commercial clients navigate the insurance world. “At the core of my success is a talented, dedicated, hard-working team that delivers an exceptional customer experience in the maritime, energy and construction silos,” Moss says. “Working with such gifted partners makes my job incredibly rewarding.”
In addition to his role as executive vice president and head of customer management at Zurich, where he developed the company’s cross-selling approach and strategic relationship management programs, Ronald Davis serves as chairman of the Spencer Educational Foundation. Since becoming chairman in 2016, he has improved the foundation’s strategic planning, as well as its governance and leadership processes. Davis has been a vocal advocate for the foundation’s mission to fund the education of tomorrow’s industry leaders. Davis is also a David Rockefeller Fellows Program alumni and a member of the board of the Strategic Account Management Association.
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