NAMIC Hands Gavel to New Chairman

SAN DIEGO (September 22, 2010) – The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies swore in its newest chairman of the board of directors today. Sandra Parrillo began her year as chairman at the end of the Annual Business Meeting of Members during NAMIC’s 115th Annual Convention.

Parrillo is the president and CEO of the Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Providence, R.I., and has been with the company for three decades. She is NAMIC’s first female chairman and is heavily involved in the association. She has been part of the Convention Planning Committee, the Financial Services Task Force, the NAMIC Compensation Committee, the NAMIC Governance Committee, the Nominating Committee, the NAMIC PAC Board of Trustees, the Property Casualty Conference Board of Directors, the NAMICO Corporate Governance Committee, and the Audit/Finance Committee.

She is affiliated with several other industry-related associations, including the Mutual Fire Insurance Association, the Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association, the Rhode Island Insurers’ Insolvency Fund, the governing committee of the Rhode Island Joint Reinsurance Association, the Insurance Commission of the Diocese of Providence, and a former director of the Rhode Island chapter of the American Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters.

Parrillo is followed on the NAMIC board by:

•        Chairman-elect
James J. Kennedy, CPCU, LUTCF, president and CEO
Ohio Mutual Insurance Group
Bucyrus, Ohio

•        Vice Chairman
Jerry G. Zenke, PFMM, general manager/treasurer
Mound Prairie Mutual Insurance Company
Houston, Minn.

•        Secretary/Treasurer
Wayne F. White, CPA, PFMM, executive vice president
Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Company
Bryant, Ark.

New members of the board include:

•        Darwin G. Copeman, CPCU, CEO
Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company
Neenah, Wis.

•        Carlos A. Rodrigues, MBA, CMA, FCIP, president and CEO
North Waterloo Farmers Mutual Insurance
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

•        Steven C. Sliver, CPA, president and CEO
Mutual Benefit Group
Huntingdon, Pa.

•        Paul G. Stueven, PFMM, manager/treasurer
Fairmont Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Fairmont, Minn.

Outgoing board members include:

•        John A. Bykowski, president, CEO, and chairman
SECURA Insurance Companies
Appleton, Wis.

•        Brian K. Fisher, general manager
Glengarry Mutual Insurance Company
Alexandria, Ontario, Canada

For further information, contact
Matt Brady
Director of Media Relations
(202) 580-6742 Tel
mbrady@namic.org