HLDI logo  News Release | January 17, 2008


Laurette Stiles is elected HLDI board chairman

ARLINGTON, VA — The Highway Loss Data Institute is pleased to announce the election of Laurette Stiles as the new chairman of the Board of Directors. Stiles is vice president, strategic resources, at State Farm Insurance Companies. She succeeds Eugene C. Connell, senior vice president and division officer, actuarial division, at Erie Insurance Group. Connell served as HLDI chairman in 2007 and will continue to serve as a Board member.

"The work HLDI does to understand insurance losses to achieve lower costs for the public is important, and I'm proud to be working toward this goal," Stiles says. HLDI president Adrian Lund adds, "I’m pleased that HLDI gains such a strong leader."

Serving as vice chairman is Daniel Pickens, vice president and chief actuary, GMAC Insurance. Other HLDI Board members are Debra Ballen, executive vice president, public policy management, American Insurance Association; Philip A. Baum, associate vice president, actuarial risk, Nationwide Insurance; Howard L. Cohen, director of claims surveys, GEICO Corporation; Frederick F. Cripe, senior vice president, product operations, Allstate Insurance Company; Martin Deede, vice president, MetLife Auto & Home; Michael Doerfler, product development manager, Progressive Insurance; Myron L. Dye, senior vice president, chief actuary, property and casualty actuary, USAA; Thomas J. Ellefson, actuary-auto lines director, American Family Mutual Insurance Company; Judith M. Feldmeier, vice president and chief actuary, Auto Club Group; Donald L. Griffin, vice president, personal lines, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America; Scott T. Hallworth, chief actuary, personal lines, The Travelers Companies; Shu C. Lin, vice president and actuary, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies; Adrian Lund, president, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety; Stephen J. McAnena, senior vice president and chief underwriting officer, personal market department, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Stanley Miyao, insurance consultant, California State Automobile Association, inter-insurance bureau; Thomas G. Myers, vice president, product management, High Point Safety and Insurance Management Corporation; James Nutting, vice president and chief actuary, corporate actuarial department, Farmers Insurance Group; Bill Reddington, director, actuarial services, Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance; Jeff D. Reynolds, vice president, product development, AIG Agency Auto; Linda Shepherd, vice president and chief actuary, SPI actuarial, Safeco Corporation; Byron W. Smith, vice president, actuarial services, American National Property & Casualty; and Jonathan White, assistant vice president and actuary, The Hartford.

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