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IFNY
Insurance Federation of New York, Inc.
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 * Sponsorship Opportunities
 * IFNY Interns
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 * 2022 Annual Award Luncheon
 * Message from the President
 * Calendar & Events
 * Board of Directors
 * Emerging Leaders
 * Sponsorship Opportunities
 * IFNY Interns
 * Membership Opportunities
 * IFNY News & Notes
 * Contact




ABOUT

What is IFNY?



Since its inception in 1913, the Insurance Federation of New York, Inc. (IFNY)
has earned broad-based distinction as one of New York’s insurance industry’s
most widely respected organizations, communicating ideas among all sectors of
the industry and bringing public and private interests together for the benefit
of all.

IFNY’s membership includes every segment of the insurance industry, including
insurance companies, brokerages and agencies, law, accounting, consulting and
other professional service firms. Our members have in common:

 * A strong interest in the viability of New York as a sound economic
   environment for the industry;
 * A shared concern for our profession; and
 * A commitment to free enterprise and service.

IFNY’s annual calendar of events brings together the “best and brightest” in our
field to ensure that industry intelligence is shared and that support for best
practices in insurance business, law and regulation earns the understanding of
leaders across the spectrum. The Federation invites its members to attend the
Annual Fall Cocktail Reception and our popular “Breakfast With…” programs,
featuring distinguished leaders in the insurance industry and regulatory
communities. IFNY also sponsors educational seminars in cooperation with the New
York City Bar Association’s Committee on Insurance Law, as well as other
organizations.

Recently, IFNY has added an exciting new division to our group called the IFNY
Emerging Leaders. This division is made up of a diverse group of young
professionals from all facets of the insurance and reinsurance industries. Its
mission is to engage and develop the next generation of young, talented
professionals in the insurance and reinsurance industries by providing members
with networking events, mentoring opportunities, educational programs and
charitable events planned throughout the year.

Membership in this group provides access to all IFNY events. Finally, IFNY caps
off its year with the Annual Luncheon in November, where IFNY honors individuals
whose significant achievements have been important to our industry and to the
civic good with the Free Enterprise Award and the Public Service Award. The
event encourages attendees to reconnect with old acquaintances and make new
ones.

IFNY also proudly notes the success of the IFNY Interns summer program.
Federation members have given generously of their time and finances to support
this program that reaches into the community to afford highly motivated teens
from challenging backgrounds an in-depth opportunity to learn about the
insurance industry and to consider a career in insurance or one of its allied
fields. The IFNY Interns of today will be tomorrow’s industry leaders.

IFNY continues to provide its diverse members with extensive networking and
educational opportunities. We hope that you will take advantage of the
opportunity to participate in upcoming programs by becoming a member of IFNY. We
are convinced that you will appreciate the concrete benefits of membership as a
business leader in the New York State insurance industry.


 


MESSAGE

From the President



For more than 100 years, the Insurance Federation of New York has been a force
for communicating ideas among all sectors of the insurance industry, bringing
public and private interests together for the benefit of all. The Insurance
Federation of New York’s prestigious Free Enterprise Award—presented to some of
history’s legendary entrepreneurs—continues to salute risk takers and leaders
whose creativity and initiative has enabled the expansion of business throughout
New York, across the country and around the world. In the insurance industry, it
is the commitment and vision of these leaders that has created and refined the
risk transfer mechanism to spur economic growth and contribute to personal
financial security for countless millions. Also, our industry exists to protect
the health and welfare of our insureds and those who depend upon them, and this
year we proudly introduce a new award, the Public Service Award, to recognize
outstanding achievement in the public interest.

Today, the Insurance Federation of New York’s annual calendar of events brings
together the “best and brightest” to ensure that industry intelligence is shared
and that support for best practices in insurance business, law and regulation
earns the understanding of leaders across the spectrum. This shared goal draws
business executives, legislators and regulators to our Annual Luncheon, our
“Breakfast with…” programs, professional seminars, and other events. Our IFNY
Interns Summer Program reaches out into the community and gives highly motivated
teens from challenging backgrounds an opportunity to learn about the insurance
industry in all its facets and consider a career in insurance. Federation
members have given generously of their time and finances to support this
program. We also note a new division in the Federation, the IFNY Emerging
Leaders. Through its programs younger insurance professionals will have the
opportunity to hear from and meet seasoned executives and industry leaders with
an eye toward the development of their own careers.

The Insurance Federation of New York is a not-for-profit New York corporation
that does not engage in lobbying activities and is open to all.



Howard Mills
President of the Board
Insurance Federation of New York

 


CALENDAR

2022




IFNY Co-sponsored CLE programs

As the events are scheduled, detailed information will be posted below and can
also be found online at http://www.nycbar.org/calendar/events.

Programs are held at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42 West
44th Street, New York, New York (between Fifth & Sixth). For more information,
IFNY members should contact the City Bar at (212) 382-6600 or log on to
www.nycbar.org. IFNY Members must call the City Bar in order to receive a
discount.

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PAST EVENTS




2022

  March 31 – 106th Annual Awards Luncheon


Venue: Union League Club

Steven Menzies – Free Enterprise Award recipient

William Frazier – Mary Lanning Public Service Award recipient

Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris – Honorable Guest

SPONSORS

PLATINUM SPONSORS:









SILVER SPONSORS:



LUNCHEON SPONSORS:



PHOTOS AND CAPTIONS



(L-R): Howard Mills, IFNY President presenting the Free Enterprise Award to
Steven M. Menzies, Founder and Chairman, Applied Underwriters, Inc.



