Nicholas A. Secara
IFNY Director Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP Nicholas A. Secara is a partner in Foley & Lardner LLP’s Insurance Practice Group and Health Care & Life Sciences Sector, where he focuses on transactional, regulatory, and commercial matters within the (re)insurance industry. He advises investors, start-ups, (re)insurers, managing general agents, third-party administrators, and other industry participants, […]
Hon. Jesmond Gatt
CHAIRMAN, MALTA FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY Jesmond Gatt was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Malta Financial Services Authority in 2023. Mr. Gatt joined the Central Bank of Malta in 1984, graduating in Mathematics and Computing at the University of Malta in 1995. During his career at the Bank, which spans over […]
Thomas E. Workman
IFNY Director Thomas Workman served for 7.5 years as the Independent Member with Insurance Expertise on the Financial Stability Oversight Council (2018-2025).  He was nominated for that position by President Donald J. Trump in November of 2017 and was confirmed by the United States Senate by unanimous consent in early March of 2018. Treasury Secretary […]
Marsha A. Cohen
IFNY Director CEO, Klinecone Consulting Prior to her retirement in February 2025, Ms. Cohen served as Senior Vice President and Director of Education at the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA). She developed and headed the operation of the RAA’s Reinsurance Education Institute. To date, 22,000 attendees have participated in the Institute’s education programs. Before assuming […]
Hon. Andrew N. Mais
Insurance Commissioner, Connecticut President, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Andrew N. Mais was nominated by Governor Ned Lamont to be Connecticut’s 33rd Insurance Commissioner. Mais is President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for 2024, and he has served on the NAIC’s Executive Committee since 2021. Mais currently serves on the NAIC’s International Relations, Property & Casualty, and Financial Regulation Standards Committees.
Dave North
Dave North is an industry icon, having served Sedgwick’s as chief executive officer— a position he has held since 1995 -and then Executive Chairman since 2020, until retiring from the company in June 2024. Dave now serves on the company’s Board ofDirectors. During the period of his leadership, Sedgwick experienced meteoric growth and expansion. When he joined Sedgwick, the company had fewer than 500 staff with$50 million in annual revenue. Under Dave’s leadership, Sedgwick grew from a boutique, regional third-party claims administrator to the premier global provider of innovative solutions in the areas of workers’ compensation, disability and absence management, property loss adjusting and other specialty services.
Teresa Chan
IFNY Director Director, Master of Professional Studies in Insurance Management, Columbia School of Professional Studies With over 27 years of experience in the insurance industry, Teresa Chan is a recognized leader and innovator in the areas of renewable and alternative energy, niche market development, and policy drafting. Throughout her career, she has tackled emerging issues […]
Patrick L. Linehan
IFNY Director Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Travelers Patrick Linehan is Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at Travelers and is a member of the company’s Operating Committee. For more than a decade, he has overseen the company’s media relations, social media and employee and executive communications efforts with a lens toward creating high-impact programs […]
Hank Watkins
IFNY Director Executive Director, Greenberg School of Risk Management, St. John’s University and Associate Dean, Peter J. Tobin College of Business Hank joined St. John’s University on November 1, 2024 as Executive Director of the Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science and Associate Dean of Peter J. Tobin College of Business. From […]
James J. Wrynn, Esq.
IFNY DIRECTOR Senior Managing Director Global Insurance Services, FTI Consulting Former Superintendent, New York State Insurance Department, James J. Wrynn, Esq. brings more than 35 years of professional experience as an attorney, regulator, executive, strategic advisor, hearing officer and expert witness on a variety of insurance and regulatory matters. the 40th and last Superintendent of […]