ERIE, Pa., Oct. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- In June 2016 Timothy G. NeCastro was named the next
CEO of Erie Insurance (NASDAQ: ERIE). Today, the company is pleased to
announce the following additional executive leadership
promotions.
Lorianne Feltz, will serve as
executive vice president of Services. In this role Feltz is
responsible for leading Erie Insurance's Corporate Claims, Field
Claims and Customer Service divisions.
Feltz has developed deep connections with employees, agents and
customers in expansive roles during her 27 years with ERIE. Past positions include field assignments
as district sales manager, branch manager and regional vice
president; senior vice president of Agency & Marketing and,
most recently, senior vice president of Customer Service.
Feltz, a well-regarded insurance industry leader, frequently
presents at industry events and conferences. Additionally, she has
earned the designations of a Chartered Property Casualty
Underwriter and Chartered Property Insurance Woman. Feltz is
a graduate of Gannon University and
serves on several community boards including the Erie Philharmonic,
United Way and The Erie Club.
Doug Smith, will serve as
executive vice president of Product and Sales. In this role, Smith
will oversee ERIE's three product
lines – personal, commercial and life insurance – a position he has
held in an interim capacity since July
2016. ERIE's sales
organization, which manages relationships with more than 2,200
independent insurance agencies across ERIE's footprint, will also report to
Smith.
Smith has spent the last eight years – half of his ERIE tenure – as senior vice president of
Personal Lines. Prior to that position, he served as a leader in
ERIE's Actuarial Division. During
his tenure, ERIE introduced
forward-thinking personal lines products, including ErieSecure
Home®, ERIE Rate Lock® and ridesharing coverage.
Smith serves on the boards of the Insurance Institute for
Highway Safety and the Insurance Institute for Business and Home
Safety, where he chairs the Research Advisory Committee. He
also serves on the Young Leaders Council Steering Committee for
United Way. He holds a bachelor's degree in statistics from
Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He is a fellow of
the Casualty Actuarial Society, a member of the American Academy of
Actuaries and a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter.
ERIE's Executive Council, its
top-level leadership team, will also include Sherri Silver, senior vice president, Strategic
Marketing. Silver is in her seventh year with ERIE.
Silver joined ERIE in 2010 as
Marketing's senior vice president. With deep experience in
financial services including roles at JP Morgan Chase and Bank of
America, Silver has brought financial and analytical acumen to her
leadership roles at ERIE. In 2014,
Silver's oversight was broadened to establish ERIE's Customer Experience priority
initiative. She has a bachelor's degree in Marketing from the
University of Massachusetts and an MBA
in Finance from Fordham University in
New York. Silver served on the board of the Visiting Nurse
Association of Erie County.
In addition to Smith, Feltz and Silver, members of the
ERIE's Executive Council include
Gregory Gutting, executive vice
president and CFO, Bob Ingram,
executive vice president and Chief Information Officer,
Sean McLaughlin, executive vice
president and general counsel, Dionne
Wallace Oakley, senior vice president, Human Resources, and
David Bednar, vice president,
Executive Support. All members of the Executive Council will report
directly to the CEO.
The new appointments are effective Nov.
10.
According to A.M. Best Company, Erie Insurance Group, based in
Erie, Pennsylvania, is the 10th
largest homeowners insurer and 12th largest automobile insurer in
the United States based on direct
premiums written and the 15th largest property/casualty insurer in
the United States based on total
lines net premium written. The Group, rated A+ (Superior) by A.M.
Best Company, has more than 5 million policies in force and
operates in 12 states and the District of
Columbia. Erie Insurance Group is a FORTUNE 500 company.
News releases and more information about Erie Insurance Group
are available at www.erieinsurance.com.
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