(L-R): Howard Mills, IFNY President presenting the Mary Lanning Public Service
Award to William H. Frazier, Co-Founder, American Veterans Group, PBC.



(L-R): Mark Browne, Faculty Chair of the School of Risk Management in the Tobin
College of Business, St. John’s University, in conversation with Hon. Adrienne
A. Harris, Superintendent, New York State Department of Financial Services.

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2020



  December 2




Click here to register for viewing the webinar.

Education and Gold Sponsor:


Silver Sponsor:










  September 22




Education and Gold Sponsor:


Gold Sponsor:


Silver Sponsor:


  August 12




Education and Gold Sponsor:


Gold Sponsor:


Silver Sponsor:


Hosted by:


  February 11


Breakfast with DFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell
February 11, 2020
The New York City Bar

2019

  June 27


Breakfast with Linda Lacewell, Superintendent, NYDFS
Union League Club, NYC



Cosponsored by Guardian Life, Continental LTC, Inc., ShelterPoint Life and
Stroock

  May 29

IFNY Emerging Leaders presents “An Evening with Neil Spector, President of ISO”
Saul Ewing Arnst & Lehr LLP, NYC



Cosponsored by ISO and Saul Ewing Arnst & Lehr, LLP

  May 22


2nd Annual Surplus Lines & Reinsurance Forum
Union League Club, NYC



Sponsored by ELANY, IFNY and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan

  March 20


IFNY EMERGING LEADERS WINTER SOCIAL
Windfall, NYC

  

Cosponsored by CHUBB and ShelterPoint Life Insurance Company

  January 29


“Breakfast with Maria T. Vullo “
Superintendent – NYDFS


Co-sponsored with the Insurance Law Committee (ILC) at the New York City Bar
Association





(Left) (L-R): Drexel Harris, Chair of the ILC, Supt. Maria T. Vullo; Nick
Pearson, IFNY President; and Andrew Balkam, IFNY Emerging Leader Advisory
Council Member

(Center) (L-R): Supt. Maria T. Vullo with Tom Workman who is an Independent
Member with Insurance Expertise Financial Stability Oversight Council at the
U.S. Department of Treasury and former IFNY Board Member, and Nick Pearson, IFNY
President


(Right) (L-R): Drexel Harris, Chair of the ILC, opens the meeting. To his left
is Supt. Vullo and IFNY President, Nick Pearson


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2018

  November 7


“An Evening with…Dame Inga Beale”
CEO, Lloyd’s of London (2014-2018)



Photo: Our Co-Hosts, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, pose for a photo with Inga
Beale in their recently opened New York City Office during the IFNY Emerging
Leaders Group Reception on November 7. L-R: Valerie Pennacchio, Associate; Kara
Pike, Associate; Laurie Kamaiko, Partner; Inga Beale, Former CEO, Lloyd’s of
London; Fred Garrson, Partner; and John Basinger, Partner.

Co-sponsored and hosted by: Saul Ewing, NYC

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  October 9


IFNY 2018 Annual Cocktail Reception




Co-sponsored and hosted by: Stroock, NYC

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  September 25


“Breakfast with Laura Evangelista, Executive Deputy Superintendent of Insurance,
NYDFS


 

Venue: Union League Club in New York City.

Co-sponsored by: Applied Underwriters, ShelterPoint Life Insurance Company and
Guardian Life Insurance Company

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  May 16


Surplus Lines and Reinsurance Forum


Venue: Union League Club in New York City.

Co-sponsored by:

 

Three panels of distinguished experts, including a Former Commissioners’
Roundtable, discussed hot topics in
Surplus Lines and Reinsurance–where we are today and what to expect tomorrow.







(Left) Surplus Lines and Reinsurance Panel (L-R): Alan Levin, Esq., Partner,
Locke Lord LLP; Daniel Maher, Esq., Executive Director, Excess Line Association
of New York; Janet Pane, Chairwoman, Excess Line Association of New York and
Head of Global Services and Solutions at Willis Towers Watson P.L.C.; and Hank
Watkins, President, Lloyd’s North America

(Center) Reinsurance Panel (L-R); Larry Schiffer, Esq., Partner, Squire Patton
Boggs (US); Michael McRaith, Former Director of the Federal Insurance Office, US
Treasury Department; Tim Ronda – Executive Managing Director, Aon Benfield; and
J. Howard Stecker – Executive Director – Insurance Tax, Financial Services,
Ernst & Young, LLP

(Right) Former Commissioner’s Panel (L-R): Moderator, Francine L. Semaya, Esq. –
Legal and Insurance Regulatory Consultant; James Wrynn, Esq. – Senior Managing
Director, FTI Consulting, Inc., and former New York Superintendent of Insurance;
and Thomas B. Considine, Esq. – CEO, National Conference of Insurance
Legislators (NCOIL), and former New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner

“Most informative event I have been to so far. Can’t wait for the next one! You
would be hard pressed
to find a room packed with as much knowledge and influence.”
– Joseph Gaglioti Director of Sales at Diversified Risk Solutions LLC


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   February 27


“Breakfast with Supt. Maria T. Vullo”


Co-sponsored by:

   

The Superintendent discussed DFS priorities for 2018, plus
recaped some of 2017’s most noteworthy developments.




MEMBER EVENTS



(Events listed below are not affiliated with IFNY and are listed as a benefit of
membership only. For consideration, members in good standing may submit event
listings to ifny@cinn.com.




IFNY 2019 Annual Award Luncheon Recap and Slideshow.


