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| John Van Decker Executive Vice President North American Professional Lines |
| John Van Decker is responsible for oversight of AXIS Insurance’s professional lines underwriting units in the U.S. and Bermuda. John formerly worked at Catlin U.S. where he developed and led various professional liability and management liability lines. Prior to joining Catlin in 2006, he served as President of the Professional Liability Division of Quanta U.S. Holdings, Inc. responsible for a broad array of management and professional liability insurance product lines. He also previously held management and underwriting positions at CNA Pro and AIG’s National Union subsidiary. John is a member of PLUS and a frequent speaker on various professional liability topics. |
| E-mail john.vandecker@axiscapital.com or go to our Contact List. |
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| Edward Talarico Executive Vice President AXIS Financial Insurance Solutions |
| Edward Talarico has overall management responsibility for AXIS Financial Insurance Solutions, which consists of five regional commercial accounts underwriting teams throughout the nation. Ed has over 18 years of experience in the professional lines insurance industry, having begun his career within Chubb’s Executive Protection Department and then working with Financial Insurance Solutions (FIS) for nearly the past 10 years. He was part of the core group that first comprised the FIS regional structure in 2000 before the unit became part of AXIS in 2003. During his tenure at AXIS, Ed has held FIS regional management as well as home office Professional Lines positions. Prior to becoming head of AXIS FIS, he had been Senior Vice President for AXIS PRO managing the field operations for their MPL, Media and Tech products. Ed also is active in PLUS on both the local and national levels. He has been a Director of the PLUS Foundation since November 2006 and was elected to serve on the PLUS Board of Trustees in November of 2009. |
| E-mail edward.talarico@axiscapital.com or go to our Contact List. |
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| Thomas
Sicard Executive Vice President, Product Team Leader AXIS Professional Lines |
Tom Sicard heads up a Product Team that supports AXIS Professional Lines, consisting of the Financial Insurance Solutions, Financial Institutions and AXIS PRO units in the United States, as well as AXIS Professional Lines Bermuda. He is based in Berkeley Heights, N.J. Prior to joining the Financial Insurance Solutions unit in October 2001, Tom spent eight years at Chubb, where he held a variety of management and underwriting positions in the company's branch offices in Kansas City, Hartford, Albany and New York City. He also previously worked seven years for Vermont National Bank. |
| E-mail thomas.sicard@axiscapital.com or go to our Contact List. |
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Mark Paccione |
Mark Paccione has management responsibility for a team of underwriters who handle AXIS Financial Insurance Solutions (FIS) business in New York City and Long Island, as well as in Westchester and Rockland counties. Mark has over 20 years of insurance industry experience. Prior to joining AXIS in 2011, he was Vice President of Everest Specialty Underwriters’ Commercial Management Liability division responsible for all aspects of underwriting, product development and production nationwide. Mark established this new division in 2009 following an 18-year career at Chubb where he specialized in underwriting and managing executive protection and other specialty lines of business. He is active in PLUS and the John Street Insurance Association, and he served as a board member of the Insurance Federation of NY from 2007 to 2010. |
| E-mail mark.paccione@axiscapital.com or go to our Contact List. |
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| Mike Herlihy Senior Vice President – Regional Manager AXIS FIS Central Region & Southeast Region |
| Mike Herlihy manages a team of Financial Insurance Solutions underwriters in Chicago who handle business throughout the Central part of the United States. This territory includes AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, OK, SD, TX and WI. He also has oversight for the FIS Southeast Region, which encompasses business in leads a team of underwriters based in Alpharetta, GA, who handle AXIS Financial Insurance Solutions business in AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC and TN. A native of the Midwest, Mike has served as Senior Vice President and FIS Central Regional Manager since January 2006. He previously was Vice President and Product Manager of the public D&O and public Fiduciary Liability books of business in the FIS Home Office in Berkeley Heights, NJ. He joined AXIS in 2003 as Vice President and Underwriting Manager in the FIS Western Region with responsibility for the Northern California and Pacific Northwest territory, and he served in a similar capacity when the FIS unit was part of Kemper. Mike also worked eight years at Great American Insurance Group in Chicago. |
| E-mail mike.herlihy@axiscapital.com or go to our Contact List. |
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| Dennis
Reding, Jr., RPLU Vice President AXIS FIS Southeast Region |
| Denny Reding was promoted to Vice President of the Southeast Region for AXIS Financial Insurance Solutions in April 2010. In this position, he is responsible for the day-to-day management of the FIS Southeast Region underwriting team in Alpharetta, Ga. He reports to Mike Herlihy and has repsonsibility for business in AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC and TN. With strong broker and client relationships, Denny has served as Assistant Vice President within the FIS Southeast Region since 2008. Over the years, he has played an integral role in enhancing our capabilities throughout the Southeast Region. Prior to joining AXIS in 2006, Denny held professional lines underwriting positions at St. Paul Insurance Company and St. Paul Travelers. |
| E-mail denny.reding@axiscapital.com or go to our Contact List. |
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| John
Holt Senior Vice President – Regional Manager AXIS FIS Northeast Region |
| A veteran of the insurance industry, John Holt has over 25 years of financial lines expertise. Located in Boston, John manages a team of underwriters who handle AXIS Financial Insurance Solutions business in CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY (excluding NYC, Long Island, and Westchester and Rockland counties), PA, RI, VA, VT and WV. John has served as Vice President and FIS Northeast Regional Manager since January 2000. Prior to that, he was with Chubb for 18 years. John began his career at Chubb in the Crime Department and then went on to hold various underwriting and management positions in the Executive Protection Department, including serving in a senior underwriting role for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic territory. |
| E-mail john.holt@axiscapital.com or go to our Contact List. |
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