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"The Institute has been working for 50 years to help reduce injuries, deaths, and property damage on our nation's roads," Ostergren says. "It's a goal we all share and one to which IIHS's research has contributed a significant and positive impact. I look forward to working with my colleagues and fellow Board members on this very important and challenging work." IIHS president Adrian Lund adds, "Greg's strong leadership will help us continue to build on our successful research and crash test programs."
The new chairman-elect is Jonathan Bennett, executive vice president, personal and small business insurance, The Hartford. Other IIHS Board members are David R. Anderson, chairman and chief executive officer, American Family Insurance Group; Jerry Canada, chief executive officer and executive vice president, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance; Charles M. Chamness, president and chief executive officer, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies; Eugene Connell, senior vice president and division officer, actuarial division, Erie Insurance Group; Frederick F. Cripe, executive vice president, Allstate Financial, Allstate Insurance Company; Myron L. Dye, senior vice president, chief actuary, property and casualty actuary, USAA; Steven George, senior vice president, insurance services, AAA of Northern California, Nevada, and Utah; Jeff Gendron, senior vice president, property/casualty operations, COUNTRY Insurance; Douglas S. Joyce, president, Alfa Alliance Insurance Corporation; Joseph P. Lacher Jr., executive vice president, personal insurance and select accounts, The Travelers Companies; Adrian K. Lund, president, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety; Bill Martin, senior vice president, Farmers personal insurance auto home umbrella specialty, Farmers Insurance Group of Companies; Don McCubbin, executive vice president, Shelter Insurance; W. Neal Menefee, president and chief executive officer, Rockingham Group; William Moore, president, MetLife Auto and Home; John Mullen, president, Unitrin; O.M. Nicely, chairman, president, and chief executive officer, GEICO Corporation; Frances D. O'Brien, senior vice president, worldwide underwriting manager and international chief underwriting officer, Chubb and Son; Leigh Ann Pusey, president and chief executive officer, American Insurance Association; Paul Pyne, executive vice president, Amica Mutual Insurance Company; Stephen S. Rasmussen, president and chief operating officer, property and casualty insurance operations, Nationwide; David A. Sampson, president and chief executive officer, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America; David J. Skove, general manager, South region, Progressive Insurance; Timothy M. Sweeney, president, personal markets, Liberty Mutual Group; and Bob Tart, underwriting manager, North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company. |