Insurance operations leader with 15+ years in commercial P&C underwriting operations, process excellence, and technology enablement. Known for inclusive, action-oriented leadership, crisp execution, and senior-level influence across matrixed, global organizations. Proven ability to set vision and strategy, drive cross-functional alignment (Underwriting, Actuarial, Claims, Legal, Field Ops, Technology), and deliver timely, high-quality policy quoting, issuance, and post-sale activities. Builds high-performing, agile cultures focused on service, productivity, profitability, and consistency across profit centers.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr Operations Director, Environmental Profit Center
Liberty Mutual / Ironshore Environmental
04.2009 - Current
Set operational strategy and drive a collaborative, agile, high-performing culture for Environmental; align priorities with GRS Global Business Agility, North America Operations, Office of Underwriting, Actuarial & Data Science, Claims, Legal, Field Ops, Technology, and Delivery Centers to enable segment goals.
Lead cross-NAS Right Work, Right Desk initiative: identified and prioritized task migration from Underwriting to Account Analysts and Delivery Centers; launched NA AA LOA kickoff and assumed ownership of AA LOAs across North America; transitioned EQUIP policy issuance (~8,000 policies annually) to the Delivery Center, increasing underwriter focus time and driving consistency and process excellence.
Serve as business lead for an integrated underwriting platform (Environmental and broader NAS profit centers), partnering with vendor and Liberty IT on roadmap, requirements, testing, and phased rollout; improve quote-to-issue speed, data quality, and scalability.
Act as Enviro’s voice with Business Agility and Technology; provide clear status, timely escalations, and data-backed asks; coordinate task management and maintain delivery momentum through staffing changes; advance backlog prioritization, issue resolution, and readiness for future investment cases.
Partner with underwriting, actuarial, and claims to develop dashboards and portfolio analyses; strengthen KPI clarity and decision support for segment leadership; ensure accurate reinsurance coding and reporting.
Drive consistency of underwriting operations and practices across profit centers; led underwriting guideline rewrite; supported DCPL transition and renewal center strategy; revamped underwriting quality assessments and instituted regular compliance, audit, and product update rhythms.
Lead broker-facing portal development for multiple products (including flow), enhancing responsiveness and reducing cycle times for quoting and binding.
Integration Operations Lead for Liberty Mutual/LIU Environmental and Ironshore Environmental, aligning staffing, systems, reporting, and processes across teams and locations to reduce friction and standardize operations.
Own underwriting support operations: allocate and manage workflow; ensure timely, high-quality issuance, endorsements, and pre-renewal activities; maintain exceptional service and responsiveness for underwriters and brokers.
Develop and use work management tools and a time/task staffing model to optimize capacity, productivity, and quality; conduct performance and quality reviews; expand and manage outsourcing tasks (India) to increase efficiency.
Author executive-ready communications and materials: GRS NA Environmental onboarding deck (Marc Orloff session); Q2 Environmental QDD and town hall content (performance metrics, reinsurance strategy, distribution growth); pre-reads and presentations for Environmental Contractors Workers Comp proposal.
Coordinate and oversee claims reporting and governance: designed monthly claims report combining MFX and TPA data; coordinate claims reinsurance and internal audits; propose SOP updates and special handling instructions; perform monthly QA on loss runs.
Facilitate senior leadership forums and operational meetings; prioritize competing profit center needs; keep teams aligned and work moving with clear planning and communication cadences.
Legal Assistant
AIG Environmental
05.2006 - 04.2009
Supported Division Counsel and leadership; coordinated with Operations and Product Line Managers on endorsements and policies to ensure compliance and operational alignment.
Prepared and proofread policy forms; managed legal request tracking; maintained electronic and hard-copy libraries for policies and manuscripts.
Conducted legal research (Lexis Nexis, Bloomberg) and summarized findings; obtained signatures for agreements and contracts; coordinated meetings, travel, and billing.