ANNUAL AWARD LUNCHEON

The Insurance Federation of New York has, for over a century, continued to
develop, becoming a leading resource for communicating ideas among all sectors
of the insurance industry. IFNY’s prestigious Free Enterprise and Public Service
Awards, presented to notable entrepreneurs and public figures every November at
the Annual Luncheon, continues to salute captains of private and public
institutions whose creativity and initiative enables U.S. businesses to expand.
The commitment of these leaders has ensured the growth of the insurance business
in New York.

Past Free Enterprise Award Recipients


The list of past recipients includes:

1962 Henry Ford, II 1963 Kenton R. Cravens 1964 George Champion 1965 Frederick
Kappel 1966 George Keith Funston 1967 Arthur “Red” H. Motley 1968 Allan Shivers
1969 George A. Spater 1970 John C. Emery 1971 Nathan H. Wentworth 1972 Gilbert
W. Fitzhugh 1973 James P. Mcallister 1974 Blake T. Newton, Jr. 1975 Melvin A.
Holmes 1976 Osborn Elliott 1977 John T. Fey 1978 Felix G. Rohatyn 1979 Maurice
R. Greenberg 1980 B.P. Russell 1981 Rawleigh Warner, Jr. 1982 Ralph S. Saul 1983
Harry B. Helmsley 1984 Malcolm S. Forbes 1985 Robert M. Best 1986 Robert
Clements 1987 Lewis Lehrman 1988 Donald J. Trump 1989 J. Peter Grace 1990 Harold
E. Sells 1991 J. Carter Bacot 1992 William Wallach 1993 Saul Steinberg 1994
Salvatore Curiale 1995 William J. Flynn 1996 Sanford J. Weill 1997 Dennis
Chookaszian 1998 Steven M. Gluckstern 1999 Patrick G. Ryan 2000 Thomas R. Tizzio
2001 Edmund F. Kelly 2002 Constantine Iordanou 2003 Gregory V. Serio 2004 Jay
Fishman 2005 Frank J. Coyne 2006 Martin J. Sullivan 2007 James L. Tisch 2008
Brian Duperreault 2009 William Fishlinger 2010 Warren W. Heck 2011 Joseph J.
Plumeri 2012 Robert Benmosche 2013 Evan G. Greenberg 2014 J. Hyatt Brown 2015
Donald Kramer 2016 Steven A. Kandarian 2017 Gregory Case 2018 Dame Inga Beale
2019 Brandon W. Sweitzer

Public Service Award Recipients


The list of past recipients includes:

2016 Daniel A. Nigro 2017 Michael McRaith 2018 Mary Lanning 2019 Senator James
L. Seward 2019 Senator Neil D. Breslin    


 



2019

Board of Directors




OFFICERS



Immediate Past Chairman

Lance J. Albright

Chairman

Nick Pearson

President

Howard Mills

Treasurer

Richard White

Vice President

Michael Fusco

Vice President

Jeffrey A. Silver

Secretary

Huhnsik Chung

Vice President

Amy Feller

Vice President

K.J. Singh

Vice President/Managing Director

Steve Acunto


DIRECTORS



Kermitt Brooks

Denise Campbell

Michael Catina

Maura T. Clancy

James Corcoran

Regina Degnan

Eric R. Dinallo

Frederic M. Garsson

Douglas J. Hayden

Daniel F. Maher

Roger M. Moak

Manfred Ohrenstein

Kevin Rampe

Raul Rivera

William M. Savino

Francine L. Semaya

Wendy R. Shapss

Maria T. Vullo

Hank Watkins

James J. Wrynn, Esq.


DIRECTORS EMERITI



Stephen Boon, Jr.

Michael E. Curran

Salvatore R. Curiale

Joseph P. Decaminada*

Patrick J. Foley*

Donald Gabay

Wallace Gardner, Jr.

Richard Greenwald*

Joseph E. Johnson*

Arnold Kideckel*

Sol Kroll*

Virginia McMullen

Hon. Edward J. Muhl

Cecilia E. Norat

Richard J.J. Sullivan

*Deceased

 


IFNY Emerging Leaders is a division of the Insurance Federation of New York
(“IFNY”) created to bring together a diverse group of young professionals from
all facets of the insurance and reinsurance industries.  Our mission is to
engage and develop the next generation of young, talented professionals. IFNY
chartered the IFNY Emerging Leaders to keep up with the demands of a growing New
York insurance market and its changing demographics.

Since 1913, IFNY has been recognized as a premier insurance industry
organization for its continued efforts to establish New York as the world’s
foremost insurance market while promoting free enterprise and service.  This
platform provides IFNY Emerging Leaders’ members with extensive resources and
unparalleled opportunities to network with and learn from senior company
executives, state and federal regulators, key legislators, industry experts and
other industry professionals.  IFNY Emerging Leaders provides its members with
networking events, mentoring opportunities, educational programs and charitable
events planned throughout the year. In addition, IFNY Emerging Leaders’ members
will have the opportunity to attend events hosted by IFNY, which include
recurring “Breakfast With…” programs, the Annual Fall Cocktail Reception and the
Annual Award Luncheon.

We welcome all young professionals interested in insurance and reinsurance
matters to become involved. Whether you are an insurance or reinsurance company
employee, agent, broker, intermediary, regulator or attorney, or simply wish to
become active in our industry and further your own career, we welcome anyone who
has the desire to be part of our community to join and to take full advantage of
all that IFNY Emerging Leaders has to offer.

