Unigard Insurance Group announced that John Blodnick has been hired as vice president of Personal Lines.
Blodnick started his insurance career at United Pacific as a Personal Lines Underwriter, and then worked for Orion/Guaranty National in Personal Lines, as its Branch Manager in Portland, Oregon and also as a Product Manager. Most recently, he was a vice president, Auto Product Management at Safeco.
“Unigard represents the model of independent agent relations, providing extraordinary service through a balance of underwriters and technology, a stable consistent market and flat out access at every level of the organization,” Blodnick said. “I look forward to immersing myself in this environment while going to task on creating Unigard’s next generation auto product.”
Unigard CEO Peter Christen said, “John brings with him a wealth of experience in the P&C field, executive expertise, and proven product development success. We are fortunate to be welcoming him to Unigard.”
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