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"The Institute's work to help reduce crash injuries, deaths, and property damage on our nation's roads is as important as ever," Bennett says. "IIHS research and communications programs have had a significant and positive impact, and I look forward to working with my colleagues and fellow Board members this year to advance highway safety in the new decade." IIHS president Adrian Lund adds, "Jonathan's strong leadership will help us continue to build on our successful research and crash test programs in 2010."
The new chairman-elect is Steven George, executive vice president, AAA Northern California, Nevada, & Utah. The new vice chairman is Douglas S. Joyce, president, Alfa Alliance Insurance Corporation.
Other IIHS Board members are Brian V. Boyden, executive vice president, State Farm Insurance Companies; Charles M. Chamness, president and chief executive officer, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies; Paul W. Franklin, senior vice president, worldwide underwriting manager, Chubb & Son; Alice H. Gannon, senior vice president, chief actuary, USAA; Jeff Gendron, senior vice president, property/ casualty operations, COUNTRY Financial; Adrian K. Lund, president, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety; Bill L. Martin, senior vice president, Farmers personal insurance franchise auto, Farmers Insurance Group of Companies; Don McCubbin, executive vice president, Shelter Insurance; W. Neal Menefee, president and chief executive officer, Rockingham Group; William D. Moore, president, MetLife Auto and Home; John W. Mullen, president, Unitrin; Tony M. Nicely, chairman, president, and chief executive officer, GEICO Corporation; Gregory V. Ostergren, chairman, president, and chief executive officer, American National Property and Casualty Companies; Leigh Ann Pusey, president and chief executive officer, American Insurance Association; Paul Pyne, executive vice president, Amica Mutual Insurance Company; Stephen S. Rasmussen, chief executive officer, Nationwide Insurance; Jack Salzwedel, president and chief operating officer, American Family Insurance Group; David A. Sampson, president and chief executive officer, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America; David J. Skove, general manager, South region, Progressive Insurance; Douglas E. Smith, senior vice president, personal lines underwriting, Erie Insurance Group; Timothy M. Sweeney, president, personal markets, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Bob Tart, underwriting manager, North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company; and Floyd M. Yager, vice president, product operations, Allstate Insurance Company. |
