Michigan-Based Amerisure Appoints Key Executives

Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. announced a number of executive level appointments: Barbara Cristea, assistant vice president of financial planning and analysis; Amy Henning, vice president of internal audit; Laura Pierman, assistant vice president of claims operational and systems management; and Alan W. Rauch, assistant vice president of claims — property, material damage and subrogation.

Cristea has been with Amerisure for six years and recently served as director of budgeting and planning. In addition to her ongoing role of corporate forecasting, budgeting and Amerisure’s annual planning process, she now assumes responsibility for agency financial statements, financial analysis for all corporate and operational initiatives and investment accounting. She graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Henning previously served as senior business process consultant to vice president of internal Audit. In her new position, she is responsible for leading Amerisure’s audit functions. During the past 14 years, Henning served as an internal audit manager, financial reporting manager and control assessment Manager. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and is a CPA and Certified Internal Auditor. In addition, Henning holds a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation.

Pierman has been with Amerisure for more than 22 years. During her tenure she held a variety of positions, and most recently served as the claim facility manager of the Farmington Hills Core Service Center (CSC). In her new role, she is responsible for the overall management of the company’s Express Claims Center; the claim department interface with information technology; and the execution of the claim department service strategy. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Pierman holds a Senior Claims Law Associate (SCLA) designation. In 2011, she was appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and currently serves as a Board Member to the Automobile Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA).

Rauch has more than 20 years of insurance experience and most recently was assistant vice president of commercial property and inland marine claims for a provider of commercial property and casualty insurance and reinsurance in Georgia. Rauch earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts and holds Associate in Claims (AIC), Associate in Marine Insurance Management (AMIM), Associate in Reinsurance (ARe), Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and CPCU designations.

Source: Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co.

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