Emerging Leaders Advisory Council (in alpha order):

Andrew C. Balkam – Canny Capital

Marc Haas – Robinson & Cole LLP

Kelly Nickerson – FTI Consulting

Valerie Paolucci – AIG

Nicholas Secara – Ascot Group Limited

Edward D. Steinborn, CPCU – Aon Risk Solutions

Valerie Pennacchio – Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Winnie Y. Zhang – Starr Insurance Holdings, Inc.

To join, click here.

For additional information, please contact Rebecca McLean at
rebecca.mclean@cinn.com or at 914.966.3180, x113.

 


SPONSOR

Opportunities


After many requests over the years and much discussion among Board members, last
year IFNY decided to allow sponsorship of events. This has enabled sponsors to
link their brand to our events, sustaining our core mission of service to the
industry.
 
The initial response has been overwhelming and we would like to thank the
companies that signed up as Silver, Gold or Platinum level sponsors to support
our mission and goals: CHUBB, MetLife, LICONY, Amalgamated Life Insurance
Company and Baker Tilly. In addition, FTI Consulting, ShelterPoint Insurance
Company, BDO, AXA and ELANY, took advantage of the program by sponsoring
specific events that included a “Breakfast With…” program, “An Evening With…”
program, and a networking event hosted by the IFNY Emerging Leaders division.
The success of this program has increased member benefits, enabling us to offer
a CLE program and more free member events and it has also showed us ways we can
expand the sponsorship programs to include levels ideal for all budgets and
marketing efforts in a cost effective way, with as few “frills” as possible.
 
Why Sponsor?
Sponsorship provides a great means of broadening a company’s competitive edge by
improving image, prestige and credibility through events that your target market
finds attractive. Over the last several years, corporate sponsorship has become
the fastest growing type of marketing in the United States. Sponsorship’s help
companies with their public profile relatively cheaply by enhancing visibility
and image. Additional benefits include developing closer and better
relationships with customers – both existing and potential ones – showcasing
services and products and, when strategic, the effort can boost both short-term
and long-term sales.
 
IFNY, in its 104th year, has earned broad-based distinction as one of New York’s
insurance industry’s most widely respected organizations, communicating ideas
among all sectors of the industry and bringing public and private interests
together for the benefit of all. The Federation’s reputation provides sponsoring
companies with a platform and association that enhances their product and
corporate image.

2020-2021 Education and Gold Sponsor:



2020-2021 Gold Sponsor:



2020-2021 Silver Sponsors:











Event Sponsors – 2020:



To view the opportunities available in detail, please download the information
sheet by clicking here. To go directly to the payment page to purchase a
sponsorship, click here.

If you require additional information, please contact Rebecca McLean at
914.966.3180 x113 or via email at rebecca.mclean@cinn.com.

We thank you for your support.


 


IFNY Interns is a summer program that introduces deserving, high-performing
local high school students, from disadvantaged family circumstances, to the New
York insurance and financial services sector. The insurance industry and the
professional firms that serve it are major providers of skilled jobs and
rewarding careers in New York. Exposure to our industry through participation in
IFNY Interns offers a strong and timely incentive to these young New Yorkers to
pursue their dreams. The program runs each summer from late July through the
middle of August.

For more information, click here to download the full description and details
about the program.

2019 IFNY INTERNS
(L-to-R): Peer Mentor Courtney Tse, Peer Mentor Mohammed Mahfuj Sarker, Intern
Zabrina Chen, Leader Mary Lanning, Intern Trevon Oliver, Intern Amy Ackel,
Intern Robert Sessing, Jr., Intern Daniella Pagoumian, Intern Jeffrey Tse,
Intern Grace Alexander, Lloyds-America CEO Hank Watkins, Lloyds-America, Sabrina
Miesowitz, Intern James Fox.

2018 IFNY INTERNS
L-R: Jordan Hawthorne, Intern ‘18; Stephan Pemberton, Intern ‘14 and ‘15, and
Peer Mentor ‘18; Kelvin Monje, Intern ‘18; Emmanuel Sweeney, Intern ‘18; Malique
Williams, Intern ‘18; Kevyn Duran, Intern ‘18; Trevon Oliver, Intern ‘18

2017 IFNY INTERNS

2016 IFNY INTERNS
L-R: Precious Blanding, Jean Derosier, Atira Meade, Lashawnda Wilson, Tatsuya
Rivera.   Missing from this photo is Romaris Moquette.  All were ages 15-17 last
Summer, all are scholars in the Boys Hope Girls Hope program in Brooklyn.

2015 IFNY INTERNS
(L-R) Mary Lanning, YES!Solutions Chief Executive; Tamika Andre; Samantha
Metellus; Alan Rodriguez; Christian Torres; Jeremy Diaz; and IFNY President,
Nick Pearson

2014 IFNY INTERNS
(L-R) Front Row: Carmen Alarco, YES! Photographer; Mary Lanning, YES!Solutions
Chief Executive; Travis Allen, Intern; Christine Mitchell (kneeling), Intern;
Lusmer Quintana, Intern; Adrian Roque-Silvas, Intern. Middle Row:  Austin
Joseph, Intern; Fatou Sane, Intern; Elijah Lashley, YES! Associate (former IFNY
Intern); Michael Roman, YES! Peer Mentor; Dana Cook, YES! Peer Mentor; Will
Torres, YES! Peer Mentor



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IFNY

NEWS & NOTES




INSURANCE FEDERATION OF NEW YORK PRESENTS FREE ENTERPRISE AWARD TO STEVE MENZIES


MARY LANNING PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD TO WILLIAM H. FRAZIER

