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Mike Cassidy - Senior Vice President - Broker
Mike has over 20 years of experience in Commercial Insurance. He has been with Colemont since 2000 and has developed expertise in Products Liability, Contractor's, Transportation and Umbrella Placements.

Products:  Casualty
Phone:  860.751.7814
Fax:  860.678.8871
Email:   michael.cassidy@colemont.com
Bob Drohan - Assistant Vice President - Broker
Bob has thirty years of experience in the insurance industry. Most recently, he was national Director of Professional Liability and Wholesale for Norman Spencer, McKernan, Inc. He has also served as Chief Underwriting Officer at Target Capital Partners, Vice President of Miscellaneous Professional Liability at Travelers Insurance Company, and Professional Liability Department Manager at Lexington Insurance Company. He was also a co-founder of a retail insurance agency. Bob holds CPCU and ARM designations.

Products:  Financial Services
Phone:  860.751.7825
Fax:  860.678.8871
Email:   Robert.Drohan@colemont.com
Jennie Foster - Broker
Jennie is a casualty broker for the Colemont-Hartford office. She specializes in both Automobile and Casualty. Jennie has been with Colemont the last 5 years developing carrier relationships and carrier appetite knowledge. Prior to joining Colemont, she was the Commercial Lines Manager at Allen Russell & Allen/NIA, a local retail agent. Jennie has 25 years of Commercial Experience - 20 years on the retail side and the last 6 years in Surplus Lines.

Products:  Casualty . Transportation
Specialties:  Trucking, contractors, restaurants, taverns . commercial auto
Phone:  860.678.8870
Fax:  860.678.8871
Email:   Jennie.Foster@colemont.com
Gary Grindle - Vice President - Broker
Prior to joining Colemont, Gary held the position of Regional Underwriting Manager for Guilford Specialty Group. In this position he was responsible for establishing their Eastern Region middle market "Submit" division with a focus on general liability and packages. Preceeding Guilford, he was Assistant Vice President for Citigroup's foreign insurance subsidiary, CitiInsurance, where he was responsible for developing the bank's foreign insurance cross sales capabilities. He was Chief International Underwriting Officer and National Director at Travelers Insurance Company where he was responsible for building their middle market commercial home-foreign programs and also served as Regional Property & Casualty Underwriting Officer where he was responsible for underwriting oversight of Travelers New England region. Gary has earned his CPCU, CRIS and ASLI designations.

Products:  Casualty . Property & Inland/Ocean Marine . Transportation
Specialties:  International . Construction . Hospitality . Manufacturing
Phone:  860.751.7815
Fax:  860.678.8871
Email:   gary.grindle@colemont.com
Tom Heimgartner - Broker
Tom began his career with Colemont Insurance Brokers directly out of college beginning with an entry level position and worked his way up to a production role within Colemont based on his consistent track record of success in the placement of professional liability. Tom has several years of experience building close working relationships with key markets on A & E, E & O, long term care/assisted living facilities and medical facility/physician placements.

Products:  Financial Services
Phone:  860.751.7844
Fax:  860.678.8871
Email:   Tom.Heimgartner@colemont.com
Lawrence Kessler - Broker
Larry has over twenty years experience in the insurance industry. His background includes running a non-standard auto wholesale operation and holding an underwriting position with an E&S wholesaler. He obtained his CPCU in 1990.

Products:  Casualty . Property & Inland/Ocean Marine . Transportation
Phone:  860.751.7841
Fax:  860.678.8871
Email:   Larry.Kessler@colemont.com
David Lewison - Vice President - Broker
David Lewison, Vice President and Financial Services Broker of Colemont Insurance Brokers is responsible for the northern New Jersey satellite office for Colemont-Hartford. He is a highly experienced and knowledgeable Directors and Officers, Employment Practices, Professional and Internet Liability producer who will be targeting business throughout the Northeast. Dave has taught D&O and EPL continuing education classes, served on seminar panels, and published on the subject of D&O liability. Dave is experienced in placing D&O for public companies, private companies, nonprofits and general partnerships. He also places professional liability insurance for attorneys, architects, consultants and other miscellaneous professional classes.

Products:  Financial Services
Specialties:  D&O: Publicly traded (IPO, Reverse Merger, Run-off), private and non-profit . Industry expertise: Life Sciences, Health Care, Technology, Gaming, Hard to Place . E&O:Network Security & Privacy, Technology E&O, Lawyers, A&E, Misc E&O
Phone:  201.322.3401
Fax:  860.678.8871
Email:   david.lewison@colemont.com
John J. Murphy Jr. - Vice President - Marketing
Prior to joining Colemont, John was a Managing Director of St. Paul Companies where he was responsible for underwriting, marketing, claims, and administration for the upstate New York territory. He also held the position of Commercial Lines Managing Director for USF&G Insurance Company. John began his insurance career in 1983 at Travelers, and served as a Regional Vice President for western New York while there. He is responsible for all aspects of agency marketing and coordination in the upstate New York territory.

Products:  Casualty . Financial Services . Property & Inland/Ocean Marine . Transportation
Phone:  315.638.3314
Fax:  315.638.3314
Email:   John.Murphy@colemont.com
Mike O'Brien - Vice President - Broker
Mike is responsible for the marketing and production of Financial Services and Professional Liability accounts. Prior to joining Colemont, he was a Managing Underwriter at Chubb Executive Risk responsible for managing a team underwriting Directors and Officers Liability, Employment Practices Liability, Crime and ERISA coverages. He was also an Underwriter and Plan Administrator and has experience in Property and Casualty in addition to Financial Services.

Products:  Financial Services
Phone:  860.751.7835
Fax:  860.678.8871
Email:   Michael.OBrien@colemont.com
John Willsey - Office President - Broker
John has twenty-two years of casualty brokerage experience in the surplus lines industry. As President of Colemont - Hartford, John is responsible for the overall management and growth of the office. As a casualty broker, he specializes in difficult contracting risks, products liability, pollution liability and umbrella/excess placements. In addition, he has a special focus on the petroleum and courier industries, and he has extensive experience in program management and purchasing group placements. John joined Colemont in 2000. Before becoming a broker, he had seven years of underwriting experience, handling products liability at Hartford Specialty, and National Accounts at Travelers.

Products:  Casualty
Phone:  860.678.8870
Fax:  860.678.8871
Email:   John.Willsey@colemont.com
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