Leadership

Marc joined the Fairfax organization in 2000. Prior to his current role, he held leadership positions in three of C&F’s subsidiaries – as president and CEO of Fairmont Specialty, Seneca, and CoverXSpecialty.

Marc holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and an M.B.A from the University of Chicago. He is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.

Marc’s book The Once and Future C&F is now available as a free download. It chronicles Crum & Forster’s journey through more than two centuries of innovation, resilience, and leadership in the insurance industry.

Nick is Chief Risk Officer, based in Morristown, NJ.  In this role, he is focused on expanding Crum & Forster’s risk management culture and setting the framework for risk identification, measurement, monitoring, documentation, and management.

Nick joined C&F in 2014 as Vice President, Surplus & Specialty. In his time with C&F, Nick has held management positions in underwriting, actuarial pricing and exposure management. Prior to C&F, Nick held positions in treaty underwriting and ceded reinsurance with the Odyssey Reinsurance Company. He began his career as a professional golfer before transitioning into the insurance industry.

Nick received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Georgetown University and holds the CPCU and ARe designations.

Barbra joined as C&F’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) in January 2020. In this role, she oversees all HR functions for C&F and leads a corporate HR team supporting the organization with People Strategy, Learning & Development, Succession Planning, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Benefits, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Diversity Equity and Inclusion.

Prior to joining C&F, Barbra had over 20 years of experience primarily focused in the luxury goods industry having held HR leadership roles for such brands as Hermès, LVMH, David Yurman and Chanel.

Mike is responsible for the management of Crum & Forster’s Legal department and corporate secretarial functions. He has been with C&F since 2015 and has worked in various areas of the company handling legal, contractual, transactional and regulatory matters.

His prior experience includes serving as an Associate General Counsel at AIG as well as several years practicing law in private firms, including Landman, Corsi, Ballaine & Ford P.C. Mike earned his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law and a B.S. in Accounting from Fairfield University. He is admitted to practice law in both New Jersey and New York.

Alex is SVP and Chief Actuary of the C&F actuarial practice, based in Morristown, NJ. He joined C&F in 2018, initially as the lead actuary for Commercial Lines. He has over 15 years of experience in the P/C insurance industry across most lines of business and has previously worked at American Family Insurance, AIG, CUNA Mutual and ISO. Alex is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

He has BS degrees in Mathematics & Philosophy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Arleen is responsible for the organization’s financial reporting, management reporting, internal audit and planning and business unit support departments. Arleen joined Crum & Forster in 1979, and her experience at the company includes roles in field reporting, financial operations, IT project management, SOX 404 compliance and internal audit.

Arleen earned her B.S. in Accounting at West Virginia Wesleyan College and her M.B.A. in Finance at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

John is President of Crum & Forster’s Commercial Lines Division. In this role, John leads multiple industry-focused units offering coverage for all lines and insurance related services that provide a one-stop solution. He has over 20 years of experience in admitted commercial insurance, including positions at St. Paul Companies, TIG, Republic Group and Travelers.

John holds a BBA in Actuarial Science from the University of Wisconsin and is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.

Tom leads the E&S business for Crum & Forster. He also is responsible for their small business unit and their primary admitted construction book.

Tom joined First Mercury/CoverXSpecialty as chief underwriting officer from OdysseyRe, where he focused on U.S. casualty risks. He began his underwriting career at Constitution Re and later joined TIG Insurance, which was acquired by Fairfax in 1999.

Tom holds CPCU and ARe designations. He is a graduate of Middlebury College and has completed additional programs at Wharton and St. John’s University’s School of Risk Management.

Steve leads the Property division at Crum & Forster, which includes E&S Property, Property Programs, Inland Marine and Crisis Management. He joined Crum & Forster in 2012 as the Senior Vice President of Property and Inland Marine and has held multiple management positions throughout his career at C&F.

Steve has over 25 years of leadership experience underwriting commercial property risks in various market segments. He started his career working for Factory Mutual and Allendale Insurance in multiple engineering and underwriting roles. His career then took him to XL insurance where he ultimately became the Chief Property Underwriter of the Americas. After 10 years at XL, Steve joined Torus where he built a Global General Property start up with offices in the U.S., London and Zurich.

Steve is a graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology where he received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Management Engineering.

Matt joined Crum & Forster in September 2021 as head of our Surety Division and is responsible for managing and growing the division’s diversified surety portfolio, which includes an established book of Commercial Surety, Contract Surety and Bail Bond business. Crum & Forster is a top-10 Surety writer in the U.S.

Matt came to C&F following a 35-year career at Chubb Limited, where he most recently served for five years as Executive Vice President & Head of Contract Surety responsible for the leadership and oversight of the insurer’s North American construction surety portfolio.

Previously, he was Chief Underwriting Officer for Chubb’s Global Surety practice, which encompassed contract, commercial and international surety business. He also formerly held other contract and commercial surety positions at Chubb, expanding customer relationships and building business profitably.

Matt received a B.A. in economics from Rutgers College, Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, N.J.

Gary leads Crum & Forster’s Accident & Health division, which offers a wide variety of niche accident and health insurance and reinsurance products both domestic and international. Some of the many programs include overseas travel for students, employer stop loss programs for self-funded employee health plans, and pet insurance through Hartville Pet Insurance Group.

He started his career as an underwriter with AIG, before moving on to Reliance National as a senior underwriter. His career then took him to Swiss Re as an underwriting manager, and then to Legion Insurance as vice president. He joined Fairmont Specialty in 2000.

Gary graduated with a B.A. in finance from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, and an M.B.A. in business administration, management and operations from Monmouth University.