HUNDREDS APPLAUD HONOREES AND HEAR NEW HEAD OF DFS HON. ADRIENNE A. HARRIS

April 20, 2022 – Nearly 300 insurance leaders convened at New York’s Union
League Club on March 31st for the 107-year-old Insurance Federation of New
York’s Annual Free Enterprise Award luncheon, considered by many to be the
industry’s top award. This year’s honoree was Steve  Menzies, Chairman of
Applied Underwriters, who joins a long line of  top US business  leaders in
receiving the accord.  The very first annual Mary Lanning Public Service Award
was given to to William Frazier, founder of American Veterans Group, Wall
Street’s first public benefit corporation. Honored guest, New York’s new
Superintendent of Insurance, Hon. Adrienne A. Harris, was interviewed during the
program in a “fireside chat” format whereupon she viewed the DFS’s strengths and
her own progress as a professional, among other topics.

Mr Steve Menzies joins a most illustrious group of entrepreneurs in receiving
the IFNY Free Enterprise Award, including Henry Ford II, Hank Greenberg, Red
Motley, Greg Case, Brian Dupperault, Pat Ryan, Bill Flynn, Tom Moran, J. Carter
Bacot, Hyatt Brown, Sandy Weill, Donald Trump, and many other iconic business
leaders. Mr Menzies is himself a serial entrepreneur who acquired Applied
Underwriters in 2019, 15 years after he founded the Company, from Berkshire
Hathaway. He has since grown the Company dramatically through several
acquisitions in the US and abroad and through refined organic growth.



He is currently constructing the largest urban development in the US, Heartwood
Preserve, in Omaha, Nebraska, where the Company’s operational headquarters is
located. Founder of the Steve Menzies Global Foundation, Mr. Menzies has
received numerous awards for his philanthropic work, notably for leading hostage
rescue missions in Venezuela, for securing the return of Americans left in
Afghanistan and for leading, by Papal appointment, the St. Francis Day
Foundation to treat the concerns for human ecology as articulated in the
Encyclical Laudato si. A trustee of colleges and other educational and cultural
institutions, Mr. Menzies is Vice Chairman of the San Francisco Opera, one of
America’s most important cultural institutions.

In making the award presentation, IFNY’s new President Howard Mills, cited
Menzies work: “The centerpiece of our Annual Luncheon each year since 1913 is
the presentation of our Free Enterprise Award. Today, I am delighted to be able
to present this prestigious award to a man who has truly gone above and beyond
in so many ways and has had an impact that is as amazing as it is surprising in
the service of our fellow citizens, our society, and our business.

His story is a narrative of hard work, vision, accomplishment, and unselfish
volunteering and giving. His business career started when he founded a
multi-faceted data processing and insurance underwriting company in Silicon
Valley and built it piece by piece until it required a separate operations
office in Omaha, Nebraska to process all the business. It did not take long for
Warren Buffet to take notice of the tiger in the neighborhood and decide to
invest in the company, name our awardee a direct report – the youngest CEO at
Berkshire ever – and add the entity to the Berkshire portfolio. In 2019 after
growing his company dramatically and actually creating channel competition
within Berkshire, our awardee took the bold step – a rarity – of buying his
company back from Berkshire.

That was in October of 2019. Since then, he has created an important force in
insurance, in real estate, and in other sectors. He has undertaken and just
topped off one of the largest urban mixed-use developments in the United States,
Heartwood Preserve in Omaha on the site of what was Boys Town. Heartwood is an
exemplar of responsible environmental creativity, with miles of well-defined
space for residents and occupants in the homes, corporate buildings, and retail
facilities on the 500-acre site.

Since 2019 he has made a series of acquisitions, about 20, and has brought
together many top professionals from across the insurance spectrum. Applied has
become a partnership of star performers, expert doers and thinkers from across
the industry and around the world, led by its founders who drive the
entrepreneurial juggernaut.

All of that would be enough for most corporate execs, fulfilling an
award-winning role in Workers Compensation for care and clients’ safety, growing
a staff of 1,000, and steering an A rated, international group of insurance
companies. But beyond that, he has used his resources, his time, his talent, and
his drive boldly and daringly. Our awardee has personally planned and supervised
the execution of rescue missions, arranging and flying tactical teams to rescue
more than 1,775 Americans stranded in Afghanistan. He met face to face with
Venezuela’s hostile dictator, Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas to negotiate for the
release and better care and living conditions for US hostages held there. And,
this past year, he met for several hours face to face with Pope Francis in his
residence, whereupon, the Pope personally engaged him to lead a worldwide effort
to give concrete form to the words of exhortation in his landmark Papal
Encyclical, expressing deep and passionate concern for “human ecology” and the
social world we share.

Our honoree is a native of NY, a Columbia graduate in engineering, a born
builder, an accomplished executive and entrepreneur, and a mover and shaker for
our good and that of our fellow occupants on this planet.

Mr William H. Frazier received IFNY’s Mary Lanning Public Service Award. Mr
Frazier is founder of American Veterans’ Group, Wall Street’s first public
benefit corporation, an enterprise that trains and employs veterans to ensure
that they enter the financial world at a level that uses their potential fully
rather than the roles that many were accorded because their skills were modest.
The Company has been a success and has built a framework for veterans. Mr
Frazier has served as Trustee and Treasurer of Northwell Healthcare Systems, a
national leader in the provision of health services to millions of Americans.

In accepting the award, Mr Frazier noted: “ I am delighted to receive this award
on behalf of our team at American Veterans Group, Wall Street’s first and only
Public Benefit corporation.

