Florida-Based UPC Insurance Appoints St. John as Chief Claims Officer

United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UPC Insurance), a property and casualty insurance holding company, appointed Scott St. John as its chief claims officer effective August 22, 2016. St. John will be responsible for directing and leading all aspects of the company’s claims operations.

St. John has more than 25 years of industry-related experience, of which more than 15 years was spent at Fortune 100 companies that specialize in property and casualty insurance. Most recently, St. John served as the Eastern Property Field Zone leader for Farmers Insurance Group.

While at Farmers, St. John was responsible for managing all personal lines property claims in a 27 state region. Previously, St. John had served as the national manager of catastrophe operations for Farmer’s.

Founded in 1999, UPC Insurance is an insurance holding company that sources, writes and services residential property and casualty insurance policies using a network of independent agents and a group of wholly owned insurance subsidiaries.

UPC Insurance writes and services property and casualty insurance in Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Texas, and is licensed to write in Alabama, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, and Virginia. The company is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Topics Florida Claims Property Property Casualty