In August of 2012 John joined GJS RE as Senior Vice President, Head of Facultative Reinsurance in charge of developing the Facultative operation. GJS Re’s creative, customer-driven approach matches well with the successful formula that John has used throughout his career.
John has more than 40 years of experience in the reinsurance industry. During his career, he has been responsible for all U.S. property facultative operations at both Guy Carpenter and Collins Associates, and was a founder of Palmer & Cay Reinsurance Brokers and Savannah Reinsurance Underwriting Management LLC.
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860-581-8278 Office
860-913-5833 Cellular
John has over 40 years of insurance and reinsurance experience. John joined GJS Re in 2018, moving over from Burt & Scheld Facultative Corp, where he managed a facultative portfolio of over $30M.
Following a 20-year stretch with Guy Carpenter early in his career, John began to focus on reinsurance, spending 3 years with General Reinsurance Corp., 4 years with Swiss Re America and 12 years with THB Intermediaries.
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860-581-8747 Office
626-485-1101 Cellular
Insurance and reinsurance veteran Chris Harrington joined GJS Re as vice president in 2021.
Chris brings three decades of property facultative experience from Swiss Rehandling a variety of underwriting, marketing, and management roles over 29 years. At Swiss Re, Chris was named Midwest regional property facultative manager in 2009.
Previously, Chris served as an excess and surplus (E&S) underwriter at Chubb Group of Companies and as a personal lines underwriter at Amica Mutual Group.
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860-581-8191 Office
708-648-0058 Cellular
Jodi graduated from the University Of Minnesota in 1998 with a BA in Communications. From 1999 to 2008, Jodi was a Reinsurance Broker at Holborn Corporation, an independent reinsurance intermediary based in New York City, where she placed various multi-line, per risk, property catastrophe, casualty and workers’ compensation treaties for single state, regional and specialty lines carriers.
Jodi joined GJS Re in 2008 and currently handles property facultative reinsurance for GJS Re’s insurance carrier clients. She is based in San Antonio, Texas.
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213-300-9695 Office
Sharon began her insurance career in 1999 with The Hartford as a Marketing Manager in the Personal Lines division. In 2003, she shifted to the reinsurance brokering business, specializing in property facultative reinsurance with broker teams including Palmer & Cay, Collins Associates, and Guy Carpenter. Sharon joined GJS Re in 2012 as a Broker Analyst in the Essex, Connecticut office.
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860-581-8749 Office
Ed is an experienced manager specializing in facultative technical operations. In his extensive career, he has headed the development of staff and procedures to service home office level claims, contract drafting, systems and accounting. He is recognized for his ability to plan and implement cost-effective strategies to support a single production site or a complete network of facultative operations serviced from a central hub. Ed has solid all around technical skills and a proven ability to collaborate with producers, clients and fellow managers to meet facultative service requirements.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Process Review
- Team Development
- Client Relationships
- Technology Implementation
- Professional Standards
- Cost Analysis and Budget
- Start-up Requirements
- Short and Long Term Goals
- Due Diligence Reviews
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Marsh & McLennan leadership forums
- Excess & Surplus Claim Association
- Licensed State of Connecticut claim adjuster
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860-581-8748 Office