Our enterprise is unique in the sphere of public service. We train veterans for
serious jobs, acknowledging the serious dedication and sacrifice they have made
for us. Rather than being satisfied with mere employment, like one marine hero
whom I met whose post Iraq war job was shuttling around a building to bring jobs
to the mail room earning roughly 24,000 per month after fighting a war – and
like it or not, it was a war and US soldiers battled there selflessly. Now that
marine and others like him have learned financial services, financial markets
and have a shot at 100K plus in a short time, especially if they use the
discipline that they learned in the service. That is our service to them….And to
you. Companies that adopt us, partner with us, add us to their rostrum and
public companies that include us in their syndications  , all of you really put
brave men and women on the road to financial success and to well being beyond
the minimal offerings they get from the government. It is a most beautiful
undertaking and I am grateful for all those who have stepped up.

May I point out our CEO – he is hard to miss at 6’6” – Ben Biles, former Navy
officer who now steers our ship and would most willingly meet with corporate
leaders to engage your affiliation. And I mean that. We are not out asking for
money or for contributions; we just want partners with the tenacity and
resources to get these willing veterans where they will make a difference. Let
me say, as well, that in a business like insurance  where good faith and
fidelity are watchwords, our recruits have lived and sacrificed under those
words and words just like them as a matter of habit.

Let me turn, lastly, to Mark Lanning, in whose name this award is given for the
first time today. When Steve Acunto described her work to me, from the
Thanksgiving dinners feeding all comers under the EL at 125th street to her
recruitment and shepherding of young inner city youth to place them in
corporations , I can only say that I am doubly honored.”

In a departure from the usual format,  New York’s  newly confirmed
Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services, Hon. Adrienne A. Harris,
held a fireside chat interview with Prof. Mark Browne, Robert Clements
Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance School of Risk Management,
Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University.  Ms Harris, who heads what is
arguably the most important State insurance regulatory agency in the nation,
answered questions about the composition of the DFS, its needs, her career and
the matter of diversity and inclusion in the business.

IFNY directors and officers were introduced during the event. led by Hon. Howard
Mills, elected President.

IFNY Directors elected to office: Chairman, Nick Pearson, Independent
Consultant, Insurance and Reinsurance; Immediate Past Chairman, Lance J.
Albright, Vice President, Claims Relationship Management, QBE North America;
President Howard Mills, Sr. Advisor, McKinsey and Co.; Treasurer, Richard White,
CEO, ShelterPoint Life Insurance Company; Secretary, Huhnsik Chung, Shareholder,
Carlton Fields; Vice President, Amy Feller, Regional Chief Operating Officer and
NYC Branch Manager, CHUBB; Vice President, Jeffrey A. Silver, Esq. Executive
Vice President, General Counsel, Applied Underwriters; Vice President, K.J.
Singh, President and COO, Maya Assurance Company; Vice President, Michael Fusco,
Consultant, FCAS, MAAA, CERA; Vice President/Managing Director, Steve Acunto,
President, CINN Worldwide, Inc.

Directors elected including the officers above are:

Kermitt Brooks, General Counsel, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America;
Denise Campbell, SVP, Client Executive, MARSH; Michael Catina, Assistant Vice
President & Assistant General Counsel, Zurich North America; Maura T. Clancy,
President, Clancy & Clancy Brokerage, Ltd.; James P. Corcoran, Esq. James P.
Corcoran Insurance and Related Legal Services; Regina Degnan, Executive Vice
President, The Newman Team, AON; Eric R. Dinallo, Partner, Debevoise &
Plimpton;  Frederic M. Garsson, Partner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP; Douglas
J. Hayden, President, Wright Public Entity, The Wright Insurance Group; Daniel
F. Maher, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Excess Line
Association of New York (ELANY); Roger M. Moak, Esq., Arbitrator; Manfred
Ohrenstein, Counsel, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.; Kevin Rampe, General
Counsel, CHUBB; Raul Rivera, Retired Chairman, President and CEO, National
Benefit Life Insurance Company; William M. Savino, Partner, Rivkin Radler LLP;
Francine L. Semaya, Legal Consultant in insurance regulation, reinsurance, and
insurance insolvency; Wendy R. Shapss, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting,
Inc.; Maria T. Vullo, CEO, Vullo Advisory Services, PLLC; Hank Watkins,
President, Lloyd’s America, Inc. James J. Wrynn, Esq., Senior Managing Director,
FTI Consulting.

The Insurance Federation of New York, Inc., since 1913, has been a force for
communicating ideas among all sectors of the insurance industry, bringing public
and private interests together for the benefit of all. The Insurance Federation
of New York’s prestigious Free Enterprise Award—presented to some of history’s
legendary entrepreneurs—continues to salute risk takers and leaders whose
creativity and initiative has enabled the expansion of business throughout New
York, across the country and around the world. In the insurance industry, it is
the commitment and vision of these leaders that has created and refined the risk
transfer mechanism to spur economic growth and contribute to personal and
business  financial security for countless millions.

Today, the Insurance Federation of New York’s annual calendar of events brings
together the “best and brightest” to ensure that industry intelligence is shared
and that support for best practices in insurance business, law and regulation
earns the understanding of leaders across the spectrum. This shared goal draws
business executives, legislators and regulators to our Annual Luncheon, our
“Breakfast with…” programs, professional seminars, and other events. We also
note the establishment of the IFNY Intern Summer Program. Federation members
have given most generously of their time and finances to support this program
that reaches out into the community and gives highly motivated teens, from
challenging backgrounds, an in-depth opportunity to learn about the insurance
industry in all its facets and to consider a career in insurance.

