Nicole Austin to Join the RAA as Senior Vice President

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Reinsurance Association of America issued the following news release:

The Reinsurance Association of America announced today that Nicole Austin will join the Association as Senior Vice President, Federal Affairs. In announcing the appointment, Frank Nutter, president of the RAA, commented, "We are pleased to welcome Nicole to our staff. With over fifteen years of experience in federal activity, she brings a wealth of legislative and lobbying expertise and success to her new position and will hit the ground running as we work to influence public policy affecting the property/casualty industry in the 115th Congress."

Nicole has served as Vice President, Federal Government Relations at the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI); a policy advisor, Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program at the U.S. Department of the Treasury; staff director, House Financial Services Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee; and professional staff in various other leadership roles in the U.S. House of Representatives. During her years in Congress, she led efforts that resulted in enactment of legislation such as the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and insurance provisions within the Dodd-Frank Act, including the creation of the Federal Insurance Office.

Nicole earned a BA from Hamilton College and attended the Wharton School's Aresty Institute of Executive Education in 2016.