Penn.-Based Erie Indemnity Co. Appoints New Chief Information Officer

Erie, Penn.-based Erie Indemnity Company has appointed Robert C. Ingram III as executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO).

In this role, Ingram will be responsible for ongoing design of the company’s IT strategy and further development of its technology platform. Erie Indemnity Company is the attorney-in-fact for the subscribers at Erie Insurance Exchange and manages the other companies of the Erie Insurance Group.

Ingram joins the company from The Hartford Financial Services Group where he served since August 2009, most recently as senior vice president and CIO for commercial lines. In that role, he also served as CIO for Hartford’s Investment Management Company and Enterprise Risk Management. Prior to Hartford, Ingram held CIO positions at Safeco and at USAA’s property and casualty company.

Erie Insurance Group, based in Erie, Penn., is the 15th-largest automobile and homeowners insurer in the United States based on direct premiums written and the 20th-largest property/casualty insurer in the country based on total lines net premium written. The Group has over 4.3 million policies in force and operates in 11 states and the District of Columbia.