The Insurance Federation of New York, Inc., does not engage in lobbying
activities and is open to  professionals in every segment of the field.

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INSURANCE FEDERATION OF NEW YORK ELECTS OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS FOR 2022

Howard Mills elected President; Jeffrey A. Silver and K.J. Singh elected Vice
Presidents; Denise Campbell joins Board as a new Director

(New York, NY, January 3rd, 2022) – The Insurance Federation of New York, Inc.,
elected its Directors for 2022 at the group’s Annual Meeting held December 17th,
2021. The Directors elected the Officers of the Board led by President Howard
Mills, elected President, and new Vice Presidents, Jeffrey A. Silver and K.J.
Singh, and new Director Denise Campbell.



Re-elected to serve were these Officers:

 * Chairman, Nick Pearson, Independent Consultant, Insurance and Reinsurance;
 * Immediate Past Chairman, Lance J. Albright, Vice President, Claims
   Relationship Management, QBE North America;
 * President Howard Mills, Sr. Advisor, McKinsey and Co.
 * Treasurer, Richard White, CEO, ShelterPoint Life Insurance Company;
 * Secretary, Huhnsik Chung, Shareholder, Carlton Fields;
 * Vice President, Amy Feller, Regional Chief Operating Officer and NYC Branch
   Manager,CHUBB;
 * Vice President, Jeffrey A. Silver, Esq. Executive Vice President, General
   Counsel, Applied Underwriters;
 * Vice President, K.J. Singh, President and COO, Maya Assurance Company;
 * Vice President, Michael Fusco, Consultant, FCAS, MAAA, CERA;
 * Vice President/Managing Director, Steve Acunto, President,

Directors including the officers above are:

 * Kermitt Brooks, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The Guardian
   Life Insurance Company of America;
 * Denise Campbell, MARSH
 * Michael Catina, Assistant Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Zurich
   North America;
 * Maura T. Clancy, President, Clancy & Clancy Brokerage, Ltd.;
 * James P. Corcoran, Esq. James P. Corcoran Insurance and Related Legal
   Services;
 * Regina Degnan, Executive Vice President, The Newman Team, AON;
 * Eric R. Dinallo, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton;
 * Frederic M. Garsson, Partner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP;
 * Douglas J. Hayden, President, Wright Public Entity, The Wright Insurance
   Group;
 * Daniel F. Maher, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Excess
   Line Association of New York (ELANY);
 * Howard Mills, Senior Advisor at Deloitte and Independent Corporate Director,
   Deloitte;
 * Roger M. Moak, Esq., Arbitrator;
 * Kevin Rampe, General Counsel, CHUBB Group;
 * Raul Rivera, Retired Chairman, President and CEO, National Benefit Life
   Insurance Company;
 * William M. Savino, Partner, Rivkin Radler LLP;
 * Francine L. Semaya, Legal Consultant in insurance regulation, reinsurance,
   and insurance insolvency;
 * Wendy R. Shapss, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting, Inc.;
 * Maria T. Vullo, CEO, Vullo Advisory Services, PLLC;
 * Hank Watkins, President, Lloyd’s America, Inc.
 * James J. Wrynn, Esq., Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting, Inc.;

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Howard Mills

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Howard Mills is an Independent Corporate Director and a Senior Advisor to
McKinsey & Company. He serves on the Boards of Genworth Financial (NYSE:GNW),
Ensight and The Doctors Company Group. Mr. Mills is a National Association of
Corporate Directors Governance Fellow.

As a Senior Advisor to the insurance practice at McKinsey & Company Howard
serves clients across Life, Property/Casualty and Reinsurance in the areas of
CEO and Board counseling, crisis management, ESG, financial communications,
insuretech, M&A, public affairs, regulatory risk and reputational risk.

Previously, Howard was with Deloitte, LLP for fourteen years as a Managing
Director and Global Insurance Regulatory Leader. Mr. Mills is widely quoted in
the media commenting on the U.S. and global insurance markets and has regularly
appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times,
Bloomberg, SNL Financial, The Hill, Politico, Best’s Review and has been a
frequent guest on leading business television programs. Mr. Mills is an
experienced expert witness in litigation concerning insurance regulatory
matters.

Prior to joining Deloitte in 2007, Mr. Mills served as Superintendent of the New
York State Insurance Department. During his tenure he focused on leading the
Department’s transition to conducting risk-based examinations, lobbying Congress
to renew the Federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), concluding settlement
agreements with industry and leading on issues at the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) such as principles- based reserving for life
insurance companies and disaster preparedness. He was active at the
International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), was a member of the
Presidential Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee, served
as Co-Chair of the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims,
and testified before Congress on matters relating to the insurance industry.

Howard served three terms in the New York State Assembly (1999-2004) and rose to
become the Deputy Minority Leader. While in the Assembly he served on the
committees on Banks, Housing, Insurance, Ways and Means and was the Ranking
Minority Member of the Committee on Corrections. He was a member of the National
Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL). Prior to Howard’s election to the
Assembly, he was elected to three terms as Supervisor of the Town of Wallkill,
NY. He began his career serving as the Director of Grants and Federal Projects
to Representative Benjamin A. Gilman in Washington, D.C. He has been an adjunct
instructor of political science at Mount Saint Mary College and at Orange County
Community College.

Howard earned his B.A. in political science from Marist College and his M.A. in
public administration from The American University. He completed a one year
course of study in PPE (politics, philosophy, economics) at Mansfield College,
Oxford University.

