Personal lines VP joins MBG

Tom Coyne joined Mutual Benefit Group (MBG) April 21, as the vice president – personal lines product.

Tom Coyne joins the Mutual Benefit Group with a wide range of experiences gathered through over 30 years in the property and casualty insurance business. With an MAT in education and an MS in physics, Coyne first served as a high school physics, calculus and computer science teacher before joining NASA and working on the power system for the space station. His career in insurance started at Progressive, where he held multiple different roles in IT, pricing, product management, R&D and customer service. He moved on to roles of increasing responsibility at Hanover, Travelers, Hartford, Plymouth Rock and Mercury, with all roles focused on personal lines. More recently, Coyne served as the CUO and head of insurance at two start-up operations, before joining Mutual Benefit Group.

In his free time, Coyne enjoys reading and spending time with his family, including his four grandchildren. He is a long-suffering fan of the Cleveland sports teams and supports the Ohio State University Buckeyes. His wife Stephanie is also a lifelong member of the insurance industry, and they are currently in the process of relocating from Southern California to the State College area with their dog Gabby.

Mutual Benefit Group is a regional property/casualty insurance carrier headquartered in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, that has been providing coverage for autos, homes and businesses since 1908. The company's insurance products are underwritten through its member companies, Mutual Benefit Insurance Company and Select Risk Insurance Company. Rated A- (Excellent) by A.M. Best, Mutual Benefit serves 70,000 policyholders in Pennsylvania and Maryland through more than 300 independent insurance agents. The Company has been named one of the Top 100 Businesses in Pennsylvania for the past 12 years by Pennsylvania Business Central and has made the list of Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania nine times since 2009. Learn more at thembg.com.