The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies Name Michael Christiansen Regional President
05 Luglio 2005 - 5:12PM
PR Newswire (US)
The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies Name Michael
Christiansen Regional President Experienced executive latest
addition to Citizens and Hanover leadership team WORCESTER, Mass.,
July 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Citizens and Hanover Insurance
Companies have named Michael R. Christiansen, CPCU, ARM, as
president of its New England Region, effective July 11.
Christiansen formerly was a senior executive with Liberty Mutual's
independent agent and broker distribution channel and president and
chief executive officer of Peerless Insurance Company. In this
role, Christiansen will be responsible for the company's personal
and commercial lines activities throughout New England, with the
exception of the Massachusetts personal lines operation. "We are
thrilled to have Mike join our team," said Marita Zuraitis,
president of the Citizens and Hanover property and casualty
companies. "He is an extraordinarily talented individual who brings
to us great passion, tremendous experience and market knowledge,
and a track record building successful agent-focused personal and
commercial lines organizations both regionally, with Peerless in
New England, and nationally, with Liberty Mutual." "In particular,
Mike's regional company experience and skills are a great
complement to our existing national and regional company
capabilities," Zuraitis said. "Over the past year, we have invested
a great deal to build a field and home office support team that
delivers the best attributes of both national and regional company
models. As a result, we provide a broad portfolio of quality
products and services, ease-of-doing business solutions, and the
local market teams that help our agent partners grow their
businesses as we grow ours. Mike adds great strength to our team.
With his experience in building regional property and casualty
organizations, I am confident he will help us build even more
agent-centered business models and programs in both personal and
commercial lines, in New England and in collaboration with the
presidents of our other regions." "I am very excited to join
Citizens and Hanover and to be part of its dynamic,
customer-focused leadership team," Christiansen said. "I believe
that regional companies with true local decision-making
capabilities best serve independent agents and their policyholders.
The Citizens and Hanover model is consistent with that theme and is
committed to regional excellence." Prior to joining Citizens and
Hanover, Christiansen was executive vice president, operations, at
Liberty Mutual's Regional Agency Markets business unit, where he
was responsible for claims, personal and commercial underwriting,
marketing and agency management, information technology, human
resources and two specialty areas. Launched in 1997, Liberty's RAM
markets personal lines and small to mid-sized commercial lines
products in 44 states, exclusively through a network of
approximately 5,000 independent agents and brokers, generating
revenues of approximately $4 billion. Prior to assuming operations
responsibilities at Liberty's RAM in 2003, Christiansen was
president and chief executive officer at Peerless Insurance, a
Liberty RAM company, with about $900 million in direct written
premiums, primarily in the Northeast. He joined Peerless as a
regional marketing manager in 1984, and rose through the ranks,
serving in a number of underwriting, marketing and management
positions. He began his career as a commercial property underwriter
with Kemper in 1975. A graduate of Denison University in Granville,
Ohio, Christiansen earned a master's degree in business
administration from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and
completed the Advanced Executive Education Program at The Wharton
School of Business. The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies
are ranked among the 35 largest property and casualty insurers in
the country and are members of Allmerica Financial Corporation
(NYSE:AFC). Worcester, Massachusetts-based The Hanover Insurance
Company, founded in 1852, and Howell, Michigan-based Citizens
Insurance Company of America, founded in 1915, offer a range of
property and casualty insurance coverages to individuals, families
and businesses through a wide network of independent agents. Note
to editors: For a photograph of Mike Christiansen, please contact
Mike Buckley using the e-mail address or telephone number below.
Investors: Media: Sujata Mutalik Michael F. Buckley E-mail: E-mail:
1-508-855-3457 1-508-855-3099 DATASOURCE: Allmerica Financial
Corporation CONTACT: Sujata Mutalik, +1-508-855-3457, , or Michael
F. Buckley, +1-508-855-3099, , both of Allmerica Financial
Corporation
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