Mr. Mills has 30 years of experience serving on the Boards of not-for-profit
organizations serving his community in New York State including the Orange
Regional Medical Center, The Greater Hudson Valley Health Care System, the
United Way of Orange County, the United Way of New York State, the
Orange-Sullivan Alzheimer’s Association, Orange County Hospice, the Orange
County Community Foundation and Orange County Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Currently Howard serves as a Director of the Insurance Federation of New York
and as an Advisory Council Member of The Institutes Griffith Insurance Education
Foundation.

Howard lives in the Town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York, with his wife
Erin and their children H. Jack, Cooper and Kathryn.



Jeffrey A. Silver

Mr. Jeffrey A. Silver serves as Executive Vice President, Secretary and General
Counsel of Applied Underwriters, Inc. (AUW) and its related companies, divisions
of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. , Omaha, Nebraska. His responsibilities include
oversight of legal affairs for AUW and its six licensed property casualty
insurance companies including all regulatory matters and all litigation
including bad faith claims and other issues. The companies write primarily
workers’ compensation insurance throughout the country in more than 40
states.Mr. Silver, who has enjoyed a distinguished career in law, is admitted to
practice before Nebraska State Courts, United States District Court for the
District of Nebraska; United States Tax Court; United States Court of Appeals
for the Eighth Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit;
and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Silver has to his credit leadership in
successful defense decisions in several landmark level insurance cases in
California, Nebraska, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth
Circuit.A native New Yorker, Mr Silver was graduated from St. John’s University
in 1972 with a B.A. in political science; he received his law degree with honors
from Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska in 1975; He is member
of the Nebraska State Bar and American Bar Associations.



K.J. Singh

Mr. K.J. Singh is President and COO of Maya Assurance Company, a commercial auto
carrier based in Long Island City, NY. Mr.Singh joined the company at its
inception in 2005 and has been instrumental in setting up the infrastructure
while leading the operations, strategy and growth of the business. Starting with
3 employees, under Mr.Singh’s leadership, the company has grown to over 35
employees and is further expanding its services and geographic reach. Prior to
joining Maya Assurance, Mr. Singh was the I.T. Director for one of the largest
electrical construction companies in the country. He was responsible for guiding
the company’s I.T. department and supported over 300 employees across 7 remote
offices, as well as the company’s headquarters. Mr. Singh has over 20 years of
experience in the information technology field and was instrumental in
converting Maya Assurance to a digital and paperless environment. Mr. Singh
received his Bachelor of Science degree from Florida Atlantic University. He
received his Master’s in Business Administration and Masters in Technology
Management from Stevens’s Institute of Technology. Mr.Singh current resides in
Chatham, NJ with his wife and son.



Denise Campbell

Denise Campbell started her professional journey working in the A&R department
of Atlantic Records after completing her Bachelor of Arts in Music Technology at
NYU. She joined AIG’s multinational department as an administrative assistant
and advanced to Business Analyst and then a Sr. Communication Specialist in the
same department. In 2015, Denise moved over to the market facing side of the
firm as a Business Development Manager. She was promoted again to a Client
Director before leaving the firm to join Marsh as a Client Executive in late
2020.

Denise Campbell started her professional journey working in the A&R department
of Atlantic Records after completing her Bachelor of Arts in Music Technology at
NYU. She joined AIG’s multinational department as an administrative assistant
and advanced to Business Analyst and then a Sr. Communication Specialist in the
same department. In 2015, Denise moved over to the market facing side of the
firm as a Business Development Manager. She was promoted again to a Client
Director before leaving the firm to join Marsh as a Client Executive in late
2020.

Denise also serves as the President of the National African American Insurance
Association New York Tri-State Chapter. She held a position on the Insurance
Federation of New York Advisory Council until 2019 and is currently serving on
the Board of the Water Street Club. Through these organizations she works
tirelessly to bring young and diverse talent into the insurance industry and
provide them with the exposure and knowledge they need to enter, advance and
stay in the industry. She’s been acknowledged by Insurance Business America in
their Leading the Change and Hot List editions in 2020, and had a profile done
on her by Advisen during Black History Month, 2020.

Denise also has a Certified Project Manager Designation from the Project
Management Leadership Group, Inc.





Insurance Federation of New York
The Insurance Federation of New York, Inc., since 1913, has been a force for
communicating ideas among all sectors of the insurance industry, bringing public
and private interests together for the benefit of all. The Insurance Federation
of New York’s prestigious Free Enterprise Award—presented to some of history’s
legendary entrepreneurs—continues to salute risk takers and leaders whose
creativity and initiative has enabled the expansion of business throughout New
York, across the country and around the world. In the insurance industry, it is
the commitment and vision of these leaders that has created and refined the risk
transfer mechanism to spur economic growth and contribute to personal and
business financial security for countless millions.

Today, the Insurance Federation of New York’s annual calendar of events brings
together the “best and brightest” to ensure that industry intelligence is shared
and that support for best practices in insurance business, law and regulation
earns the understanding of leaders across the spectrum. This shared goal draws
business executives, legislators and regulators to our Annual Luncheon, our
“Breakfast with…” programs, professional seminars, and other events. We also
note the establishment of the IFNY Intern Summer Program. Federation members
have given most generously of their time and finances to support this program
that reaches out into the community and gives highly motivated teens, from
challenging backgrounds, an in-depth opportunity to learn about the insurance
industry in all its facets and to consider a career in insurance.

The Insurance Federation of New York, Inc., does not engage in lobbying
activities and is open to professionals in every segment of the field.

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